Duleep Trophy highlights, 2nd Round Day 2: India B 124/0 vs India C; India A 115/1, leads India D by 222 runs

Easwaran scores fifty off the final ball of the day. India B trails India C by 401 runs. The openers have provided a solid foundation and are going strong. 

Shreyas Iyer gets Mayank Agarwal off the very first ball of his spell! Golden arm. Mayank chips straight back to Shreyas. However, umpires double checked the catch whether it is clean or not. Third umpire confirmed the wicket. 

Both Mayank and Pratham have crossed fifties now. Nothing in the pitch for bowlers to work on right now. 

Easwaran and Jagadeesan have also added 100 runs for the first wicket. Easwaran has also entered his 40s. The two need to bat through the day. 

Pratham Singh has scored his fifty while Mayank Agarwal is four short of it. A century opening stand between the two. India D bowlers need to produce some magic. 

Jagadeesan reaches his half-century in 94 balls. He has given a terrific start along with Easwaran in this massive trail. 

Mayank Agarwal has move into the 40s. Apart from that dropped catch, Mayank is looking comfortable at the crease. Some of his drives, even the ones that got fielded, looked glorious, right from the middle of the bat. 

Jagadeesan is four short of his half-century while Easwaran is on 29. However, they still trail by 448 runs. 

Devdutt Padikkal drops Mayank Agarwal at slips! Arshdeep Singh induces an edge straight, but he can’t hold on to it. 

India A has scored at brisk pace, finding boundaries at regular intervals and the good running between the wickets. Lead is now 142 runs. 

Jagadeesan has so far hit five boundaries and is on 35 off 66 balls. Easwaran continues to play the ball on his merit and is on 15 in 35 balls. 

India A openers have come out with a positive intent. Anything more than 300 and India D will be in plenty of trouble to chase it. Right now, the lead stands 126. 

Easwaran and Jagadeesan continue their massive trail. So far so good for both of them. 

Pratham Singh and Mayank Agarwal open for India A as it looks to build on the massive lead. 

A good start for India B. While Easwaran has been watchful as usual at the start, Jagadeesan hasn’t restricted himself from finding the fence. 

Harshit Rana once again swung his bat hard off Mulani but this time he missed the ball and loses his wicket. India A gets a lead of 107 runs. 

Harshit Rana has decided to free his arms and add as many runs as he can while farming the strike. India D still trails by 108 runs. 

Vijaykumar Vyshak put his hand on a straight drive off Abhimanyu Easwaran that hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end. The run out was referred to the third umpire, who deemed the non-striker Jagadeesan not out. 

- S. Prasanna Venkatesana

Arshdeep Singh run out. Tried to steal a quick single but was sent back by Harshit. Arshdeep fell short of the crease. 

Harshit Rana smacks Shams Mulani for 16 runs in one over including two sixes out of which one almost went out of the stadium. 

Padikkal misses out on a well deserved century by just eight runs as he edges one to the keeper off Prasidh Krishna. The left hander scores 92 off 124 balls with the help of 15 fours. 

N Jagadeesan begins his innings with two boundaries inside three overs. Abhimanyu Easwaran is at the other end.

Sandeep Warrier has gone off the field, reportedly injured. He ran in and pulled out of bowling, holding his left leg. The physio was brought out to have a look, pings Prasanna from the ground. 

Also, Ishan Kishan is fielding while Abhishek Porel is donning the gloves. 

Saurabh Kumar is gone as he edges the ball straight to gully. Young Aaqib Khan takes his third wicket. 

India B begins its massive trail. Will take a lot of effort from their batters to go past the 500-run mark. 

A Tanush Kotian delivery keeps very low and raps Saransh Jain in front. The left-hander reviews the decision but has to walk back for eight off 39 balls. 

Manav Suthar is cleaned up by Rahul Chahar, and he is dismissed for 82 off 156 balls, bringing to end a 36-run partnership for the final wicket. Sandeep Warrier is unbeaten on 11 at the other end. 

Four wickets each for Mukesh Kumar and Rahul Chahar. 

Sandeep Warrier is hanging around with Manav Suthar. Frustrating partnership for India B. With a boundary, Suthar gets into his 80s. 

Saransh Jain has joined Padikkal at the crease. Not much there for the bowlers and Saransh is displaying a solid judgement to leave the ball outside off. 

Manav Suthar is farming the strike and with a boundary he takes the team total past 500! 

Khaleel strikes for the third time today. He traps Ricky Bhui in front. Initially it was given not out by the onfield umpire but India A was confident and reviewed. Very similar sort of dismissal for Bhui like the last match. 

Meanwhile, Padikkal gets to his fifty in 74 balls. Superb innings from the youngster. 

Rahul Chahar strikes early in the session as he removes Vyshak for 12. Can India C go past 500?

Khaleel Ahmed begins the session for India A with India D’s Ricky Bhui and Padikkal at crease. Padikkal cuts him past point to start his session with a four. 

India B’s Mukesh Kumar runs to bowl the first over after Lunch. He has so far taken four wickets. Suthar and Vyshak at crease. 

Manav Suthar has gone past his fifty and is partnered with Vyshak at the other end. India C will certainly look to go past 500 from here. 

Ricky Bhui and Devdutt Padikkal ensure there’s no further damage to India D. The pair added 33 runs before the lunch break. Bhui has looked effective against spinners and both his boundaries have come off the slower bowlers. Padikkal was brisk to start off but the constant wickets have forced him to recalibrate and hold his end. 

- Abhishek Saini from Anantapur sums up the first session today. 

Manav Suthar brings up his fifty off 103 balls with eight fours and a six. 

He charged at Rahul Chahar and hit a huge six towards long-on to get to 48, pings Prasanna. 

Prasidh Krishna attacking with short balls especially towards Ricky Bhui, who has looked solid on his defence so far. Padikkal meanwhile has slowed at the other end. 

Anshul Kamboj’s entertaining knock comes to an end as Rahul Chahar gets him out, bowled. Kamboj falls for 38 off 27 balls during which he hit five fours and two sixes. 

In the 100th over, Anshul Kamboj charged and hit a straight six, and a ball later hit a long-on six out of the ground. Sai Kishore wasn’t happy with the ball, which was taken anew after 90 overs, and has a chat with the umpire about it. In the next over, Anshul hit a straight four off Mukesh Kumar, after which India-B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran had a chat with the umpire regarding the condition of the ball. He was seemingly not happy with it. Both umpires discussed with the captain, one of the batters had his say with an umpire, and the ball was eventually replaced. 

- S. Prasanna Venkatesan

Sanju Samson fails to impress. Short ball by Aaqib Khan and Samson goes for a pull, ends up getting a top edge straight to mid on. Samson out for 5 off 6 balls. 

Seems like Anshul Kamboj is having fun out there. He has hit two fours and as many sixes as he races into his 20s. Manav Suthar meanwhile is making sure no wicket falls from his end. 

Yash Dubey is gone. He was building his innings around his defence but there came that delivery that takes the edge of the bat. 

Mayank Markande falls for 17 off 21 balls which included three fours. Nithish Kumar Reddy cleans him up. 

“Mayank Markande gets beaten on the outside edge and has his off-stump uprooted by Nitish Kumar Reddy! The stump goes cartwheeling!” Prasanna fills us in with the details from the ground. 

Padikkal has been on the charge this morning. Has already hit five fours in his 22-ball stay so far. Yash Dubey on the other end is looking to solidify his defence. 

Mayank Markande has found the fence early into his innings as he joins Manav Suthar at crease. India C will be looking to go past 450-run mark. 

Manav Suthar edged Navdeep Saini through the slips for four. Sarfaraz Khan at third slip missed the catch, says S. Prasanna Venkatesan from Anantapur. 

Devdutt Padikkal has started his innings with three boundaries inside nine balls including a glorious cover drive. 

Mukesh Kumar gets the breakthrough as he cleans up Gaikwad. The India C captain goes after scoring 58 off 74 balls. 

A seven-ball duck for Shreyas Iyer as he chips the ball straight to mid on. Khaleel gets his second wicket. India D in trouble very early into the innings. 

Ruturaj and Manav are going strong so far this morning. India C already has a strong base set to post a massive total. 

Atharva Taide is out off the third ball of the innings. Got struck in front, shouldering arms. The ball moved slightly into the left hander but a poor judgment nevertheless by the batter. 

India D begins its innings with a boundary. Atharva Taide gets a thick outside edge off Khaleel Ahmed’s delivery that goes past the slip cordon. 

Heartbreak for Mulani as he falls after scoring 89 in 187 balls. Harshit Rana induces an edge that goes straight to slips. Terrific knock by Mulani though, got the team out of a difficult situation. 

And on the very next ball, Harshit cleans up Aaqib Khan. So India A’s innings ends just 15 minutes into the day. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad has reached his fifty in 55 balls in the first over of the day itself. Good knock, given that he had to retire hurt very early yesterday. He came back later and scored runs at brisk pace. 

India A 288/8 vs India D - Shams Mulani is unbeaten on 88 along with Khaleel Ahmed. Harshit Rana begins the proceedings of the day. 

India C 357/5 vs India B - Ruturaj Gaikwad is nearing his half-century. He is partnered with Manav Suthar at the other end. Navdeep Saini starts the bowling. 

The One-off test between Afghanistan and New Zealand, taking place at Greater Noida has been officially called off on the fifth morning without a ball being bowled. 

The day begins at 9:30 AM. India A vs India D match can be streamed live on Jio Cinema app and Sports18 network. There’s no streaming for India B vs India C match. 

Welcome to the live coverage of the second round of Duleep Trophy 2024 where India A is facing India D while India B is up against India C. Stay tuned for live updates