DHAKA: Nasir Hossian’s hundred helped Bangladesh A to set a target of 253 runs for India A in the second One Day International at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday.

Bangladesh A scored 252 runs for 8 wickets after 50 overs.

Nasir remains unbeaten on 102 off 96 balls, which include 12 fours and a six. He was well supported by Liton Das who scored 45 runs.

For India A Rishi Dhawan picked three wickets while Karn Sharma scalped two wickets. Rush Kalaria and Suresh Raina chipped in with a wicket each.

After losing the wicket of Rony Talukdar Bangladesh have recovered well and the partnership between Soumya Sarkar and Anamul Haque has gone past fifty runs. Unmukt Chand has used the services of Rush Kalaria, Sreenath Aravind and Rishi Dhawan.

Earlier, India A captain Unmukt Chand has won the toss and invited Bangladesh A to bat first.

India A lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the opening match convincingly by 96 runs. The hosts now will be looking to seal the series. 

Bangladesh A: Rony Talukdar, Soumya Sarkar, Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque(c), Sabbir Rahman, Litton Das(w), Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain.

India A: Mayank Agarwal, Unmukt Chand(c), Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Rishi Dhawan, Karn Sharma, Rush Kalaria, Sreenath Aravind.

BDST: 1357 HRS, SEP 18, 2015
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