The Indian cricket team, led by Shubman Gill, has left for the England tour for the upcoming five-match Test series. So, before this much-awaited Test series, the India A team is strengthening its preparations by playing two unofficial Test matches against England Lions.
So, meanwhile, news is coming that today, on 6th June, experienced wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team KL Rahul has made headlines by scoring a century in the second unofficial Test match against England Lions.
KL Rahul scored the 19th century of his first-class cricket career in 151 balls in the match. During this innings, Rahul hit 13 fours and 1 six. KL Rahul scoring a century before the start of the England tour is a good sign for Team India’s batting.
Status of the second unofficial test match
It is worth noting that at this time, a match is being played between England Lions and India A at the County Cricket Ground in Northampton. If we give you information about this match, then till the time of writing the news, the Indian cricket team has scored a total of 239 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 58 overs. At this time, KL Rahul is present at the crease with 103* runs and Dhruv Jurel with 52* runs.
So far, Team India’s opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has been out LBW against Chris Woakes after scoring 17 runs. Apart from this, Abhimanyu Easwaran became the victim of Woakes after scoring 11 runs, and Karun Nair became the victim of Woakes after scoring 40 runs. Fast bowler Chris Woakes has got three wickets for England Lions.
Team India will play on the England tour without Ro-Ko
Let us tell you that this will be the first time in the last 10 years that the Indian cricket team is touring England and Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are not present with them. It is worth noting that during IPL 2025, Rohit had said goodbye to Test cricket, and then a few days after that, Kohli also said goodbye to the biggest format of the game. Both retired from T20 and Test cricket at almost the same time.
