Duleep Trophy 2023 Day 1, quarterfinals highlights: North 306/6 vs North East; East 33/2 vs Central, trails by 150 at stumps

North Zone: 306/6 in 87 overs vs North East Zone - Dhruv Shorey 135 (211)- Nishant Sindhu - 76* (113)

East Zone 32/2 in 12 overs vs Central Zone 182 all out; East Zone trails by 150 runs - Murasingh 20-3-42-5 for EZ; Avesh Khan 6-2-13-2

East Zone ends the day at 32 for two, trailing Central Zone by 150 runs. Avesh with a crucial burst with the new ball late in the day while East Zone No. 3 Sudip Gharami looked superb in his brief stand at the crease.

- Lalith Kalidas from Bengaluru

East Zone sent Shahbaz Nadeem as nightwatchman and he along with Sudip Gharami scored quick runs to end the day on 32/2 in 12 overs at stumps.

WICKET! Avesh strikes again! He removes Shantanu Mishra on six as East Zone suffers a double blow from the Madhya Pradesh pacer.

S Mishra 6 (31) lbw b Avesh Khan

North Zone ends their first day with a total of 306 for the loss of six wickets. Nishant Sindhu and Pulkit Narang showed discipline to keep their wickets intact and add important runs in the last hour.

NORTH ZONE 306/6 IN 87 OVERS

Nishant Sindhu attacking batting joined by Pulkit Narang joined a valuable 59* for the eighth wicket to bring up 300 for the North Zone.

North Zone 301/6 in 84.2 overs vs North East Zone

East Zone trail by 178 runs

WICKET!! Abhimanyu Easwaran falls for a golden duck in his first innings of the season as Avesh Khan strikes with his first ball. Just the start Central Zone needed.

A R Easwaran 0(1) lbw Avesh Khan

Nishant Sindhu and Pulkit Narang bring up their fifty partnership. Sindhu is unbeaten on 72 whereas Narang has scored 17 in 38 balls.

WICKET!! Central Zone has been bundled out for 182 after opting to bat first against East Zone. Shahbaz Nadeem takes the last wicket as Yash Thakur offers a caught and bowled opportunity.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

Y R Thakur 1(7) ct & b Shahbaz Nadeem

WICKET!! Manisankar Murasingh records his 13th First-Class five-wicket haul as he dismisses Avesh Khan. The Tripura veteran now has 245 FC wickets. Central Zone plunges to 181/9.

Avesh Khan 10(11) ct Kumar Kushagra b M B Mura Singh

WICKET!! Central Zone fall into deeper trouble as Saurabh departs for 4. Mura Singh picks up his fourth wicket.

Saurabh Kumar 4(16) ct Anustup Majumdar b M B Mura Singh

North Zone bring up their 250. They seemed to be on cruise control when Shorey and Sindhu were at the crease. Two quick wickets have dented their chances of a huge first innings score. They will be looking to add as many as they can with the well-set Sindhu at the crease.

Sindhu 51 runs in 73 balls.

WICKET!! One brings two as captain Jayant Yadav is dismissed LBW without troubling the scores.

J J Yadav 0(2) lbw Kishan Singha

WICKET!! Shorey departs. Big wicket. Left arm spinner Singha gets an edge, taken by captain Johnathan at first slip.

- Ashwin Achal from Bengaluru

Dhruv Shorey 135(211) ct R Jonathan b Kishan Singha

We are back underway for the final session of play on Day 1.

North Zone will be looking to pile up the first innings runs with two set batsmen at the crease.

Central Zone, meanwhile, will be looking to build a partnership after losing three quick wickets just before tea.

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Tea, Day 2: North Zone in a strong position as the players take tea. Dhruv Shorey does not seem to be in any mood to stop after his well-made century. Nishant Sindhu has given him good support and is unbeaten on 18.

Tea, Day 2: Central Zone did well to recover in this session with a 61-run stand between Rinku and Upendra despite the two early wickets. Few mindless shots on the stroke of tea have cost them this session.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

WICKET!! Rinku Singh falls on 38 as he attempts to take on Shahbaz Ahmed and finds the long-on fielder. He punches his bat in disgust as Central Zone loses three wickets in the space of five balls.

Rinku Singh 38(58) ct Akash Deep b Shahbaz

WICKET!! Third wicket for Murasingh. He traps Saransh Jain for a two-ball duck. Looked a touch high though. Central Zone in trouble at 147/6.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

Saransh Jain 0(2) lbw M B Mura Singh

WICKET!! Just when Upendra Yadav was looking pretty solid at the crease, he hung his bat outside the off-stump and offered a low catch to Shahbaz Ahmed at gully off Murasingh, ending a 61-run stand with Rinku Singh. He falls for 25.

Upendra Yadav 25(60) ct Shahbaz b M B Mura Singh

Rinku Singh starts to get a move on after stabilizing the innings. He reverse-sweeps Shahbaz Nadeem for two fours in succession, raising a 50-run stand with Upendra Yadav for the fifth wicket.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

Nishant Sindhu and Dhruv Shorey adds crucial runs for the sixth wicket to lead North Zone past 200. Sindhu kept his wicket intact with a slow-yet solid innings while Shorey took the charge of run scoring.

North Zone 202/4 in 58.1 overs vs North East Zone

Dhruv Shorey was the fourth highest overall and highest run-getter for Delhi, averaging close to 100 in the Ranji Trophy 2022/23 season.

• Runs - 859 | Innings - 12 | Highest - 252* | Average - 95.44 | Strike Rate - 65.37 | 100s - 3 | 50s - 2

CENTURY! Dhruv Shorey gets to his fighting hundred and leads North Zone close to 200. What a knock this has been from the Delhi-batter.

North Zone 169/4 in 49 overs vs North East Zone.

Central Zone 110/4 in 49 overs vs East Zone.

WICKET!! North Zone lose their fourth as Ankit departs. Dhruv Shorey still at the crease, nearing a century. Nishant Sindhu walks into the middle to give him company.

Ankit Kumar 9(21) ct P Prafullomani b Dippu

WICKET!! Huge wicket for East Zone. Shahbaz Ahmed induces a thick outside edge from Shubham Sharma and Anustup Majumdar holds onto a good low catch at first slip. Thick clouds continue to set in the backdrop as well.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

Shubham Sharma 13(42) ct Anustup Majumdar b Shahbaz

WICKET!! Prabhsimran loses the plot. Charges at left arm spinner Lemtur, slogs to straight up. Mid off takes a comfortable catch.

- Ashwin Achal from Bengaluru

Prabhsimran Singh 31(40) ct Langlonyamba M b Imliwati

WICKET!! A wicket in the fourth over after Lunch. Himanshu Mantri’s knock is undone by a sharp throw from cover-point by Easwaran. He was sent back by Shubham Sharma and falls for a direct-hit run out on 29 off 92 balls. In comes Rinku Singh.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

Himanshu Mantri 29(92) Run Out A R Easwaran

North Zone openers have come out in full throttle as the first over after the break is dispatched for 10 runs.

In the other game, Mantri and Sharma continue their grind against the East Zone bowlers.

Day 1, Lunch: North Zone going at a healthy run rate of 3.38 in the innings, despite the fall of two wickets in consecutive deliveries. Dhruv Shorey 68* (107) and Prabhsimran Singh 15* (28) are at the crease.

Day 1, Lunch: Shubham Sharma cuts the last ball before the break through point for four. Solid grind for the Central Zone batters in the first session on a largely flat deck. The slow outfield hasn’t helped either.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

North Zone cross the three-figure mark as Shorey continues churning out runs after his fifty. Prabhsimran slowly settling in.

WICKET!! Ishan Porel strikes in his second spell of the morning. He traps Kunal Chandela for 13.

Kunal Chandela 13(39) lbw Ishan Porel

Jotin drops a regulation caught and bowled chance to give Prabhsimran a life. Big miss.

- Ashwin Achal from Bengaluru

WICKET!! Two in two. Ankit Kalsi goes first ball. Fishes outside off and gets the edge. Jotin on a hat trick. End of over, so let’s see what happens after this. Prabhsimran walks in at 4.

- Ashwin Achal from Bengaluru

A R Kalsi 0(1) ct P Prafullomani b Jotin Pheiroijam

WICKET!! North East gets the breakthrough. Chopra unsure whether to leave a ball slightly off, keeps the bat hanging dangerously. Ball clips the bat and crashes into the stumps.

P S Chopra 32(68) b Jotin Pheiroijam

Shorey and Chopra cashing in now. They’re waiting for anything full to dispatch. And invariably, North East seamers are giving the batters one or two bad balls per over.

- Ashwin Achal from Bengaluru

Dhruv Shorey and Prashant Chopra bring up the fifty partnership between them.

WICKET! First wicket of the day as Vivek Singh falls for 21 after being bowled by Mura Singh. 39 run partnership brought to a halt. Kunal Chandela walks in to the middle.

Vivek Singh 21(66) b M B Mura Singh

North East zone seamers have a basic plan. Keep a good length on off stump and hope that the batters lose patience. At military medium, this is their best option.

If the North Zone batters stay patient, there are big runs on offer here.

- Ashwin Achal from Bengaluru

D Shorey 15*(45); P Chopra 14*(45)

Sedate start for Central Zone with the bat as the East Zone seamers set up a fine start with the new ball. Akash Deep, Mura Singh and Ishan Porel have given nothing away. The clouds have rolled in nicely with a breeze blowing across the field. Himanshu Mantri and Vivek Singh have still managed to ward off trouble on what seems to be a flat deck.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur

Dhruv Shorey 2* (17)

Prashant Chopra 9* (22)

Jotin Pheiroijam 2/0 in 3 overs

Palzor 9/0 in 3 overs

Vivek Singh 2* (20)

Himanshu Mantri 4* (15)

Akash Deep 4/0 in 3 overs

Mura Singh 5/0 in 3 overs

Dhruv Shorey and Prashant Chopra get off the mark with a single each.

Himanshu Mantri gets the innings underway for Central Zone.

Dhruv Shorey and Prashant Chopra to open the batting for N Zone. Central Zone also get their innings underway with Vivek Singh and Himanshu Mantri at the crease.

Jotin Pheiroijam with the first over for NE Zone and Akash Deep to begin proceedings for East Zone.

Kishan Lyngdoh, Nilesh Lamichaney, Rongsen Jonathan(c), Langlonyamba Keishangbam, Joseph Lalthankhuma, L Kishan Singha, Prafullomani Singh(w), Palzor Tamang, Imliwati Lemtur, Pheiroijam Jotin, Dippu Sangma

Dhruv Shorey, Prashant Chopra, Ankit Kumar, Harshit Rana, Nishant Sindhu, Baltej Singh, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Ankit Kalsi, Jayant Yadav(c), Siddarth Kaul, Pulkit Narang

North East Zone Won the Toss & elected to Field

Himanshu Mantri, Shubham S Sharma, Kunal Chandela, Vivek Singh, Saransh Jain, Rinku Singh, Upendra Yadav(w), Shivam Mavi(c), Saurabh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur

Abhimanyu Easwaran(c), Sudip Kumar Gharami, Anustup Majumdar, Riyan Parag, Manisankar Murasingh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kumar Kushagra(w), Shahbaz Nadeem, Akash Deep, Shantanu Mishra, Ishan Porel

Central Zone wins the toss and elects to bat first against East Zone.

• Quarterfinal 1: Central Zone vs East Zone, June 28 - July 1, Alur Cricket Ground
• Quarterfinal 2: North Zone vs North East Zone, June 28 - July 1, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
• Semifinal 1: West Zone vs Winner of QF 1, July 5-8, Alur Cricket Ground
• Semifinal 2: South Zone vs Winner of QF 2, July 5-8, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
• Final: Winner of SF1 vs Winner of SF2, July 12-16, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

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ODI World Cup 2023 schedule: India will meet Pakistan on October 14 in Ahmedabad while England faces New Zealand in the tournament opener on October 5.

The Duleep Trophy will retain its zonal format where the tournament begins with a quarterfinal bracket. The finalists of the 2022-23 season - West Zone and South Zone - will directly receive a semifinal berth. Meanwhile, Central Zone, North Zone, the North East Zone and East Zone will clash in the quarterfinal matches.

All matches save the final will be four-day contests

• West Zone: Priyank Panchal (Captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Suryakumar Yadav, Harvik Desai (wicketkeeper), Prithvi Shaw, Het Patel (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Arpit Vasavada, Atit Seth, Shams Mulani, Yuvraj Dodiya, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla.

- Coach: Tejas Varsani

• South Zone: Hanuma Vihari (Captain), Mayank Agarwal (vice-captain), Sai Sudharsan, Ricky Bhui (wicketkeeper), R Samarth, Washington Sundar, Sachin Baby, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sai Kishore, V Kaverappa, V Vyshak, KV Sasikanth, Darshan Misal, Tilak Varma.

- Coach: Hemant Angle

• East Zone: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Captain), Shahbaz Nadeem (vice-captain), Santanu Mishra, Sudip Gharami, Riyan Parag, A. Majumdar, Bipin Saurabh, A Porel (wicketkeeper), K Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Suryakant Pradhan, Akash Deep, Anukul Roy, M Mura Singh, Ishan Porel, Suryakant Pradhan.

- Coach: SS Rao

• North Zone: Nehal Wadhera, Prashant Chopra, Dhruv Shorey, Manan Vohra, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Ankit Kumar, AS Kalsi, Harshit Rana, Abid Mushtaq, Jayant Yadav, Pulkit Narang, Nishant Sindhu, Sidharth Kaul, Vaibhav Arora, Baltej Singh. Standby players: Mayank Dagar, Mayank Markande, Ravi Chauhan, Anmol Mahotra, Diwesh Pathania, Divij Mehra, Kunal Mahajan. Withdrawn Players: Mandeep Singh (injury)

- Coach: Ajay Ratra

• Central Zone: Shivam Mavi (Captain), Upendra Yadav (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Vivek Singh, Himanshu Mantri, Kunal Chandela, Shubham Sharma, Amandeep Khare, Rinku Singh, Akshay Wadkar, Dhruv Jurel, Saurabh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur.

- Coach: Nikhil Doru

• North-East Zone: Rongsen Jonathan (Captain), Nilesh Lamichaney (vice-captain), Kishan Lyngdoh, Langlonyamba, A.R. Ahlawat, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Prafullamani (wicketkeeper), Dippu Sangma, Jotin Pheiroijam, Imliwati Lemtur, Palzor Tamang, Kishan Sinha, Akash Kumar Choudhary, Rajkumar Rex Singh, Nagaho Chishi. Reserves: Lee Yong Lepcha, Nabam Abo, Dika Ralte.

- Coach: Sonam Bhutia

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East Zone’s veteran left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem is the first one to have a look at the pitch. Nadeem had crossed the mark of 500 FC wickets during the last Ranji Trophy season.

- Lalith Kalidas from Alur (I) Cricket Ground in Bengaluru

The Indian domestic season is set to commence with the Duleep Trophy here on Wednesday. In the opening round (quarterfinals), North Zone takes on minnows North East Zone at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, while Central Zone faces East Zone at Alur grounds.

West Zone and South Zone - finalists of the previous edition of the tournament - gained direct entry into the semifinals.

The tournament gains significance in light of the search for upcoming talent in this new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. India’s disappointing loss to Australia in the WTC final in London recently provoked skipper Rohit Sharma to suggest that some changes in the ageing Test squad might be warranted.

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- Ashwin Achal

Shivam Mavi will make his First-Class captaincy debut with Central Zone during the season-opening Duleep Trophy 2023–24 quarterfinal against East Zone at the Alur (I) Cricket Ground in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The 24-year-old Mavi featured in just four First-Class matches in the 2022–23 season and has not played any competitive game since the week of his India T20I debut in late January. Mavi, however, did shine with 19 wickets in the limited Ranji Trophy matches he played for Uttar Pradesh last season.

Mavi will find support from his deputy Upendra Yadav, who took over as Railways’ red-ball captain last year. While Yadav is likely to take the wicketkeeping gloves, the Central Zone squad also comprises three other wicketkeepers: Himanshu Mantri, Akshay Wadkar, and Dhruv Jurel.

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- Lalith Kalidas

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of day 1 of the Duleep Trophy 2023 quarterfinals played between Central Zone and East Zone at Alur (I) Cricket Ground and North Zone vs North East Zone at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Stay tuned as we bring you all the updates right from the venue!