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India A consolidate their position against Windies A on Day 3

by Saksham Mishra & WINDIES Friday 6 July 2018

©Cricket World / John Mallett

India A (133, 536-4) lead Windies A by 286 runs after centuries from Prithvi Shaw (188) and Ravikumar Samarth (137).

Mayank Agarwal (66) was the first wicket to fall as he could only add 12 runs to his overnight score. Agarwal was dismissed by Sherman Lewis (19-100-2) who proved to be one of the better bowlers for Windies A. Centurion Prithvi Shaw continued his class, this time in a more cautious manner to move to 188.

Prithvi Shaw goes for 188 for India A v West Indies A.

His sixth century in 11 first-class matches and his highest score.

His scores for India A on this Eng tour:
70
132
7
27
105
15
0
188#INDAvWIA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) July 6, 2018

Ravikumar Samarth (137) who came in at one down assisted Shaw brilliantly with a proper Test match century. Captain Karun Nair was the next to follow who played a very stubborn knock and remain unbeaten at 77. After Hanuma Vihari (10) was dismissed buy Devon Thomas (14-60-1), Vijay Shankar (6*) remained unbeaten along with Nair as India bloated to 536 for 4 in 100 overs.

Top knock from Prithvi Shaw, beserko last night, calm today. 188. Rahul Dravid was enjoying his ice cream when the wicket felt. (looked mint choc chip, though that's unconfirmed)
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) July 6, 2018

The Windies A bowlers worked hard for the entire day without much success. In a rare occurrence, only four wickets fell throughout the day as India A further consolidated their position and took a lead of 286 runs. With this lead, India A have gradually started nudging ahead in the match.