5 overs (A. Jackson made a 56-ball 59 to share 119-run opening stand with Rahane. Ultimately he holed out to Kishan at long-off with Rasool weaving the magic again after he cleaned up Woakes with a beauty. Nadeem 2/41) lost to India A 283/4 in 39. However, they lost three quick wickets after Dinda came on for a second spell. Stokes 38, P.Rahane looked in fluent touch, striking 10 fours and one six, and was a calming influence on the young Jackson. Hales had completed his half century and put on 74 runs with Bairstow for the second wicket after Pradeep Sangwan ended Jason Roy’s breezy knock (15-ball 25) early. 

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane led from the front to guide India A to a comprehensive six-wicket win over England XI in the second 50-over warm up game at Brabourne Stadium here on Thursday. India A player Ajinkya Rahane bats during a warm up match against England XI in Mumbai. Rasool 3/38, S.Skipper Eoin Morgan failed yet again offering a caught and bowled chance to Nadeem off the first ball he faced. Pant 59, S.Rasool settled into a good rythm, troubling batsmen especially Stokes from the outset. Stokes struggled for his 38 off 56 balls. Hales 51, J. Dinda then removed the struggling Moeen Ali first ball to be on a hat-trick which was averted by Chris anchor bolts Manufacturers Woakes.4 overs (A. The Bengal medium pacer dismissed Bairstow off his last ball before Rasool had the dangerous Buttler caught & bowled for a golden duck. Deepak Hooda (23 not out) and Ishan Kishan (5 not out) took their team home with 62 balls to spare.

The England left-hander tried to hit away from trouble but wasn’t successful.The Mumbai batsman made 91 runs in 83 balls in front of his home crowd before he was bowled by David Willey in the 33rd over. Rahane 91, S.Opting to bat first after chasing well on Tuesday, England XI were bowled out for 282 with Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales striking half-centuries. He later opened the innings with Jackson to anchor India A’s chase of 283. Siddharth Kaul (1/31) who was part of the first warm-up game squad but didn’t get to play was included in second practice game on Thursday. Raina 45).Off-spinner Parvez Rasool was the pick of the bowlers for India A with 3/38.. Plunkett (8) fell to Kaul soon but Rashid and Willey ensured India A had to chase a stiff target.The 28-year-old Rahane who missed the last two Tests against England due to a finger injury showed no signs of discomfort during fielding on comeback and took a low catch at mid-wicket off Hales. Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (2/41), medium pacer Ashoke Dinda (2/55) and left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan (2/64) picked two wickets apiece.

He looked in fluent touch, striking 10 boundaries and one six and was a calming influence on Jackson and youngster Pant in the middle. Raina also got going and played some big shots before being caught nicely at the deep midwicket boundary by Hales. Later, an aggressive Pant smashed 59 (36b) to put India A on course.India A spinners Rasool and Nadeem were the only bowlers to finish their full quota of ten overs in the match. Suresh Raina also made optimum use of the practice game with a 34-ball 45 while Sheldon Jackson and Rishabh Pant struck contrasting half centuries. Bairstow 64, B. Jackson 59, R. Nadeem had in his earlier over accounted for opener Hales (51) by having him caught at midwicket by Rahane. The last pair of Adil Rashid (39) and David Willey (38 not out) added 71 runs to take England to a respectable score.England XI were well placed to score big again as Bairstow looked in sublime touch.Scores: England XI 282 in 48