Duleep Trophy 2024 highlights, Day 2: IND A 134/2 vs IND B; Manav Suthar takes five wickets, IND D 206/8 vs IND C at Stumps

India A ends the day with 134/2 with Rahul (23) and Parag (27) unbeaten. 

India D too ends the day in Anantapur at a score of 206/8 and a lead of 202 runs. Axar Patel is still at crease. 

Suthar strikes again! That rough has worked as he traps Saransh Jain in front with a sharp turn. Arshdeep Singh is the new man in. Not much time left for the stumps though. 

OUT! Fifer for Manav Suthar. Arshdeep comes down the track and slogs the ball straight to long on. India D is eight down, leads India C by 199 runs. 

Parag and Rahul continue to defend their way out of this session. Dealing in singles and odd boundaries in between. 

And Manav Suthar strikes again! Well set Ricky Bhui departs for 44 as he is struck in front. It was initially given not out since the umpire thought the impact might be outside leg, however, on review, the ball tracker showed three reds. India D has a lead of 199 now. 

There has been sharp turn in the wicket from a spot outside the off stump for left hander. Manav Suthar has been trying to keep the ball around that patch. Some few close calls here and there as well. 

Rahul and Parag have done well here. Haven’t looked to go hard at the ball, waiting for the loose ball, which aren’t coming. 

Manav Suthar gives a nice flight to the ball, luring Bharat to go for a slog. However, he ends up skying it and a good catch by mid-off running back. Lead 182 runs. 

Axar Patel in at seven. 

Drinks break taken in Bengaluru as well where India A is nearing 100. 

KS Bharat, the new batter in at no. six for India D gets off the mark with a four. He follows it up with another boundary at deep mid-wicket. 

Time for drinks break.

Manav Suthar provides a much-needed strike to India C. He lured Padikkal to play a lofted shot which went directly to Indrajith. 

Padikkal departs after scoring 56.

A slow passage of play in Bengaluru as KL Rahul is taking his time to get in the groove. 

A boundary takes Padikkal to a well-deserved fifty in 63 deliveries. India D’s lead also goes past 150. 

India D reaches 150. Padikkal nears his half-century. Bhui looks set from the other end. The stand between both batters also crossed the 50-run mark. 

Saini strikes after tea! Mayank, who hit Saini for a cracking cover drive off the first delivery has to depart the next ball after edging the inswinging delivery to keeper Rishabh Pant.

Mayank scored 45-ball 36. KL is the new man in. 

Ricky Bhui and Devdutt Padikkal walk back as India D resumes at 140/3 after tea.

Riyan Parag joins Mayank Agarwal in the middle. He opened his account with a four off the first delivery he faced. 

Tea in Anantapur as well. Padikkal has scored at brisk pace and Ricky Bhui too has looked solid. 

Shubman Gill is gone! On the fifth stump, Gill looks to leave the ball on length but it comes back in after pitching and knocks over the off stump. Gill falls for 25. 

Tea has been taken in Bengaluru. 

Ricky Bhui gets his first boundary off the first ball of the innings as he cuts Shokeen past point for four. He follows it up with another four, this time towards covers. India D looking good control despite losing three wickets. Lead is now 119. 

Some glorious drives towards covers by both Gill and Mayank have set the tone. The opening duo is looking comfortable so far in negating the new ball. 

The lead is now 100 runs. Padikkal is finding boundaries at regular intervals while new batter Ricky Bhui is taking his time at the other end. 

“India C pacers look spent,” pings my colleague and reporter on-ground from Anantapur, Abhishek Saini. 

But right when things were turning India D’s way, Shreyas Iyer threw his wicket away. A unnecessary shot away from the body went straight to Ruturaj Gaikwad. 

“Gaikwad first put long on, and later switched to long off,” tells Abhishek from ground.

Stand and deliver! Iyer stays back and lofts the ball in the slot over extra covers to reach the 50-mark in just 39 deliveries. The skipper is leading his team from the front. 

Iyer is fired up! He slammed Himanshu Chauhan for three fours in four deliveries and is just five away from his half-century. 

Easwaran starts with three pacers -- Mukesh, Yash Dayal and Nitish Reddy to extract pace from this surface. Both Mayank and Gill have negotiated the pacers well. 

India D races to 70 in just 11 overs. Iyer has come up with a clear plan -- attack and till now he has been successful in doing that. 

Mayank Agarwal and Shubman Gill open for India A. Mukesh Kumar has the new ball in hand. 

Some attacking shots from Iyer and Padikkal make sure India D scores at a good rate. 

Saini is finally out! He falls for 56 off 144 balls as India B is all out for 321. Akash Deep ends up with four wickets for India A. 

Vyshak strikes again. Atharva Taide chips the ball straight back to the bowler. Easy caught and bowled. India D lose both its openers inside six overs. 

Akash Deep strikes as Yash Dayal gives an easy catch to gully. He goes for 10 off six balls.

Meanwhile, Navdeep Saini brought up his fifty and crossed his previous highest FC score of 50 not out. He’s currently unbeaten on 55. 

Vijaykumar Vyshak strikes early. He removes Yash Dubey, who only managed five. 

Musheer departs! Big wicket for Kuldeep as he tossed up the delivery and bowled a googly and Musheer’s slogsweep did not clear the fence this time. He goes back after scoring 181.

The eighth-wicket partnership between Musheer and Saini crossed 200.

Musheer and Saini are back in the middle. 

Atharva Taide and Yash Dubey open for India D. 

India C rides on Indrajith’s lone valiance to eke out a slender four-run advantage. Saransh Jain getting some purchase towards the fag end suggests there might be a window for spinners in the second innings.

-Abhishek Saini from Anantapur

Another fine session for India B — 88 runs added without losing a wicket. Musheer Khan is past 150. There was no visible energy in how India A went about their jobs on Friday morning. They came very close to breaking the Musheer-Saini partnership when the batters were involved in a mix up over a single. But Khaleel Ahmed helped them with some rank-bad fielding. Riyan Parag trapped Saini in front on the stroke of lunch but umpire didn’t give it out and India A had exhausted all reviews. But for Dhruv Jurel’s keeping, India A had nothing to show. 

-N. Sudarshan from Bengaluru

Lunch taken in Bengaluru as well. Musheer and Saini went back unbeaten as India B added 88 runs to the overnight total of 202. 

Saransh Jain removes set-batter Indrajith for 72 to bundle out India C on 168. The Ruturaj Gaikwad side take a four-run first innings lead.

Lunch taken

Indrajith cuts a short delivery towards backward point for a four and India C gets into the lead. 

Anshul Kamboj loses it, he goes for a big shot but does not find elevation. Arshdeep runs from mid-off to complete a fairly straightforward catch. India C is nine down as it trails by five runs. 

150 up for Musheer! A brilliant innings and it is only getting better for the Mumbai lad. 

A couple of solid shots fetch Baba Indrajith two boundaries in the six deliveries. He takes a single which brings fifty for him. These runs are gold dust for India C, which only trails by just 25 runs now. 

The eighth wicket stand between Musheer and Saini is now worth 169 runs. There is no sign of stopping or slowing down from both India B batters as the partnership continues to irritate India A bowlers. 

It’s been an hour-and-a-half of non-stop pace bowling. Arshdeep and Harshit have operated for the major part of the session so far, giving away just two boundaries. India C has added just 26 runs this morning at the expense of four wickets. Baba Indrajith is the last hope for the side, who remains unbeaten on 28 off 88 balls.

-Abhishek Saini from Anantapur

India C is still hanging around. Baba Indrajith is still at the crease but the runs aren’t coming. Still 49 runs to go. Advantage India D right now. 

Musheer is nearing his 150 while Navdeep Saini is closing in on a half-century. The duo has already added more than 150 runs so far for the eighth wicket. 

Arshdeep Singh induces an edge off new batter Vyshak Vijaykumar’s bat. Easy catch for the keeper. India C still trails by 56 runs. 

Aditya Thakare gets his first wicket of the match as he induces an edge off Hrithik Shokeen’s bat. 

Musheer continues to frustrate bowlers with his solid defence. Navdeep Saini has given tremendous support from the other end. Seems like bowlers are running out of ideas to break this partnership. 

Rana strikes again! Manav Suthar was pushed on backfoot throughout his 14-ball stay and finally the set up worked. Hard length delivery on the body and Suthar tried to keep it down but the ball went straight to gully. 

Despite new ball, not a lot of movement on offer for the seamers today in Bengaluru. Yesterday, there was plenty of movement even with the new ball but today the conditions have changed a bit. 

Harshit Rana gives the first breakthrough of the day as he traps Porel in front. Seaming in delivery, Porel went tried to go for the on drive but was beaten. He took a review after gave him out, but three reds confirmed his dismissal. He is out for 34. 

Aditya Thakare bowls the first over of the day in India C vs India D match in Anantapur while Harshit Rana runs in from the other end. 

India C is 95/4, trailing by 70 runs. Porel and Indrajith are the overnight batters. 

In Bengaluru, Avesh Khan and Akash Deep have resumed for India A. Centurion Musheer along with his partner Navdeep Saini continue to build on the eighth wicket stand that has already 100 runs. 

India B 203/7

Read what Musheer Khan had to say after his century on the first day of the tournament. 

Duleep Trophy 2024: ‘I was trying to play close to my body to counter swing and cut,’ says Musheer Khan after century

After underscoring his talent with a robust hundred, Musheer Khan on Thursday said he centred his batting strategy around playing close to the body to nullify the pronounced movement of the ball in overcast conditions.

Shubman Gill took a stunning catch to dismiss Rishabh Pant, who was making his red ball return after nearly two years. 

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)

IND C vs IND D:

India D 164 (Axar Patel 86; Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/19) vs India C 91/4 (Abishek Porel 32 n.o.).

IND A vs IND B:

India B 202/7 in 79 overs (Musheer Khan 105 n.o., Yashasvi Jaiswal 30) vs India A.

Musheer Khan rescued India B with a gutsy century (105 batting, 227b, 10x4, 2x6) on day one of its Duleep Trophy encounter against India A at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here.

From a precarious 94 for seven, the 19-year-old and Navdeep Saini (29 batting, 74b, 4x4, 1x6) staged a remarkable rescue act, putting on 108 runs (212b) for the eighth wicket.

Read N. Sudarshan’s day 1 match report from Bengaluru here:

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Duleep Trophy 2024: Musheer Khan’s defiant century saves India B the blushes against star-studded India A

Musheer Khan rescued India B with a gutsy century (105 batting, 227b, 10x4, 2x6) on day one of its Duleep Trophy encounter against India A at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here.

Axar Patel’s (86, 118b, 6x4, 6x6) rescue act, which included an 84-run ninth-wicket partnership with Arshdeep Singh, on Thursday, prevented India D’s Duleep Trophy fixture against India C from turning into a one-sided affair at the Rural Trust Development Stadium.

Axar sparked the contest to life in the second session with two sixes and a boundary off Manav Suthar, and reinvigorated the spectators, who were drifting into a post-lunch snooze.

Read Abhishek Saini’s day 1 match report here from Anantapur:

Duleep Trophy 2024: Axar Patel’s rearguard bails India D out against India C on opening day

Axar Patel’s rescue act, which included an 84-run ninth-wicket partnership with Arshdeep Singh, on Thursday prevented India D’s Duleep Trophy fixture against India C at the Rural Trust Development Stadium from turning into a one-sided affair.

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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