At stumps on day two, Sri Lanka A were in deep trouble at 83 for four, trailing India A by 539 runs, with Ashan Priyanjan and Niroshan Dickwella batting on 22 runs each.
The 28-year-old batsman was not picked for India A's games against Sri Lanka and West Indies.
The three ODIs between India 'A' and Australia 'A' will be played in Brisbane on December 12, 14 and 16 while the T20 matches will be hosted by Gold Coast December 19, 21 and 23.
Wriddhiman Saha has been picked ahead of Rishabh Pant in the India 'A' squad for the multi-day games against West Indies 'A' while K.S. Bharat is the second-choice keeper.
Leg-spinner Markande (5 for 31) spun a web around the visitors to bowl them out for 180 in the second innings after following on.
Following on, the visitors ended the second day at 24 for no loss in their second innings, still behind by 228 runs.
Rahul and Easwaran continued to pick up runs easily as the England bowlers struggled in good batting conditions. The openers piled on the runs and took the score to 169 at the tea break.
The team think-tank may consider giving former Test bowler Varun Aaron a go in this match given that the India selectors are looking at genuine quick bowlers with an aim to broaden the pool.
Rathour was supposed to start with India A assignment in Wayanad but for now his appointment has been stalled indefinitely.
Beginning day four at 20 for no loss, openers Ben Duckett (30) and Max Holden (29) looked positive and brought up the team's 50 in the 12th over.
India A declared their innings at 540 for 6 in reply to England Lions' 340 to gain a massive 200-run lead.
India 'A' came up with a strong reply to England Lions' first innings score of 340, courtesy Rahul and Priyank Panchal, who was unbeaten on 89.
Duckett, in particular, played with a lot of assurance as the visitors negotiated the opening hour without any loss.
The Rest of India side's batting line-up bears a formidable look with a lot of current India players like Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer and Hanuma Vihari in the mix.
KL Rahul, who made a comeback to competitive cricket with India A assignment, had scores of 13, 42 and 0 against England Lions in three one-day games.
Ben Duckett starred with an unbeaten 70 as England Lions pulled off a narrow one-wicket win over India 'A' in a low-scoring fifth and final match of the unofficial ODI series.
The squad doesn't contain any top performers from either Saurashtra or Vidarbha, as the Ranji Trophy final will only get over on February 7.
The match was halted for 15 minutes as the spectators started protecting themselves after being stung by the bees. A video went viral after the incident took place.
Rishabh Pant played a destructive knock of unbeaten 73 to take the team to victory line while returning KL Rahul also found some form in with slow but steady innings of 42 runs in 72 balls.
In a low-scoring encounter, India A could manage only 172 in 47.1 overs but then did well enough to bowl out Lions for 112 in only 30.5 overs.
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