Twitter Reactions: Rahane, Pant shine as India A register victory over England

were donned by Ajinkya Rahane as he led a young side. The unit showed great promise as they performed brilliantly to make light work of the challenging total posted by the visitors. Earlier in the day, it was captain Eoin Morgan who once again won the toss and elected to bat first. England began their innings in a splendid fashion. Jason Roy gave a quickfire start while Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales scored half centuries and provided a perfect platform for the middle order to go all blazing.

However, golden ducks for Morgan and Jos Buttler ensured a collapse. From 116/1, the Englishmen were reduced to 211/9. Some late charge by Adil Rashid and David Willey took England to 282 before they were all out in the penultimate over. Parvez Rasool was the pick of the bowlers for India A with figures of 3/38. Shahbaz Nadeem and Ashok Dinda got a couple of wickets each. Pradeep Sangwan also got two wickets but was quite expensive. Young Punjab pacer Siddharth Kaul got one wicket.

The top order provided a kickstart to India A in the chase. Rahane who batted splendidly missed out on a deserving hundred as he was dismissed for 91 runs from 83 balls. His opening partner Sheldon Jackson also scored a superb half century and looked comfortable at the crease. Both added 119 runs for the first wicket partnership.

Rishabh Pant coming in at No.3, displayed his pinch hitting skills with a scintillating 59 runs from 36 balls while Suresh Raina coming back after an illness also scored 45 runs from 34 balls. Baroda allrounder Deepak Hooda gave the finishing touches as India A won the game by 6 wickets and with more than 10 overs to spare.

In spite of the stalwarts not playing today, it didn’t stop Twitterati from taking interest in the game. Youngsters surely impressed the people out there. England’s abysmal display didn’t delight the fans out there. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

Here comes Raina's Trademark shot…. Lofted Straight Drive #IndAvENG

— Swapnil Sawant (@ImSwap45) January 12, 2017

Rishabh Pant has all the makings of a superstar.Just needs to ensure right people guiding him apart from the legend Rahul Dravid.#IndAvEng

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) January 12, 2017

? Rahane out for 91!!! Ind A 233-3 #IndAvENG

— Subha ⚡ (@Iamsubha27) January 12, 2017

Rahane goes for an 83-ball 91 as Willey finds the base of his leg stump 233/3 in 32.1 #IndAvEng

— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) January 12, 2017

Deepak Hooda is the new batsman. #IndAvEng

— Sportswallah (@Sportswaala) January 12, 2017

@RishabPant777 is the player to invest. Great talent @BCCI should consider him and encourage. That was a fine knock. #IndAvEng #warmup

— Ajjith Chowdhary (@imajjith) January 12, 2017

Another failure for Moeen too. #IndAvEng

— Ed Lawrence (@ed90law) January 12, 2017

Bit early to say this but feel Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav will be the players to watch out for in the future.. #TeamIndia #cricket

— Preetham Baliga (@tweet_preet) January 12, 2017

Come on Raina you have to do it..@ImRaina #IndAvEng

— Sharmistha(Viratian) (@ImSharmi7) January 12, 2017

200 in 29th over. Brilliant Batted Boys. #IndAvEng

— Himanshu (@HimanJadduboy) January 12, 2017

I hope that Billings' omission from the 2nd warm up means he is a shoe in for the one dayers. Pick form not reputation #IndAvEng #billings

— Nick Helyar (@njhelyar) January 12, 2017

Rishabh Pant has just hit 4,4,4,6 off Ball to reach 50 off 32 balls, 8 fours and one six so far. #IndAvEng

— jigar mehta (@jigsactin) January 12, 2017

I see #EoinMorgan got a 1st ball duck to go with his 3 the other day. #IndAvEng Maybe #England should have moved on without him, perhaps?

— Jon Dunn (@cromercanary) January 12, 2017

Mixed bag for England after winning the toss. They slumped from 115/1 to 211/9 before Rashid & Willey added 71 for the last wicket #IndAvEng

— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) January 12, 2017

It's nothing to do with Eoin Morgan missing tour of Bangladesh he's simply not one of England's best five/six batsman anymore.#IndAvEng

— Neil (@spuddy1878) January 12, 2017

Parvez Rasool : 10-1-38-3#IndAvEng

— ツツ Rinda_Ho ツツ (@Yunii_que) January 12, 2017

Ajinkya Rahane has been off the field for a while. Suresh Raina has been leading the team in his stead #IndAvEng

— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) January 12, 2017

This is so good to see. A mexican wave for a warm-up match. Mumbai fans always keep the energy high. #IndAvEng

— Moulin (@Moulinparikh) January 12, 2017

Ashok doing Danda, to #ENG team,#IndAvEng

— Athar Sir Jadeja ? (@cricdrugs) January 12, 2017

Some sort of triumph for Shahbaz Nadeem. Playing for India A v England, he has 2/33 in 8 overs. Eoin Morgan c&b first ball duck #IndAvEng

— Jamie Alter (@jamie_alterTOI) January 12, 2017

BTW why @root66 is not playing warm up games? Is he still practicing on the roads behind the stadium? #IndAvEng

— Paresh Godhwani (@Par_God) January 12, 2017

So Morgan fluffs another opportunity to get some runs under his belt ahead of the ODIs. Meanwhile, Billings twiddles his thumbs #IndAvEng

— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) January 12, 2017

Perfect conditions for R Pant and Ishan Kishan to make an impact in their first taste of international cricket #IndAvEng @HTSportsNews

— Sanjjeev (@Sanjjeev) January 12, 2017

Ajinkya Rahane and Suresh Raina, returning from injury and illness respectively, have turned up for India A today #IndAvEng

— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) January 12, 2017

Update: England have the toss and elected to bat first in the second warm-up match at CCI, Mumbai. #IndAvEng pic.twitter.com/WnoSDoYwgD

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 12, 2017