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Dhruv Jurel moves within a run of century as India A reaches 291/7 against New Zealand A on Day 1

India A finished the opening day of their second fixture against New Zealand A at 291 for seven, largely anchored by wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel. Jurel closed out the day unbeaten on ninety-nine alongside Akash Deep, who was batting on twenty-five after putting together an unbroken partnership worth sixty-nine runs for the eighth wicket.

Earlier in the innings, Devdutt Padikkal contributed eighty runs following his previous nineteen-nineties performance, while Sai Sudharsan made forty-one and Manav Suthar added twenty-two. Yashasvi Jaiswal fell for a duck, and Fraser Sheat led the opposing bowling attack with figures of four for fifty.

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