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Sep 10 (CRICKETNMORE) <\/strong>Skipper Shubman Gill missed out on a hundred but Jalaj Saxena scored a defiant unbeaten 61 to help India 'A' take the lead against South Africa 'A' and then reduce them to 125\/5 at the end of Day 2 in the first unofficial Test on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Gill scored 90 from 153 balls (13x4, 1x6) as Saxena also gave his skipper support after India 'A' were reduced to 199\/7 at one stage. Saxena's gritty innings helped the hosts post 303 and take a 139-run lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the first innings, South Africa 'A' managed a paltry 164 and a similar script followed in their second dig as a top-order collapse reduced them to five down at stumps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Resuming at 129\/2, India 'A' lost wickets at regular intervals with pacer Lungi Ngidi and off spinner Dane Piedt picking up three wickets each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But Gill added to his overnight score and looked good for a hundred before pacer Marco Jansen cleaned him up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Saxena then carried on the good work with a brisk 61 from 96 balls, his unconquered knock laced with 11 fours. A century partnership between all-rounder Saxena and Shardul Thakur (34) helped open up a potentially decisive lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The visitors were then tottering at 52\/4 after Mohammed Siraj opened the floodgates by dismissing Pieter Malan in the first over and Aiden Markram followed a few overs later, caught behind by K.S. Bharat off Shardul Thakur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem then removed Khaya Zondo and Muthusamy to further dent the tourists. But opener Zubayr Hamza (44) and Henrich Klaasen joined hands for a 42-run stand to stem the rot, before Hamza was out. At close, wicketkeeper batsman Klaasen (35 batting) and Wiaan Mulder (12 batting) were at the crease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief Scores: South Africa A 164 & 125\/5 (Heinrich Klaasen 35*; Shahbaz Nadeem 2\/13); India 'A' 303 (Shubman Gill 90, Jalaj Saxena 61*; Lungi Ngidi 3\/50)<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gill2.jpg", "alt_img": "Shubman Gill", "alt_title": "Shubman Gill", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "All-round India 'A' tighten grip on SA 'A' On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Sep 10 (CRICKETNMORE) Skipper Shubman Gill missed out on a hundred but Jalaj Saxena scored a defiant unbeaten 61 to help India 'A' take the lead against South Africa 'A' and then reduc", "seo_keywords": "Shubman Gill", "tag": "", "tagging": "Shubman Gill,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "all-round-india-a-tighten-grip-on-sa-a", "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": "1298", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2019-09-10 22:29:44", "updated": "2019-09-10 22:29:44", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Shubman Gill", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2019-09-10 22:29:44", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2019-09-10 22:29:44", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/all-round-india-a-tighten-grip-on-sa-a-51699" }