India, Oct. 24 -- India's big batting Test stars had a baptism of fire in the first four-day unofficial Test at Lincoln on Saturday. Representing India A ahead of the two-Test series next month, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudharsan, captain Dhruv Jurel, all struggled on the opening day of the game on a lively pitch as the team was bowled out for 113 in 39.3 overs.

Indian seamers were expected to get their own back on the Kiwis but they failed to make any impression as New Zealand A reached 80/0 in 22 overs at the time of writing this article. Auqib Nabi, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Deep, Mukesh Choudhary, all looked at sea against captain Rhys Mariu (47 not out) and Curtis Heaphy (21 not out).

Earlier, Mariu won the toss...