India ‘A’ bowlers clearly had their task cut out yesterday. The selectors’ decision to not include a specialist spinner in the team seemed to have backfired as the pacers and part-time spinners had to bowl a great deal on Day Two of the first warm-up tie against England at the Brabourne Stadium.

Skipper Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary and Murali Vijay bowled 38 overs between themselves of the 87 overs bowled on the penultimate day.