England Lions cricket team in India in 2023–24

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England Lions cricket team in India in 2023–24
  Flag of India.svg Flag of England.svg
  India A England Lions
Dates 12 January – 4 February 2024
Captains Abhimanyu Easwaran Josh Bohannon
FC series
Result India A won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Sai Sudharsan (221) Keaton Jennings (310)
Most wickets Akash Deep (11) Matthew Potts (20)

The England Lions cricket team toured India in January and February 2024 to play the India A cricket team. [1] The tour consisted of the three first-class matches. [2] The series overlapped with the Test series between the senior sides. [3] In December 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, with all matches taking place at Ahmedabad. [4]

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Squads

Flag of India.svg India A [5] Flag of England.svg England Lions [6]

On 23 January 2024, Rinku Singh was added to India ‘A’ squad for 2nd four-day match. [7]

Tour match

12–13 January 2024
Scorecard
v
233 (51.1 overs)
Dan Mousley 60 (66)
Manav Suthar 3/45 (11 overs)
462/8d (91 overs)
Rajat Patidar 111 (141)
Jack Carson 2/65 (14 overs)
Match drawn
Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi
  • England Lions won the toss and elected to bat first

First-class series

1st unofficial Test

17–20 January 2024
Scorecard
v
553/8d (118 overs)
Keaton Jennings 154 (188)
Manav Suthar 4/137 (29 overs)
227 (47 overs)
Rajat Patidar 151 (158)
Matthew Potts 4/30 (12 overs)
163/6d (29.3 overs)
Keaton Jennings 64 (65)
Pradosh Ranjan Paul 2/23 (3 overs)
426/5 (125 overs)
K. S. Bharat 116* (165)
Callum Parkinson 3/182 (43 overs)
Match drawn
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)
Player of the match: Keaton Jennings (Lions)
  • India A won the toss and elected to field first

2nd unofficial Test

24–27 January 2024
Scorecard
v
152 (52.4 overs)
Ollie Price 48 (81)
Akash Deep 4/46 (13.4 overs)
489 (111.1 overs)
Sarfaraz Khan 161 (160)
Matthew Potts 6/125 (30.1 overs)
321 (90.2 overs)
Ollie Robinson 85 (108)
Saurabh Kumar 5/104 (29 overs)
India A won by an innings and 16 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Khan (Ind A)
  • England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd unofficial Test

1–4 February 2024
Scorecard
v
192 (50.2 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 65 (96)
Matthew Potts 6/57 (16.2 overs)
199 (64.3 overs)
Alex Lees 64 (136)
Akash Deep 4/56 (21 overs)
409 (107.1 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 117 (240)
Dan Mousley 3/43 (13 overs)
268 (72.4 overs)
Ollie Robinson 80 (105)
Shams Mulani 5/60 (20 overs)
India A won by 134 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Ind A)
  • England Lions won the toss and elected to field.

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