India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first against Leicestershire County Cricket Club in the four-day warm-up match at Grace Road, Leicester on Thursday. (More Cricket News)
India's tour of England formally started with the warm-up match against Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first against Leicestershire County Cricket Club in the four-day warm-up match at Grace Road, Leicester on Thursday. (More Cricket News)
India will hope for important match-time in the practice game against the county side as they prepare for the rescheduled Test against England, starting July 1, at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
As many as 17 Indian cricketers are playing in the match. The warm-match has the provision of playing 13 players each. Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna will turn up for Leicestershire.
At Headingly, England are taking on New Zealand in the third and final Test. Ben Stokes & Co. are eyeing a 3-0 series sweep against inaugural ICC World Test Championship winners. India were the runners-up.
On Day 3, Virat Kohli, Shreya Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja hit fifties as they got valuable game time in the middle. But the COVID-19 spectre is back in cricket. Truly. Captain Rohit Sharma has already entered isolation in Leicester even as other Indian cricketers took the field for the final day of the warm up game. In Leeds, England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes tested positive for coronavirus.
In reply to India's 246/8 d, Leicestershire made 244 with Rishabh Pant hitting 76 off 87. Cheteshwar Pujara however managed a six-ball duck, getting bowled by Mohammed Shami. They were the only two Indians to bat for the host on Day 2. Later, Srikar Bharat was promoted to open and was unbeaten on 31 at the close of play. Hanuma was giving him company, on 9. Shubman Gill made 38. Watch the recap here
India were 246/8 at the close of play on Day 1. Srikar Bharat and Mohammed Shami were unbeaten on 70 and 18 runs respectively. Roman Walker claimed a fifer for Leicestershire. Rain forced an early end to the day's proceedings, with only 60.2 overs bowled.
Earlier, India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first. Watch the recap here:
Leicestershire: Samuel Evans (c), Rehan Ahmed, Samuel Bates (wk), Nathan Bowley, Will Davis, Joey Evison, Louis Kimber, Abidine Sakande, Roman Walker, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav.