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Jaiswal's century and Sundar-Tilak's performance put India A in a strong position

Excellent performance by the Indian team in the third unofficial Test match against New Zealand A.

By Capital Kranti desk, Gandhinagar · Editor: Parth Thakkar

8 November 2026, 2:08 pm · 2 min read

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File photo: Yashasvi Jaiswal
File photo: Yashasvi Jaiswal
File photo: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Photo: Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India, Wikimedia Commons)

According to an ABP Asmita report, the Indian team has completely dominated the third unofficial Test match being played between India A and New Zealand A. India A declared their first innings at a massive score of 464 runs. The performance of the Indian batsmen remained extremely brilliant during this innings.

Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal batted superbly to score a century of 102 runs. This is Yashasvi Jaiswal's second consecutive century in the current series. Apart from this, Sai Sudharsan also played a fine game to contribute 88 runs. Wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel also batted well to score 71 runs. Experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja contributed 25 runs in this innings.

In the final phase of the India A innings, Tilak Varma and Washington Sundar recorded a wonderful partnership. Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 81 runs, while Washington Sundar remained unbeaten on 50 runs. An unbroken partnership of 114 runs was recorded between these two players, which took the team's score to 464 runs. Talking about the bowling attack of New Zealand A, they used a total of nine different bowlers during this innings. Bowling for New Zealand A, Jack Gibson proved to be the most successful bowler, who took two wickets.

When the play ended on the second day of the match, the New Zealand A team could score 36 runs for the loss of two wickets in their first innings. The Indian bowlers also performed excellently in the opening overs. For India, Prasidh Krishna bowled extremely lethal spells, taking two wickets for just 12 runs in five overs.

After the completion of two days of play, the New Zealand A team is still trailing India A's score by 428 runs and is also facing the threat of a follow-on. India A's grip on the match appears to be extremely strong.

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