Duleep Trophy highlights, 2nd Round Day 1: Stumps; Ruturaj at crease, India C 357/5 vs India B; India A 288/8, vs India D

Ruturaj moves to 41 off 41 deliveries. India C is closing in on the 350 mark. 

Baba Indrajith’s gritty knocks come to an end. Rahul Chahar accounted for his wicket as the Tamil Nadu batter departed after scoring 78 off 136. 

Abishek Porel is the new man in the middle. 

Prasidh Krishna is out. Harshit Rana picks the wicket. A good catch by substitute fielder KS Bharat at leg slip. Prasidh was challenged by barrage of bouncers in the last 15 minutes. 

India C has crossed 300-run mark. Gaikwad is on 20 now while Indrajith is playing comfortably on 77. 

Mulani is comfortable at crease and will hope to take India A’s score past 300. He will need a helping hand from Prasidh, who has survived 15 balls so far. 

After Ishan Kishan’s dismissal, Ruturaj is back at the crease.

-Pings my colleague Prasanna Venkatesan from Anantapur.

Ishan Kishan’s fiery innings came to an end after he was undone by Mukesh Kumar on 111 off 126. He added 189 runs with Baba Indrajith for the third wicket. 

Ishan Kishan announces his First-Class return in style. He hit a century which had 14 fours and two sixes. The partnership is worth 174 now with Indrajith holding the other end confidentally. 

Saurabh Kumar strikes! A pitched-up delivery was in the slot for Kotion who tried to clear the mid-on region but ended up offering a straight-forward catch to Arshdeep Singh. 

Kotian falls after scoring 80-ball 53. In comes the new batter Prasidh Krishna.

A well-deserved fifty for Tanush Kotian. He gets to the milestone with a single. 

Ishan Kishan moves to the 90s as India C nears the 250-mark. 

The Mulani-Kotian stand goes above 75. Both batters have staged a brilliant recovery for India A. 

Ishan Kishan is nearing his century. He’s on 86 off 97 balls. While Indrajith too has scored his fifty. A fine display of batting by these two. India C in a dominating position. 

Like they have so many times with Mumbai, Mulani and Kotian take India A to Tea with a rearguard effort. Mulani with a half century in 75 balls has led the way but Kotian has ably supported him by dispatching the loose deliveries.

- Abhishek Saini

India A has crossed the 200-run mark. Shams Mulani and Kotian are in complete control. Their partnership is now worth 58 in 84 balls. 

Ishan adds another boundary to his innings and is closing in on entering the 80s. So far he has hit 12 fours and a six. 

Shams Mulani reaches his fifty with a huge six. Charges down the track against Saurabh Kumar and smacks the ball over long on. 

India C has crossed the 200-run mark. Ishan Kishan is on the charge and is now into his 70s. He’s striking at over 100 at the moment. Indrajith is solid at the other end. 

Mulani moves to 44 as the seventh-wicket stand is worth 31 runs. Kotian has looked solid until now. 

Kishan is hitting boundaries at a regular interval. He has moved to the 60s in which 42 runs have come through boundaries in his innings. 

Tanush Kotian using his straight shots, gets a couple of boundaries off Saurabh Kumar. He hits a straight six before clearing the mid-off fielder for a four. 

The surprise short delivery ploy has worked well so far for India-B with the India-C batters looking to take it on. Earlier, a seemingly well-set Sai Sudharsan pulled it straight to Navdeep Saini at deep backward square leg off Mukesh Kumar.

-S. Prasanna Venkatesan from Anantapur

Just before lunch, Baba Indrajith was dismissed off a no-ball from Navdeep Saini. Indrajith edged to be caught by Sarfaraz Khan at slip, was given out, and walked off before being called back.

-S. Prasanna Venkatesan from Anantapur

Fifty up for Ishan Kishan! He has looked good and hammered seven fours and a six in his innings. The stand for the fourth wicket is 74. 

deep backward square leg where Nitish Kumar Reddy leapt and stopped it from going for six, even if he couldn’t hold on to it. In the next over, Ishan mistimed a pull off a short ball from Nitish Kumar Reddy and this time Mukesh Kumar from mid on had to shuffle, turn back, run, and dive for a dropped catch.

-S. Prasanna Venkatesan from Anantapur

150 up for India C as Kishan and Indrajith stabilise for them after two quick wickets. 

Kushagra departs! Arshdeep keeps the line away from the right-hander and an awkward angle worked for him. Kushagra goes for a drive away from his body and offers a catch to Yash Dubey at gully, 

Kushagra departs after scoring 28 off 66. Tanush Kotian is the new batter. 

A slow passage of play in the India C vs India B match. Kishan and Indrajith look set as India C nears the 150-mark. 

Shams Mulani is serving a refresher course in punching close to the body. He’s picked three boundaries off Vidwath Kaverappa and Arshdeep Singh. His teammates perished fending away from their bodies off identical lengths earlier in the innings.

-Abhishek Saini from Anantapur.

Mulani continues with his attacking approach, hitting Keverappa for two fours in the 37th over. 

Free-flowing batting from both Mulani and Kushagra. Mulani pulled the short ball at deep mid-wicket for a maximum off Saransh Jain. Kushagra, too, smashed Saransh for a six after the bowler kept the length up. 

Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan and Baba Indrajith are also back in the India B vs India C match. 

Shams Mulani and Kushagra walk back in the middle. Saransh Jain starts for India D. 

DRS is occasionally used in Indian domestic cricket. However, the technology was included in the opening fixture of the Duleep Trophy and players and officials lauded it. 

DRS in Duleep Trophy 2024 a ‘great initiative’

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There’s no DRS for this game. 

Duleep Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad retired hurt during India B vs India C match

India C captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was retired hurt two balls into the game against India D in the second round fixture of the Duleep Trophy 2024 on Thursday.

Ishan Kishan and Indrajith at the crease. Sudharsan and Patidar set the tone for India C after captain Gaikwad got injured very early in the innings. 

Shams Mulani and Kumar Kushagra at the crease. India D dominated proceedings albeit a brief period when Riyan Parag took on the bowlers during his quickfire 37. However, it’s still India D’s session. 

Ishan Kishan has started his innings with four boundaries. He’s 20 off 15 balls. 

Sai Sudharsan is also out. This time it’s Mukesh Kumar who gets the breakthrough. Sudharsan’s 43-run knock comes to an end. 

Ishan Kishan is at the crease along with B. Indrajith. 

Shashwat Rawat is also gone. Harshit Rana strikes as he induces an edge straight to first slip. Half of the India A is gone. 

Rajat Patidar is gone. Navdeep Saini strikes for the first time today and cleans up Patidar’s stumps. He falls for 40 off 67 balls. 

Kumar Kushagra finds his first boundary. However, India D bowlers are in control of the proceedings so far. 

Both Patidar and Sudharsan are into their 30s. Both are regularly finding the fence. Dominating stand between the two. 

Two wickets in quick succession. Saransh Jain induces an outside edge off Tilak’s bat straight to first slip. Tilak had whipped Saransh off the backfoot off the previous delivery but a great comeback by the off-spinner. 

Arshdeep gets Parag caught at slips. Driving length, Parag took the bait, went for the cover drive but ended up edging it. Superb innings though. Some cracking shots during his 29-ball 37. 

India C batters continue to dominate, first hour into the play. Despite the early Gaikwad setback, Sudharsan and Patidar are looking good to put on a good score. 

Our reporter from ground says Ruturaj Gaikwad twisted his ankle and had to be taken out of the field. 

Duleep Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad retired hurt during India B vs India C match

India C captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was retired hurt two balls into the game against India D in the second round fixture of the Duleep Trophy 2024 on Thursday.

Riyan Parag pulling India A out of the hole it found itself in courtesy of the two wickets. He picks three boundaries off Arshdeep’s over. If the first slash that went over slips seemed out of control, he sets the record straight with two glorious shots through covers, says Abhishek Saini from Anantapur. 

India C looking in absolute control of the proceedings. Sudharsan is nearing his half-century while Patidar is also well settled, having already hit four boundaries. 

Riyan Parag! Beautiful, lofted cover drive for SIX! What a shot to play very early in the innings. 

Second wicket for Kaverappa and this time it’s Pratham Singh who has to go. Superb spell this by the pacer. Pratham hit the ball straight to deep square leg. 

Sudharsan is continuing to find the boundaries. In his 19-run knock so far, he has hit four boundaries already. 

Kaverappa draws the first blood. Mayank Agarwal is caught behind. On the body and Mayank had to play it. He goes for 7. 

New batter Rajat Patidar too is off the mark with a four. Sudharsan has already found the fence twice. 

We are yet to get an official update on Gaikwad’s injury. 

Solid start for the openers. Even though Kaverappa has gone past the edge a couple of time, there’s not much movement with the new ball. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad has retired hurt after facing just two balls.

Ruturaj Gaikwad is off the mark with a four. Sai Sudharsan is his partner at the other end. Mukesh Kumar with the opening over. 

Pratham Singh and Mayank Agarwal open the innings for India A. Harshit Rana bowls the opening over. 

India B - Abhimanyu Easwarana, Nithish Kumar Reddy, Mukesh Kumar, Musheer Khan, N Jagadeesan, Navdeep Saini, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Rinku Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar

India C - Abhishek Porel, Anshul Kamboj, B Indrajith, Sai Sudharsan, Mayank Markande, Manav Suthar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, V Vyshak, Sandeep Warrier, Ishan

India A - Mayank Agarwal, Pratham Singh, Tilak Varma, Riyan Parag, Shashwat Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Aaqib Khan 

India D - Shreyas Iyer, Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Saurabh Kumar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, V Kaverappa

India B has won the toss and will field first against India C. 

Shreyas Iyer gets the right call as India D won the toss and they are going to bowl first against the Mayank Agarwal-led India A

India A, which flaunted its international experience during the first round, is now left having to plug the gaps after the exit of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Akash Deep and Kuldeep Yadav for its second-round contest against India D at the Rural Trust Development Cricket Stadium in Anantapur starting Thursday.

The most glaring is the lack of an opening batter to accompany captain Mayank Agarwal. Railways veteran Pratham Singh is the only batter with significant experience in the top order, and might be India A’s sole option.

Hanging onto his India hopes by a thread, Mayank’s early confrontation against Arshdeep Singh could bear great consequences on his contention. The opener was dismissed by another left-armer, Yash Dayal, in the first match. In Tests, Mayank has been removed seven times in 19 innings by a left-arm pacer.

Duleep Trophy 2024: Without key players, India A looks to beat odds and return to winning ways against India D

For India D, the transition has been much smoother. It had to let only Axar Patel go, and the like-for-like replacement in Nishant Sindhu meant its composition was not compromised.

Team A:

Mayank Agarwal (C), Riyan Parag, SK Rasheed, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Akshay Wadkar, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kusharga, Shaswat Rawat, Aaqib Khan, Pratham Singh

Team B:

Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Rinku Singh, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, R. Sai Kishore, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Suyash Prabhudesai, Rahul Chahar, N. Jagadeesan, Himanshu Mantri, Mohit Avasthi

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 Iyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Nishant Sindhu, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Vidwath Kaverappa, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (WK)

Where to watch India A vs India D & India B vs India C Duleep Trophy 2024 second-round match?

The live telecast of the Duleep Trophy 2024 will be on Sports18 Network and can be streamed on the Jio Cinema app and website.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage from Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy 2024 second round where India A takes on India D while India B faces India C in Anantpur. 

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