England Lions vs India A: KL Rahul century headlines evenly-poised day one

That's the end of the day's play, after multiple stoppages for rain. The headline act was undoubtedly KL Rahul, who scored a fluent century.

Dhruv Jurel also scored a fifty, while Chris Woakes took three wickets for the Lions.

India A 319-7 in 83 overs (KL Rahul 116, Chris Woakes 3-50).

A couple of big wickets for the Yorkshire youngster in two overs – Dhruv Jurel and KL Rahul depart.

India A 252-5 in 61.2 overs (KL Rahul 116, Chris Woakes 3-48).

KL Rahul runs Chris Woakes down to third, and brings up a century in his first innings on this tour, off 151 balls.

KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel are unbeaten on 93 and 37 respectively

He's hit 34 off his last 30 balls, moving to 81

He continues to show just how good he is against the red ball

He falls for 40, giving Woakes his third wicket

The partnership is now worth 64 runs

His figures so far? 7-3-12-2

KL Rahul and Karun Nair continue to hold fort

After a couple of early strikes, KL Rahul and Karun Nair take India to lunch.

India A 75-2 in 21 overs (KL Rahul 26*, Chris Woakes 2-8)

KL Rahul has looked compact throughout, taking is time to set in.

He has been on the cusp of an India cap for so long. His scores so far read: 8, 68 and 11

KL Rahul and Karun Nair, long-time teammates, are back at it

Less than an hour into the day's play, the weather is beginning to play spoilsport.

England and Chris Woakes have already struck twice, removing Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhimanyu Easwaran.

India A 41-2 in 11.2 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 17, Chris Woakes 2-8).

Woakes, who has been quite disciplined so far, has him out leg-before

He has been slightly erratic this morning

Jaiswal seems to be looking for quick runs at the moment, looking to flick away anything on his pads

Having flown in to play this game, KL Rahul opens with Jaiswal, an indication of how things might look like in the Test series too

England Lions: Tom Haines, Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, Jordan Cox, James Rew, Max Holden, George Hill, Chris Woakes, Farhan Ahmed, Josh Tongue, Eddie Jack. 

India A: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Tanush Kotian, Anshul Kamboj, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed.

After his brilliant double-century in the first game, Nair seems set for an India comeback

Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (vc & wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey, KL Rahul

James Rew (c & wk), Farhan Ahmed, Jordan Cox, Rocky Flintoff, Emilio Gay, Tom Haines, George Hill, Max Holden, Ben McKinney, Eddie Jack, Ajeet Singh Dale, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.

Match begins at 11am local time

India A take on England Lions