start was in contrast to India A's earlier loss against Lions where they had lost their top order by the 16th over. Gill and Agarwal went on to register a century stand and eventually put on 165 before Ed Barnard got rid of Gill for 72. Three overs later, Agarwal reached his century but fell immediately for 112 before he could accelerate.

Matthew Fisher pulled his side back into the contest by getting rid of Rishabh Pant and skipper Shreyas Iyer cheaply but a composed stand between Hanuma Vihari and Deepak Hooda ensured the innings didn't collapse post the double blow. The duo batted cautiously before taking a few risks at the death to take the side past the 300-run mark. While Vihari made 69, Hooda scored a 27-ball33 as the two batsmen fell in the final over off successive deliveries.

Nick Gubbins, who made a century when the two teams met earlier, started off the chase in fine fashion with two boundaries in the first over of the chase. He added three more boundaries to cause a mini scare before Shardul Thakur trapped him leg-before-wicket for 22 in the fifth over. The Mumbai pacer then managed to breach through the defence of Tom Kohler-Cadmore in his following over and with Prasidh Krishna striking timber after seven deliveries, England A were in tatters at 32 for 3.

Liam Livingstone and Ben Foakes briefly resurrected the innings with a 43-run stand but India A kept striking at regular intervals to reduce the hosts to 116 for 6. Liam Dawson