Bumrah, Jadeja and others miss out on bowling time as rain washes out third day

Stumps New Zealand A 36 for 2 (Prasidh 2-12) trail India A 464 for 5 dec (Jaiswal 102, Sai Sudharsan 88, Tilak 81*, Jurel 71, Washington 50*, Gibson 2-73) by 428 runs

The entire third day of the third four-day match between New Zealand A and India A in Lincoln was washed out, leaving the game, and with that the three-match series, heading towards a stalemate.

India A will be particularly disappointed with no play on Monday, given the senior India management would have liked some match time for their bowlers ahead of India's two-match Test series against New Zealand starting on November 19.

Among them, the most attention was on Jasprit Bumrah. He returned to action after last playing in the Asian Games in early October. Following that, Bumrah was rested from the white-ball series against West Indies and New Zealand. He had been training in Ahmedabad, his hometown, before going through the routine return-to-play procedure at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

Bumrah bowled six overs on day two against New Zealand A in Lincoln and kept things tight. He conceded just 11 runs and bowled a maiden, although there were no wickets against his name.

Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja, also in action in Lincoln, didn't get a bowl on day two. He flew to New Zealand on the back of two games for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy, and would hope to get some overs under his belt on day four.

Prasidh Krishna, in contention to form India's pace attack for the first Test against New Zealand, got both New Zealand A wickets in his five overs on day two. It was Prasidh's first outing since the second ODI against West Indies on September 30 when he suffered a hamstring injury. He was initially part of India's squad for the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand, but was pulled out for this game.