Sudharsan, Jurel slam 70-plus scores versus New Zealand A: Details
What's the story
While Yashasvi Jaiswal's brilliant century headlined the first innings of the third unofficial Test between India A and New Zealand A, Sai Sudharsan and captain Dhruv Jurel also played significant knocks. Both batters went past the 70-run mark but failed to complete their tons. While Sudharsan scored 88 and narrowly missed out on the landmark, Jurel was dismissed for 71. Notably, the match is being played at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln. Here are further details.
Batting prowess
Sudharsan's massive stand with Jaiswal
Batting first in the game, India A were off to a sensational start with Jaiswal (102) and Sudharsan adding 175 runs for the first wicket.
While the latter played second fiddle in this partnership, his marathon stay kept frustrating the Kiwi bowlers.
Sudharsan scored 77 runs on the first day and added another 11 runs on the second day.
He was dismissed for a total of 88 runs off 255 balls, including 11 fours.
Jurel
Jurel's aggressive knock
Jurel arrived at four and enhanced the scoring rate with his aggressive shots.
Resuming Day 2 at his overnight score of 12, the skipper went on to score an impressive 71 runs off just 95 balls.
He hit nine fours and two sixes.
This innings came as a major boost for India A ahead of their two-Test series against New Zealand starting November 19.
Stats
Sudharsan's stats in FC cricket
Sudharsan has been in decent form in the ongoing unofficial Test series, as his previous scores were 0, 91, 41, and 11.
With his latest efforts, the southpaw has raced to 3,380 runs across 48 First-Class matches at an average of 41-plus, as per Cricinfo.
This includes 10 tons and 13 fifties. 383 of his runs have come across seven Tests (12 innings) at an average of 31.91 (50s: 3).
Jurel
Jurel averages 55-plus in FC cricket
After managing scores of just 1 and 2 in the opener of the ongoing series, Jurel played a stunning 105-run knock in the second affair.
This was Jurel's eighth First-Class ton as he now also owns 17 fifties.
Across 41 matches in the format, Jurel has racked up 2,890 runs at an average of 55-plus.
651 of his runs have come across 12 Tests for India at 40.68 (100s:2, 50s: 2).