India B’s batting lineup, which included stars like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan, faltered against India A’s disciplined bowling. At one point on the first day of the match, the team’s score was 94/7. The pace trio of Khalil Ahmed, Akash Deep and Avesh Khan wreaked havoc with the ball, putting India B on the backfoot.
But Sarfraz’s brother Mushir rose to the occasion when his team needed him the most. He held the innings together during tough times, especially in the second session when India B lost five wickets in quick succession.
Musheer Khan gave the credit of his century to his father
“Our father has groomed us to score big, for us, our century starts from 150. He told us to play our shots after reaching that milestone. We have to play the whole day, stay on the wicket and we are very hungry for runs,” Mushir Khan was quoted as saying by Cricket.com.
Navdeep Saini supported Mushir Khan well. Navdeep Saini played a brilliant innings of 56 runs in 144 balls. He hit 8 fours and 1 six in his innings. India-B opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 runs in 59 balls but apart from him no batsman of India-B could cross the fifty run mark. Talking about India-A bowlers, Akash Deep was the most successful bowler.
Akash Deep took 4 wickets. Apart from this, Khalil Ahmed and Avesh Khan got 2 wickets each. Kuldeep Yadav took the valuable wicket of Mushir Khan.