Indian players are preparing for the Test series from England these days. For this, Indian players are playing an intra squad match by forming two teams. In this match, along with the Indian Test team, players who went to England along with India A are also playing. According to the report of The Indian Express, Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed without opening an account on the second day of the intra squad match but Sarfaraz Khan batting vigorously.

The BCCI had informed on Friday that KL Rahul and captain Shubman Gill had scored half -centuries on the first day of the match and Shardul Thakur took wickets. No such update of the match was given on Saturday. However, the BCCI has posted some pictures on social media. In these, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja can be seen while bowling and Sarfaraz can be seen at the crease.

According to the newspaper report, Abhimanyu Ishwaran scored 39 runs and Sai Sudarshan scored 38 runs. Washington Sundar batted twice. He could not open the account once and scored 35 runs for the second time. Ishaan Kishan 45 and Shardul remained unbeaten on 19 runs. The indication of giving Washington Sundar twice batting may also be that the team management wants to fit him in the playing XI but it will happen only when Jadeja sit on the bench. If Indian coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill keep Sundar in the playing XI, then one of the reasons can be that there are many Lefthander batters in the English team. This makes the role of offspiner important.