Duleep Trophy Highlights, 1st Round Day 1: Musheer’s century takes IND B 202/7 vs IND A; Indrajith-Porel help IND C reach 91/4 vs IND D at Stumps

Baba Indrajith and Abishek Porel arrest the slide and bring India C put just 73 runs away from India D. Still, the twin strikes from Axar Patel and Harshit Rana mean India D is not entirely out of this one.

-Abhishek Saini from Anantapur

India C ended the day on 91/4. It trails India A by 73 runs at stumps on day 1. 

Saini smoked the outside off full-toss delivery for a four and 200 comes up for India B. And it’s 5:00 PM. Stumps on day 1. 

Abishek Porel and Baba Indrajith pair added 47 for the fifth wicket to take India C out of trouble. The duo take India C towards the 100-run mark. 

Here we go! Musheer gets to his well-deserved 100! A fighting 205-ball century for the Mumbai lad as he steers India B near 200. 

Musheer has decided to change gears. He hit Tanush Kotian for two sixes in the 69th over and moved into the 90s. 

Axar gets second! This time he castles Rajat Patidar, removing him on 30-ball 13. India C is four down. 

Musheer and Saini take India B near 150 as the eighth-wicket partnership also crossed the 50-run mark. 

Axar is having a brilliant day! He picks a wicket in his second over, removing Aryan Juyal for just 12. An easy caught and bowl opportunity for Axar who did not miss it. 

After two quick wickets, Rajat Patidar and Aryan Juyal have stabilised the innings. Patidar is looking in top form so far. 

Musheer and Navdeep Saini are hanging around and sort of frustrating India A now. 

Shreyas Iyer at mid off has a small advice for Harshit Rana as he loads for this delivery. Harshit ends up inducing Gaikwad’s edge and turns around with a flying kiss for his captain. 

Abhishek Saini with an insight from ground.

Harshit Rana takes the first wicket as Sai Sudharsan is caught behind. Down the leg ball and Sudharsan tried to guide it towards fine leg but gets an edge. KS Bharat had dive and take the catch. 

Good, solid start for India C openers here. Both Gaikwad and Sudharsan are looking comfortable. The pitch has eased out a bit. A long session to go and Arshdeep is swinging the ball in. 

Another good session for India A. India B doesn’t have a lot on the board although Musheer Khan’s fifty has dragged the innings to this length. He’s still at the crease. How long can India B survive here? 

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sai Sudharsan open the innings. Harshit Rana with the new ball. 

A brilliant innings by the youngster who reaches his fifty in 118 balls. Solid defence on display. Timely knock. 

Manav Suthar, you beauty! What a catch! Axar went for a big one at deep mid-wicket but a diving Suthar ended a gritty knock from Axar. India D has been bundled out on 164. 

Tea taken.

The 84-run partnership between Axar and Arshdeep ended with the latter’s dismissal. Arshdeep fails to negotiate a bouncer and offers a straight-forward catch to Manav Suthar at point. 

Khaleel Ahmed gets a second scalp! He induced an edge to remove Sai Kishore on 1. India B is seven down. 

Axar’s rearguard action takes India D past 150. The partnership for the ninth wicket between Axar and Arshdeep Singh also nears 100. 

Unlucky run out and Washington Sundar has to go. Musheer drives straight the ball hits Akash Deep’s shoes and then hits the non-striker’s stumps. Sundar was out of the crease. 

Washington Sundar is yet to get off the mark after facing 13 balls. Musheer has been brilliant with his defence. The pitch is helping seamers and Akash Deep has been splendid throughout the day. Good areas and letting the pitch do the rest. 

Fifty partnership between Axar and Arshdeep in just 50 balls. Arshdeep has done well to hang around. He even smacked a huge hit for a six. 

Axar Patel has sparked some life into an audience otherwise falling into a snooze. Two sixes and a boundary off Manav Suthar’s over, another one from a bye, to signal India D has not given up on the fight just yet. Brings up his fifty too. 

Abhishek Saini from Anantapur pings.

Rishabh Pant falls cheaply! Akash Deep is having a terrific day with the ball and finally gets his well-deserved wicket. Angling in and slightly moving away from the left hander. Pant tried to flick it but got a thick top edge. Shubman Gill at mid off had to run backward and dive. Terrific catch. 

And Akash Deep removes Nithish Kumar Reddy off the first ball. Seamed away from the right hander squaring him and rocks the off stump. 

Arshdeep Singh is hanging in there with Axar. India D will hope to get past 100 at least. 

Avesh Khan traps Sarfaraz in front and India B loses its third wicket. 

Rishabh Pant is off the mark with a four off first ball. Full toss and drives it past cover. 

India C strikes straight after lunch as new batter Harshit Rana is caught at fine leg. Wanted to go for a hard hit but ended up getting a top edge. India D is in trouble. 

India B 65/2 with Sarfaraz (9) and Musheer (6) at crease. 

India D 76/7 with Axar (20) and Harshit Rana is the new batter in. 

Lunch taken in the IND A vs IND B match as well. Musheer and Sarfaraz Khan go back unbeaten. 

IND B 65/2 in 30 overs vs IND A at lunch

A direct hit from Hrithik Shokeen cut short Saransh Jain’s stay in the middle. Saransh steered the outside off delivery towards point but Shokeen was attentive to dislodge the stumps. 

The first session also comes to an end with this wicket. 

IND D 76/7 in 30.4 overs vs IND C at lunch

Khaleel Ahmed and Shivam Dube are testing Sarfaraz and Musheer’s patience with probing lines. The Khan brothers have been solid until now. 

Axar gets into an attacking mode. He goes down on knees to slogsweep Manav Suthar for a maximum over cow corner. India D needs more of this from Axar. 

Partly cloudy but the heat is still making for pretty strenuous playing conditions. There’s a cross breeze that greets the players at interludes which I’m sure they won’t mind.

-Abhishek Saini from Anantapur

A big wicket for Khaleel Ahmed who dismissed set-batter Yashasvi Jaiswal on 30. His 59-ball stay ended after getting caught by Shashwat Rawat. 

Manav Suthar castles KS Bharat for his first wicket. IND D is six down under 50. 

Good half an hour for India A. They have dismissed Easwaran, routinely beaten batters and not given away runs. A couple of edges have dropped short of the slip cordon.

IND B 53/1 vs IND A

- N. Sudarshan from Bengaluru

Musheer looked solid and an able partner to Jaiswal. They both steer India B near 50 vs India A. 

KS Bharat and Axar Patel are in the middle as India D is in a dire need of a partnership here. 

Avesh Khan strikes for India A! Easwaran, who endured the tough first hour was dismissed after throwing the bat to an out-swinging delivery. 

Interesting end to the first hour’s play. Both Akash Deep and Avesh Khan, in the last two overs, have drawn the batters forward and beaten them. But for that, Easwaran and Jaiswal have left the ball largely well. A few balls have kept low and a few risen from a good length. India B largely in control

Our on-ground reporter N. Sudarshan pings from Bengaluru. 

Himanshu Chauhan strikes for the first time today. He removes Ricky Bhui, who tried to pull the short ball but ended up getting a top edge straight to mid on. Bhui out for 4. 

Axar Patel at the crease. 

Avesh Khan is begun his spell. Hasn’t perfectly found his length as of now but has made sure runs aren’t leaking. 

Ricky Bhui and KS Bharat have tried to simmer down action. Solid defence and good judgement to leave the ball outside off. But still India C is very much in charge right now. 

Jaiswal and Easwaran have been solid with their defence especially the latter. The batters are finding the odd boundaries. Running between the wickets has been good. 

Vyshak gets two in one over. Devdutt Padikkal, the new batter, ends up driving the ball straight to covers. 

Off the first ball of the next over of Anshul Kamboj, Dubey also nicks the ball straight to keeper. India D is in trouble. 

Vyshak gets a much-deserved wicket as he baits Shreyas to play on the frontfoot and the batter ends up nicking the ball to the keeper. Iyer out for 9. 

Jaiswal finds a second boundary after a gap of nearly five overs. Plenty of movement off the wicket on offer in Bengaluru for seamers to dominate the proceedings so far. 

Yash Dubey survives a close LBW call. He was struck in front against Vyshak Vijaykumar, but umpire gave him not out. India C decided to review it, and the decision stayed due to umpire’s call. 

Jaiswal got things underway with a four off the first ball. However, India A bowlers - Khaleel and Akash Deep - have pulled things back with some tight lines. 

Atharva Taide, who got himself and the team off the mark with a four, is out in the first over itself. Taide tried to hook Kamboj’s bouncer and gets caught in the deep. 

Shreyas Iyer in at three and is off the mark with a single off the first ball. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhimanyu Easwaran begin proceedings for India B. Khaleel Ahmed with the new ball for India A. 

Atharva Taide and Yash Dubey open for India D. Anshul Kambol opens the bowling for India C. 

India A - Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed 

India B - Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Rishabh Pant, Nithish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal

India C - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel, Baba Indrajith, Aryan Juyal, Hrithik Shokeen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Manav Suthar, Anshul Kamboj, Himanshu Chauhan

India D - Devdutt Padikkal, Shreyas Iyer, Yash Dubey, Ricky Bhui, KS Bharat, Atharva Taide, Axar Patel, Saransh Jain, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Aditya Thakare 

India A’s Shubman Gill has won the toss and opts to bowl first against India B. 

India C captain Ruturaj Gaikwad wins the toss and opts to bowl against India D. 

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Duleep Trophy squad updates: Sanju Samson replaces Ishan Kishan in India D squad

Wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson was named as Ishan Kishan’s replacement in the India D squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy after the latter sustained a groin injury in the ongoing Buchi Babu Memorial Tournament, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced late on Wednesday night.

India A:

Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.

India B:

Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK)

India C:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier

India D:

Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (WK)

In Indian domestic cricket’s recent history, Duleep Trophy is the laboratory. Played in the zonal format for more than five decades, the red-ball tournament, starting 2016-17, has seen players inorganically distributed into teams named blue, green and red, the colour of the ball changed and even played under lights.

Two years ago, it went back to the original region-wise format only for the BCCI top-brass to shake things up again.

Read N. Sudarshan’s full match preview here: 

Duleep Trophy: Dress rehearsal for National team selection set to begin as India A faces India B in opening clash

IND-A vs IND-B: The cream of India’s cricketing talent, including national-team India regulars such as Shubman Gill, K. L. Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal will all be in action in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Shreyas Iyer’s shot at redeeming himself in red-ball cricket will begin Thursday when he leads India D against Ruturaj Gaikwad’s India C in the first round of the Duleep Trophy at the Rural Trust Development Stadium in Anantapur.

The 29-year-old, who last played a Test for India in February, was reprimanded for not representing Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal last season and omitted from the BCCI central contract list. He subsequently returned for the semifinal and final but is still some distance away from being exonerated by the selectors.

Read Abhishek Saini’s full match preview here:

Duleep Trophy: Shreyas Iyer’s shot at red-ball redemption begins as India D takes on India C in opener

Shreyas Iyer’s shot at redeeming himself in red-ball cricket will begin Thursday when he leads India D against Ruturaj Gaikwad’s India C in the first round of the Duleep Trophy at the Rural Trust Development Stadium in Anantapur.

Where will India A vs India B Duleep Trophy match be played?

The India A vs India B Duleep Trophy match will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Where will India C vs India D Duleep Trophy match be played?

The India C vs India D Duleep Trophy match will be played at Rural Development Trust Stadium “A” in Ananthapur.

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Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage from Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy opening round where India A takes on India B while India C faces India D. 

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