<p class="title">Young leg-spinner Mayank Markande scalped five wickets to steer India 'A' to a series-clinching innings and 68-run win over England Lions in the second and final four-day game, here at the SDNRW stadium on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Markande (5/31), who first dazzled in the Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians, spun a web around the visitors to bowl them out for 180 in the second innings on the third day after England had followed following on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Faced with the daunting task of handling the Indian spinners on a turning wicket, the Lions, resuming from 24 for no loss, performed poorly with the bat with only Ben Duckett (50) and Lewis Gregory (44) showing some fight.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Besides Markande, Jalaj Saxena (2/40) claimed two wickets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year old Markande troubled most of the England batsmen with his guile.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The talented Ollie Pope was Markande's first victim, trapped leg-before.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But opener Duckett mixed caution with aggression in an effort to defy the India 'A' bowlers for a while. He hit four boundaries and two sixes in his half-century and was involved in a 40-run partnership with fellow opener Max Holden (7).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, off-spinner Saxena struck the first blow for the hosts, dismissing Holden leg before wicket. He also dismissed Duckett in the same manner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Markande, who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket, got a lot of turn from the surface and put the Lions batsmen in deep trouble.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He removed Steve Mullaney, Dominic Bess and Zak Chappell in quick succession as the Lions capitulated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Running out of partners, Gregory went on the offensive and hit six fours and a six during his 49-ball knock before becoming the last batsman to fall, handing India 'A' victory with a day to spare.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pace bowlers Varun Aaron (1/39), Navdeep Saini (1/25) and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (1/25) picked up a wicket each.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, the Rahul Dravid-coached India 'A' team had enforced the follow-on after dismissing the visitors for 144 in the first innings in reply to the hosts' 392 all out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bengal opening batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran, who slammed 117, was adjudged man of the match.</p>
<p class="title">Young leg-spinner Mayank Markande scalped five wickets to steer India 'A' to a series-clinching innings and 68-run win over England Lions in the second and final four-day game, here at the SDNRW stadium on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Markande (5/31), who first dazzled in the Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians, spun a web around the visitors to bowl them out for 180 in the second innings on the third day after England had followed following on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Faced with the daunting task of handling the Indian spinners on a turning wicket, the Lions, resuming from 24 for no loss, performed poorly with the bat with only Ben Duckett (50) and Lewis Gregory (44) showing some fight.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Besides Markande, Jalaj Saxena (2/40) claimed two wickets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year old Markande troubled most of the England batsmen with his guile.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The talented Ollie Pope was Markande's first victim, trapped leg-before.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But opener Duckett mixed caution with aggression in an effort to defy the India 'A' bowlers for a while. He hit four boundaries and two sixes in his half-century and was involved in a 40-run partnership with fellow opener Max Holden (7).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, off-spinner Saxena struck the first blow for the hosts, dismissing Holden leg before wicket. He also dismissed Duckett in the same manner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Markande, who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket, got a lot of turn from the surface and put the Lions batsmen in deep trouble.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He removed Steve Mullaney, Dominic Bess and Zak Chappell in quick succession as the Lions capitulated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Running out of partners, Gregory went on the offensive and hit six fours and a six during his 49-ball knock before becoming the last batsman to fall, handing India 'A' victory with a day to spare.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pace bowlers Varun Aaron (1/39), Navdeep Saini (1/25) and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (1/25) picked up a wicket each.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, the Rahul Dravid-coached India 'A' team had enforced the follow-on after dismissing the visitors for 144 in the first innings in reply to the hosts' 392 all out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bengal opening batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran, who slammed 117, was adjudged man of the match.</p>