India A's spinners inflicted significant damage to England Lions' batting lineup on the fourth day of the third unofficial Test to notch a commanding 134-run victory and bag the three-match series 2-0. England Lions, faced with the daunting task of chasing 403 runs, were dismissed for 268 in their second innings, resulting in India A securing a 2-0 series win.
Shams Mulani, the left-arm spinner from Mumbai, played a pivotal role by claiming five wickets for 60 runs, while Saransh Jain, the off-spinner from Madhya Pradesh, contributed with 3 wickets for 50 runs. England found themselves in trouble after starting the day at 83/2. Alex Lees, the opener for England Lions, managed to complete his fifty and appeared to be in good form. However, his innings was brought to an end when Mulani trapped him leg before the wickets, resulting in his dismissal for 55 runs.
At the time, England were at 120 for 4, but they suffered the loss of three more wickets while only adding 20 additional runs, plummeting to 140 for seven. During this period, Mulani managed to dismiss Lions' captain Josh Bohannon, who had scored 18 runs, and Dan Mousley, who had contributed 5 runs.
Nevertheless, the Lions were determined to put up one last fight. Wicketkeeper-batsman Ollie Robinson, who scored 80 runs off 105 balls with 7 fours and two sixes, and James Coles, who added 31 runs from 58 balls with 3 fours, combined for an exciting eighth-wicket partnership that yielded 104 runs over a little more than 23 overs.
The Lions easily crossed the 200-run mark, but it always came down to the crucial wicket. Mulani ultimately broke the partnership by successfully appealing for a leg-before wicket decision against Coles. Once Jain dismissed Robinson, the Lions' innings and the match swiftly came to a close.
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