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IND-A vs AUS-A 2nd Unofficial Test: KL Rahul shone with the bat as India A scripted history after beating Australia-A during the second unofficial Test on Friday in Lucknow, as they had chased 412 runs.

Rahul, who had retired hurt on the fourth day as he had scored 74 runs, came into bat on the last day and dismissed the claims around his fitness concerns ahead of the 1st Test match against the West Indies. He had scored an unbeaten knock of 176 runs and helped the team win the match by five wickets, where the captain scored 56 runs. Sai Sudharsan also scored a hundred.

Initially, the hosts were leading by 226 runs after being skittled out for 194 runs, where Sudharsan played the role of a lone warrior as he had scored 74 runs. N Jagadeesan, who was Rishabh Pant's replacement in India's Test team, had scored 38 runs, and no other batter could score more than 16 runs, where six batters got out after scoring in single digits.

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During the first innings, the visitors had scored 420 runs, where Maanav Suthat took a five-fer. They were skittled out for 185 runs during the second innings.

India-A Creates History

Team Opponent Target Chased Venue Year
India-A Australia-A 412 Lucknow 2022
Australia-A Sri Lanka-A 367 Hambantota 2022
West Indies-A England-A 365 St. John's, Antigua 2006
New Zealand-A Australia-A 365 Lincoln 2023
India-A Nottinghamshire 340 Trent Bridge 2003

This run-chase by the host is the highest in first-class history by an A-team and has also broken the record of Australia A against Sri Lanka A way back in 2022 in Hambantota. They were the first team to chase more than 400 runs during an unofficial Test match.

India-A held the earlier record of best fourth-innings run-chase and that too way back in 2003 against Nottinghamshire, as they had chased 340 runs under Shiv Sunda Das's leadership, where Rohan Gavaskar smashed a hundred and Ambati Rayudu had scored 71 runs.

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Highest First-Class Run-Chases By 'A' Sides

At the same time, it is the sixth-highest run chase in this format in India. The highest ever first-class run-chase record in India was when West Zone chased 541 against South Zone during the 2010 Duleep Trophy. At the same time, the highest chase against an A-team in India was recorded when South Zone chased 503 against England A way back in 2004.

India A had clinched the two-match unofficial Test series by 1-0 since the series opener ended in a tie. Both teams will now face each other for a three-day match series, which will be held next week.