IND vs LEI, Tour Match, Day 1 Highlights: KS Bharat scored 70* while Virat Kohli scored 33 as eight-down India were as four runs shy of the 250-mark at stumps on Day 1
KS Bharat struck a solid half-century to ensure that India reached 246 for 8 before rain forced early stumps on the first day of the tour match against a Leicestershire XI that included Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna
India’s tour of England and Ireland got off to a shaky start on the opening morning of the warm-up fixture against a combined Leicestershire and India XI on Thursday.
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s opening stand of 35 ended abruptly when the younger opener was caught behind off Will Davis for 21, with Rishabh Pant, part of a rejigged opposition XI, taking the catch.
The wickets continued to tumble in Leicester, with three leading India batters departing in quick succession Rohit Sharma (25), Hanuma Vihari (3) and Shreyas Iyer (0) joining Gill back in the hutch early.
The wickets continued to tumble in Leicester, with three leading India batters departing in quick succession Rohit Sharma (25), Hanuma Vihari (3) and Shreyas Iyer (0) joining Gill back in the hutch early.
Kohli’s 33 came off 69 balls and featured five boundaries, including one big six off Prasidh Krishna, with the former skipper looking in reasonable touch before he was trapped in front by Walker.
And Bharat strengthened his case for a first India cap with a timely half-century, top-scoring on the day for India.
The 28-year-old wicketkeeper-batter has been in and around the India set-up in both white-ball and red-ball cricket for three years, appearing in a number of squads as injury cover but yet to feature as a starting player.
Jasprit Bumrah bowled nine rusty but useful overs, while Prasidh Krishna got through a good set of overs himself, picking up the wicket of Shreyas Iyer along the way.
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