India vs Leicestershire: KS Bharat's unbeaten 70 helps India to 246/8 after top-order fails on rain-marred Day 1

India vs Leicestershire: Rain forced early stumps on Day 1 as India ended day one of the 4-day warm-up game vs Leicestershire on 246/8. KS Bharat starred for India with an unbeaten 70-run knock.

KS Bharat struck a solid half-century to ensure that India reached 246 for 8 before rain forced early stumps on the first day of the tour match against a Leicestershire XI that included Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna.

India’s tour of England and Ireland got off to a shaky start on the opening morning of the warm-up fixture against a combined Leicestershire and India XI on Thursday.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s opening stand of 35 ended abruptly when the younger opener was caught behind off Will Davis for 21, with Rishabh Pant, part of a rejigged opposition XI, taking the catch.

FIFTY for @KonaBharat in the practice match.#TeamIndia 208/7 pic.twitter.com/S4Faj8njeq

The wickets continued to tumble in Leicester, with three leading India batters departing in quick succession Rohit Sharma (25), Hanuma Vihari (3) and Shreyas Iyer (0) joining Gill back in the hutch early.

And Ravindra Jadeja (13) was the fifth batter to fall in the morning session, leaving India 90/5 at lunch.