India A vs England Lions Highlights, Day 1: Karun Nair unbeaten on 186, Sarfaraz-Jurel shine as India A 409/3 at stumps

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Up and over point for a boundary. Exquisite from Karun Nair to take India to 100 with a four. A lovely shot from Karun to get under the ball and play it over point for a boundary. INDA 102/2 in 31 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Edward Jack with a disciplined over to put doubts in Sarfaraz Khan's mind here with all his six balls in the fourth-fifth stump channel. Maiden over from the right-arm pacer here. INDA 96/2 in 30 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Sarfaraz Khan underway with a boundary to start things off after the Lunch break. Full face of the bat, and Khan drove the ball in the gap, and it just raced away for a four. IND A 92/2 in 28 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Sarfaraz Khan and Karun Nair are in the middle to resume India's innings after the Lunch break. Edward Jack  has the ball in hand.

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Abhimanyu Easwaran, a household name in India's domestic circuit and with a plethora of experience in the red-ball format, couldn't conjure up a consequential performance. He oozed confidence, took his time to open his account, and left the deliveries that travelled in the corridor of uncertainty but got undone by a single delivery and returned cheaply on 8(17).

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: It is a great opportunity for Sarfaraz Khan to show his batting credentials on English soil to draw the coach and selectors' attention. He didn't get picked in the India squad for five Tests, but here is a chance to make a strong case for himself to get picked in case of any injury during the tour.

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Lunch Break! Karun Nair and Sarfaraz Khan have stabilised the innings here with a 35-run stand, but India would be disappointed to lose their openers early, especially Yashasvi Jaiswal, who looked solid but threw his wicket away. IND A 86/2 in 27 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: A textbook shot from Karun Nair to drive the ball through the gap for a boundary here. The current run rate is over 3 at the moment, which is not something India would worry about much, as the focus is on the players getting some game time to get used to these conditions. IND A 86/2 in 26 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: The two batters look set at the moment and have made adjustments to their game according to the conditions. The primary aim for India will be to stick with this partnership till the lunch. IND A 75/2 in 24 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: A boundary at third man here as Karun Nair took advantage of the extra bounce. The scoreboard has started moving at a good rate here, with both batters looking to hit odd boundaries. However, the strike rotation has been a bit of a worry so far. IND A 69/2 in 22 overs

India A vs. England Lions 2025 Live Score: Sarfaraz Khan is playing the waiting game and looking to leave the balls in the danger zone. He doesn't want to take much risk until the ball arrives in his zone. India A 61/2 in overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Edward Jack with the big wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal here. The left-hander went for a big shot and edged it behind the stumps to the wicketkeeper. It seemed like Jaiswal was still in the IPL zone with the type of shot he attempted here. He departs for 24. IND A 51/2 in 16.5 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Excellent cover drive from Karun Nair here to break the shackles a bit here. It's a big game for Karun to confirm his spot in the XI for the opening Test. 50 up for India A 

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Karun Nair has looked cautious so far with his approach here and is taking his time in the middle to get used to the conditions. The English bowlers have done well so far to put the visitors under pressure. India A 44/1 in 14 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal has decided to take on the bowlers now and smashed Josh Hull for a maximum here. He has shown good signs so far with three fours and a six so far. India A 34/1 in 10 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Score: Josh Hull trapped Abhimanyu Easwaran in front of the wicket as India A lost the big wicket early in the innings. Skipper Easwaran failed to shine, which is a big blow for him. India A 12/1 in 5.5 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: Yashasvi Jaiswal opened his account with a  boundary on the first ball of third over. Jaiswal has to get used to conditions here before taking on the bowlers with his fearless approach. IND A 4/0 in 3 overs

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: India A (Playing XI): Abhimanyu Easwaran(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Harsh Dubey, Anshul Kamboj, Harshit Rana, Mukesh Kumar

England Lions (Playing XI): Tom Haines, Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, Max Holden, James Rew(w/c), Dan Mousley, Rehan Ahmed, Zaman Akhter, Eddie Jack, Josh Hull, Ajeet Dale

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: England Lions have won the toss and opted to bowl first against India A at The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: Karun Nair earned a place in the Indian squad for the England series on the back of a strong domestic cricket season. He scored runs for fun in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Ranji Trophy. 

Sarfaraz Khan's ouster has caused much chatter on social media. Karun Nair will now look to prove the selectors right by scoring plenty of runs against the England Lions.

Karun Nair also has extensive experience playing in UK conditions, having played county cricket before. 

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: Sarfaraz Khan, who has been snubbed from the India main squad for the series against England, will look to prove the selectors wrong by scoring runs against the England Lions.

This is a make-or-break opportunity for Sarfaraz, who looks to make a late case for his inclusion in the main squad. 

Sarfaraz played a knock of 150 against New Zealand but failures in next two Tests in Pune and Mumbai led to him not getting a single game in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. And how he has been dropped from the squad for the England series. 

India A vs. England Lions 2025 Live Updates: Rocky Flintoff, the son of former England captain Andrew Flintoff, is part of the England Lions squad, and it will be interesting to see how he performs against India A.

England Lions will be led by Somerset's James Rew.

England Lions squad: Tom Haines, Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, James Rew(w/c), Jordan Cox, Ajeet Dale, Dan Mousley, Rehan Ahmed, Josh Hull, Eddie Jack, Farhan Ahmed, Rocky Flintoff, Zaman Akhter, Henry Crocombe, Max Holden

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: According to a report in the Indian Express, KL Rahul will join the India A squad ahead of the second unofficial Test next week. The batter himself requested the BCCI to make the trip to the UK earlier than the rest of the squad.

“He will be flying on Monday and will be playing a second warm up game with the India A side. As he is part of the senior men’s team, which will be playing five Test matches in the series, these matches will give him game time and match practice," the Indian Express quoted sources within BCCI as saying. 

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: India Test captain Shubman Gill and his Gujarat Titans teammate Sai Sudharsan will link up with the India A squad next week. The duo are expected to be available for the second unofficial Test in Northampton to get much-needed practice with the red ball ahead of the five-match Test series against England, beginning June 20. 

India A vs England Lions 2025 Live Updates: The toss for the first unofficial Test between India A and England Lions will take place at 3 PM IST. The play will begin at 3:30 PM. 

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