Northampton, June 8 -- India A find themselves in a strong position at the end of Day 3 in the second unofficial Test against England Lions in Northampton, leading by 184 runs with a day to go.

After bowling out the Lions for 327, with Khaleel Ahmed leading the charge with figures of 4/70, India A reached 163/4 in their second innings by stumps, thanks to skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran's 80 and a fluent 51 from KL Rahul, who continued his rich vein of form after a century in the first innings.

The second innings didn't start well for India A as they lost opener Yashasvi Jaiswal for just 5, but the experienced duo of Rahul and Easwaran stitched a crucial 88-run partnership to steady the innings. Rahul looked in fine touch, smashing nine boun...