Lucknow, Sept. 18 -- Dhruv Jurel struck his second first-class century as India A batters flourished, except for captain Shreyas Iyer, with the hosts ending day three at 403/4, trailing by 129 runs against Australia A after their 532 in the first innings.

Apart from Jurel, who was unbeaten on 113, Devdutt Padikkal, B Sai Sudharsan and N Jagadeesan had gone past fifty at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

India A began day three trailing Australia A by 416 runs. Xavier Bartlett broke the second-wicket stand of 149, dismissing Jagadeesan for 64, caught behind by Josh Phillipe. Padikkal and Sudharsan then built a promising partnership, nearing a hundred, before Sudharsan fell lbw to Cooper Connolly, attempting a reverse sweep, for 73.

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