Yashavi Jaiswal fell for a four-ball duck against New Zealand in the second unofficial Test. (BCCI)

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s woeful form continued as he fell for a four-ball duck in the second unofficial Test between India A and New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday.

Opening the batting after NZ A elected to field, Jaiswal was dismissed in the first over by seamer Fraser Sheat. The India A innings found some solidity when No. 3 Devdutt Padikkal and opener Sai Sudharsan put on 91 runs for the second wicket. While Sudharsan fell on 41, Padikkal extended his superb scoring form with a 140-ball 80 before India A suffered a middle-order collapse, reducing them to 137 for five.

However, it is Jaiswal’s dipping form that will be of concern for India ahead of the two-match Test series against the Kiwis, beginning at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on November 19.

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