RAHANE TO LEAD REST OF INDIA IN IRANI CUP TIE

NEW DELHI: Ajinkya Rahane will lead Rest of India in the five-day Irani Cup tie against Ranji champions Vidarbha at Nagpur from February 12. The squad includes Mayank Agarwal, who impressed as replacement opener in the Australia Test series. KL Rahul will captain India A in the four-day game against England Lions in Mysore from Feb 13.

Squads: Rest of India: A Rahane (capt), M Agarwal, Anmolpreet, H Vihari, Shreyas Iyer, I Kishan (wk), K Gowtham, D Jadeja, R Chahar, A Rajpoot, Tanveer Ul-haq, R More, S Warrier, Rinku Singh, S Patel. India A: KL Rahul (capt), A Easwaran, P Panchal, A Bawne, Karun Nair, Ricky Bhui, S Lad, KS Bharat (wk), S Nadeem, J Saxena, M Markande, S Thakur, N Saini, V Aaron.

England Lions off to strong start in unofficial Test

NEW DELHI: Ben Duckett (80) and Sam Hain (61) propelled the touring England Lions to 303/5 at the end of the first day of the unofficial Test against India A in Wayanad on Thursday. Put into bat, England Lions started with an 82-run opening partnership between Duckett and Max

Holden (26). Hain, at No 3, played the anchor with a 167-ball 61 before Steven Mullaney (39) and Will Jacks (40) added an unbeaten 65 runs for the sixth wicket.

Brief scores (Day 1): England Lions 303/5 in 90 ovs (B Duckett 80, S Hain 61; N Saini 2/57).

Windies recall Chris Gayle for England ODI series

ST LUCIA: Chris Gayle has been recalled to the West Indies

ODI squad for the first two games of this month’s five-match home series against England. Gayle has not played for West Indies since he scored 73 in an 18-run ODI defeat against Bangladesh last July and opted out of the tour to India and Bangladesh in October and November.

Squad: Jason Holder (capt), Chris Gayle, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Fabian Allen, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Rovman Powell, Oshane Thomas.