Northampton | England Lions captain James Rew won the toss and opted to field against India A on the opening day of the second unofficial Test here on Friday.
India A made four changes to the XI that started in the first unofficial Test, bringing KL Rahul, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande and Khaleel Ahmed in place of Sarfaraz Khan, Harsh Dubey, Harshit Rana, Mukesh Kumar.
The visiting Indians are preparing to take on England in a five-match Test series beginning in Leeds from June 20.
Teams:
India A: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Tanush Kotian, Anshul Kamboj, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed.
England Lions: Tom Haines, Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, Jordan Cox, James Rew (c/wk), Max Holden, George Hill, Chris Woakes, Farhan Ahmed, Josh Tongue, Eddie Jack.
India A reached 75 for two at lunch after a rain-marred first session on the opening day of the second unofficial Test against England Lions here on Friday.
K L Rahul and Karun Nair were batting on 26 and 16 respectively, when the lunch break was taken.
Chris Woakes, who will lead the England pace attack in the first Test against India at Leeds from June 20, picked up the two wickets to fall in the first session.
Returning to action after a long injury layoff, Woakes first had Yashasvi Jaiswal trapped in front of the wicket with a delivery that came into the left-hander sharply. Abhimanyu Easwaran was dropped in the second slip off the first delivery he faced.
Woakes, however, cut short Easwaran's stay in the middle by getting him plumb infront with a delivery that straightened after pitching.
The conditions at County Ground were overcast and aided the England Lions seamers.
Nair could only face three deliveries before play was stopped due to bad weather.
When play resumed after the rain break, Rahul and Nair played watchfully while keeping the scoreboard moving..
Earlier, England Lions captain James Rew had won the toss and opted to field.
The visiting Indians are preparing to take on England in a five-match Test series beginning from June 20.
Brief scores:
India A: 75/2 in 21 overs (KL Rahul 26 batting, Karun Nair 16 batting, Chris Woakes 2/8) vs England Lions.