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Bharat's ton, Kuldeep's fifty put India 'A' on driving seat in 1st innings
They shared crucial 113 runs for the eighth wicket to take India A to 505 all out in their first innings in reply to Australia A's 346
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Srikar Bharat hit a splendid ton and his century stand with Kuldeep Yadav put India A in command over Australia A in the second unofficial Test at Alur on Monday.
Bharat struck a brilliant 106 off 186 balls with 12 boundaries and a six and together with Kuldeep (52) shared crucial 113 runs for the eighth wicket to take India A to 505 all out in their first innings in reply to Australia A's 346.
At stumps on day three, Australia were 38 for two in their second innings, still trailing India A by 121 runs.
Earlier resuming the day at 223 for three, India A lost captain Shreyas Iyer (42) first, cleaned up by Mitchell Marsh.
Then Bharat walked into the middle and built a 41-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Shubman Gill (50), who was bowled by Chris Tremain before lunch.
In the second session, India A lost two more wickets — Krishnappa Gowtham (20) and Deepak Chahar (6) with the scoreboard reading 370 for seven.
But then Bharat and Kuldeep managed to hold the fort and stitched a fine stand to help India 'A' post a mammoth total.
Ashton Agar (3/87) and Tremain (3/41) picked up three wickets apiece for Australia 'A'.
Australia A began their second innings on a disastrous note, losing Kurtis Patterson and Matt Renshaw early. Patterson (4) was picked by Gowtham while Renshaw (19) fell to Shahbaz Nadeem.
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