New Zealand lost the warm-up game against Board President XI

Oct.17 - Board President XI comfortably beat New Zealand by 30 runs in their opening warm-up game, in Mumbai on Tuesday. Batting first Board President's XI post 295/9 and then bowled out the tourists for 265 in 47.4 overs.

Facing a senior international side for the first time, local boy Prithvi scored 66 off 80 balls with nine boundaries and a six, putting up 147 for the opening stand with KL Rahul, who contributed 68 off 75 balls.

Brief Scores

BP XI 295/9 (Prithvi Shaw 66, Karun Nair 78, KL Rahul 68).

New Zealand 265 in 47.4 overs (Kane Williamson 47, Tom Latham 59, Shahbaz Nadeem 3/41)

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