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Mumbai, Jan 12 (CRICKETNMORE) Riding on Ajinkya Rahane's 91-run knock, India 'A' defeated England by six wickets in the second 50-over practice match at the Brabourne Stadium here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Skipper Rahane, Sheldon Jackson (59), Rishabh Pant (59) and Suresh Raina (45) were the major scorers for the hosts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chasing 282, Rahane and Jackson gave a solid platform as they both forged a 119-run partnership for the opening wicket before Jackson was caught by Jonny Bairstow off spinner Moeen Ali in the 19th over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Incoming batsman Pant, also contributed handsomely as he along with the skipper added another crucial 78 runs to get past 150-run mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Just when things seemed good for the hosts, Pant was sent back to the pavillion by spinner Adil Rashid in the 28th over. His 36-ball 59-run blitz was laced with eight boundaries and four sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The fall of wicket brought in veteran batsman Suresh Raina, who was recently sidelined from the national side. The Uttar Pradesh left-hander and Rahane took the hosts closer to the England score before the latter was bowled by David Willy with India 'A' at 233-3 in 33 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

After three overs, Raina was also sent packing by pacer Jake Ball. His 34-ball 45 was studded with seven boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Young middle-order batsmen Deepak Hooda (23) and Ishan Kishan (5) then completed the formalities for the hosts with 62 balls remaining.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For England, Willey, Ball, Rashid and Ali scalped one wicket each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Earlier, opting to bat, England were bowled out for 282 in 49 overs with Bairstow scoring a fifty. Bairstow's 65-ball 64 included 10 boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Apart from him, Ben Strokes (38), and Adil Rashid (39) were the main scorers for the visitors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For India, off-spinner Parvez Rasool scalped three wickets while medium pacers Pradeep Sangwan, Ashoke Dinda and left-arm spinner Shabaz Nadeem took two wickets each.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ajinkya-rahane64.jpg", "alt_img": "Ajinkya Rahane stars as India A beat England by 6 wickets", "alt_title": "Indian Batsman Ajinkya Rahane", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Ajinkya Rahane stars as India A beat England by 6 wickets", "seo_desc": "Riding on Ajinkya Rahane's 91-run knock, India 'A' defeated England by six wickets in the second 50-over practice match at the Brabourne Stadium", "seo_keywords": "Ajinkya Rahane, India vs England", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ajinkya-rahane-stars-as-india-a-beat-england-by-6-wickets", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "3442", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-01-12 19:43:00", "updated": "2017-01-12 19:43:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-01-12 19:43:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-01-12 19:43:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ajinkya-rahane-stars-as-india-a-beat-england-by-6-wickets-22860" }