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Indians 161 for 5 (Parthiv 40, Rohit 29, Joshua Cobb 2-22) hit Leicestershire 146 for 7 (Andrew McDonald 44, R Vinay Kumar 3-29, A Mishra 2-19) by 15 runs
India produced an inspiring presentation in the field to beat Leicestershire by 15 runs at Grace Road in their final warm-up game.
Leicestershire, field 10 of the side that won the Friends Life t20 final next to Somerset on Saturday, were peg back to 146 for seven as they chase a victory target of 162.
Put into bat, India post 161 for five in front of a capability crowd of more than 6,000. Opener Parthiv Patel top-scored with 40 off 31 balls to get better his chances of making the starting line-up next to England.
Australian Andrew McDonald was Leicestershire's top-scorer with 44 before fetching one of three wounded for Vinay Kumar, while Amit Mishra took two for 19 in four tidy overs.
Abdul Razzaq hit a typically forceful 37 off 24 balls for Leicestershire but it was not sufficient to keep them up with the rate and they were left require 25 runs off the final over, which prove to be well out of their reach.
India, without Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni, made a scorching start to their innings as Parthiv and Ajinkya Rahane put on 52 in less than six overs.
Parthiv was the leading partner with a succession of fine shots next to Matthew Hoggard and Razzaq, but the latter finally broke the opening stand when he had Rahane luminously caught at short third man by Jigar Naik.
The opening of McDonald saw Parthiv go with the total at 73, having hit six boundaries. But, trying for another big hit, he was caught at deep mid-wicket by Will Jefferson.
Rahul Dravid made an elegant 29 but, for the first time in the warm-up games, Virat Kohli failed to reach a half-century, caught at long-on off the bowling of Naik.
Rohit Sharma boost the scoring rate with 29 off 21 balls, including two successive sixes off Wayne White, before asset out to McDonald off the bowling of Josh Cobb.
India's total was a aggressive one and the early departure of Cobb, who had his middle stump knocked back by Praveen Kumar; put the county side on the back foot.
McDonald and Jefferson briefly look to have them back in the game with some big hitting until Jefferson was out lbw trying to sweep Mishra.
McDonald's removal from office when he was bowled by Vinay Kumar gave India the plan and, when Razzaq went, caught in the bottomless off Ravichandran Ashwin, it ended Leicestershire's hopes.
Vinay Kumar finished with three for 29 but Mishra looked the most imposing performer. Gambhir, still suffering problems after his head injury in the last Test against England, is to have a further test before deciding whether he will play in the Twenty20 match at Old Trafford.
India produced an inspiring presentation in the field to beat Leicestershire by 15 runs at Grace Road in their final warm-up game.
Leicestershire, field 10 of the side that won the Friends Life t20 final next to Somerset on Saturday, were peg back to 146 for seven as they chase a victory target of 162.
Put into bat, India post 161 for five in front of a capability crowd of more than 6,000. Opener Parthiv Patel top-scored with 40 off 31 balls to get better his chances of making the starting line-up next to England.
Australian Andrew McDonald was Leicestershire's top-scorer with 44 before fetching one of three wounded for Vinay Kumar, while Amit Mishra took two for 19 in four tidy overs.
Abdul Razzaq hit a typically forceful 37 off 24 balls for Leicestershire but it was not sufficient to keep them up with the rate and they were left require 25 runs off the final over, which prove to be well out of their reach.
India, without Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni, made a scorching start to their innings as Parthiv and Ajinkya Rahane put on 52 in less than six overs.
Parthiv was the leading partner with a succession of fine shots next to Matthew Hoggard and Razzaq, but the latter finally broke the opening stand when he had Rahane luminously caught at short third man by Jigar Naik.
The opening of McDonald saw Parthiv go with the total at 73, having hit six boundaries. But, trying for another big hit, he was caught at deep mid-wicket by Will Jefferson.
Rahul Dravid made an elegant 29 but, for the first time in the warm-up games, Virat Kohli failed to reach a half-century, caught at long-on off the bowling of Naik.
Rohit Sharma boost the scoring rate with 29 off 21 balls, including two successive sixes off Wayne White, before asset out to McDonald off the bowling of Josh Cobb.
India's total was a aggressive one and the early departure of Cobb, who had his middle stump knocked back by Praveen Kumar; put the county side on the back foot.
McDonald and Jefferson briefly look to have them back in the game with some big hitting until Jefferson was out lbw trying to sweep Mishra.
McDonald's removal from office when he was bowled by Vinay Kumar gave India the plan and, when Razzaq went, caught in the bottomless off Ravichandran Ashwin, it ended Leicestershire's hopes.
Vinay Kumar finished with three for 29 but Mishra looked the most imposing performer. Gambhir, still suffering problems after his head injury in the last Test against England, is to have a further test before deciding whether he will play in the Twenty20 match at Old Trafford.
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