44th Chess Olympiad: India A, India C face off in 7th round match of open section
Country's two teams, India A and India C, will lock horns in a crucial seventh-round match in the open section at the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Friday.
Country's two teams, India A and India C, will lock horns in a crucial seventh-round match in the open section at the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Friday.
Middle-order mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara was giving Shubman Gill company at the crease on 52 off 99 balls at the draw of stumps.
In their second innings, India A were 127 for two when bad light ended play four overs early, having reduced the deficit to 219 runs.
Gavaskar was also quick to point out how there is never an India A series scheduled when the Indian Premier League (IPL) is happening.
India A had got off to a good start with young opener Prithvi Shaw (55) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (44) putting on a confident 79-run stand for the opening wicket.
According to a BCCI statement, Khaleel Ahmed fractured the scaphoid bone in his left wrist during India A's first unofficial ODI against New Zealand A.
The home team relied on opener George Worker's 135 and Cole McConchie's brisk 56 to post 295 for seven in the stipulated 50 overs. In response, the visiting team failed to go beyond their total.
The top-order batsmen of India A failed to convert their starts into big scores as New Zealand A won the second unofficial ODI.
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Eyeing a return to the Indian senior team, the 20-year-old Shaw struck 22 fours and two sixes during his blazing knock at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval.
