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India A’s pacers delivered an excellent performance to overshadow Marques Ackerman’s superb century, pushing ahead of South Africa A on the second day of the second four-day game on Friday.

Prasidh Krishna (3/35), Mohammad Siraj (2/61) and Akash Deep (2/28) utilised the pace and carry of the track at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, taking seven wickets to bowl out South Africa for 221 in their first innings.

Ackerman’s innings of 134 (118b, 17×4, 5×6) was the backbone of the South African innings.

After securing a 34-run lead, India A were at 78 for three in their second innings, with an overall lead of 112 runs. KL Rahul (26) and Kuldeep Yadav (0) were at the crease at stumps.

Abhimanyu Easwaran faced a challenging match with his second duck, while Sai Sudharsa

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