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.
Batting first, India A scored 279 for 8 in 50 overs and then dismissed New Zealand XI for 187 with left-arm pacer Khaleel getting four wickets.
Shaw has so far scored 237 runs in two Tests with a hundred on debut against the West Indies, followed by a half-century.
The India ‘A' team doesn't undergo the Yo-Yo test anymore, but Pandya failed the mandatory fitness test that a player undergoes while making a comeback post-rehabilitation.
After injuring his left shoulder while fielding during Mumbai's Ranji Trophy game, Shaw was sent to the NCA for an assessment of the injury.
Shaw had hurt his left shoulder while saving an overthrow on the opening day of Mumbai's Ranji Trophy game against Karnataka on Friday.