
The second unofficial Test between India A and Australia A starts on Tuesday (September 23) in Lucknow: follow the live score and updates from the match.
The first match of the series, played between September 16-19 at the same venue, saw huge scores being piled up and ended up resulting in a draw. Sam Konstas and Josh Philippe scored quick centuries, taking Australia A to 532-6, to which India A responded by decaring on 531-7, led by big hundreds from Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel.
India A vs Australia A: What are the squads for the unofficial Tests?
For the second match, the India A squad will have several first-XI players from the Indian Test side in addition to the ones that played in the first, including KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, and potentially Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Australia A squad
Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Liam Scott, Sam Konstas, Jack Edwards, Aaron Hardie, Campbell Kellaway, Nathan McSweeney, Todd Murphy, Fergus O'Neill, Oliver Peake, Josh Philippe, Corey Rocchiccioli.
India A squad
Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (vc, wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Harsh Dubey, Ayush Badoni, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Manav Suthar, Yash Thakur. Second match only: KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj.
IND A vs AUS A, 2nd unofficial Test live score
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