Duleep Trophy SF: South in control despite Khajuria’s 128; Central tighten grip over West
North’s reply began poorly as pacer Gurjapneet Singh struck early, trapping captain Ankit Kumar leg before in the sixth over and later bowling Yash Dhull (14).
North’s reply began poorly as pacer Gurjapneet Singh struck early, trapping captain Ankit Kumar leg before in the sixth over and later bowling Yash Dhull (14).
Resuming the day at 297/3, South Zone lost Mohammed Azharuddeen (11) early, but Jagadeesan anchored South Zone’s innings with his marathon effort, consuming 352 deliveries and slamming 16 fours and a couple of sixes.
Ankit was unbeaten on 168 off 264 balls (16 fours, one six) and shared a massive 240-run stand with Dhull, who struck 133 off 157 balls with 14 fours and three sixes.
Nabi’s burst reduced East from 200/4 to 223/9 before they were bowled out for 230 in 56.1 overs. He became only the fourth bowler in first-class cricket to achieve the rare feat.
Put in to bat on a cloudy morning, North Zone openers Ankit Kumar (leading in Shubman Gill’s absence) and Shubham Khajuria gave a steady start, but Manishi struck thrice before lunch – all lbw – to derail the innings.
India A rode on an excellent opening partnership between half centurions Mayank Agarwal (56) and Pratham Singh (59 not out) to reach 115 /1 and more importantly extended their overall lead to 222 runs at stumps on the second day of the Duleep Trophy Round 2 match against India D
India C rode on a magnificent century from Ishan Kishan (111 off 126 deliveries) to end Day 1 at 357 for 5 at stumps, in the second round of the Duleep Trophy against India B, at the Rural Development Trust Stadium B in Anantapur.
The star power of the season-opening red-ball event will see a noticeable reduction with the release of India squad members for a preparatory camp ahead of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, starting September 19.
Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep are leaving the India A team and will be replaced by Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, Shaik Rasheed, Shams Mulani and Aaqib Khan.
All-rounder Musheer Khan, whose first-innings knock of 181 set the base for India B's 76-run win over India A in the Duleep Trophy first round match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, said he knew about getting an opportunity to perform in the tournament after doing well in Ranji Trophy.
