Duleep Trophy 2024 Highlights, 3rd round Day 1: Rawat hits unbeaten century for India A vs C; Samson on 89 vs India B

Sanju Samson unbeaten on 89 off 83 balls. India D in a comfortable position against India B at Stumps on Day 1. 

Samson - 89* (83)

Saransh - 26*(56)

Shashwat Rawat is trapped in front by Manav Suthar for 121. Rawat reviews and ball tracking shows there is a faint edge. The centurion survives in the last over of the day.

Shashwat - 122* (235)

Avesh Khan - 16* (43) 

Abhishek: Sanju Samson goes after Sundar. A step out four over covers, a six over long off and another one down the ground in the same over.

The partnership between Rawat and Avesh swells to 59. Gaikwad’s men need to find a way to break this partnership to stay ahead in the game.

Sanju Samson brings up his fifty off 49 balls with his eighth four of the innings. The wicket-keeper is counter-attacking with Saransh Jain for company at the other end. 

IND D 253/5 in 65.5 overs

Hundred for Rawat!! A touch behind to short fine leg to bring up his century off 188 balls. Excellent innings coming in after a flurry of wickets. Avesh has provided him excellent support from the other end!

IND A 197/7 in 66 overs

Abhishek: Samson with a touch of daring as he upper cuts Navdeep Saini for a boundary. Three fours in the over as Samson moves to 48.

Abhishek: Samson making the most of length from Chahar and going inside out over covers to pick his first six of the innings.

Sanju Samson has raced to 18 off 22 balls with three boundaries. Ricky Bhui batting on 54 at the other end. 

Wicket!! Extra bounce off a length, angled into Tanush Kotian. Catches his gloves and settles into Indrajith’s hands at slip. 

Tanush Kotian c Indrajith b Kamboj 10

IND A 154/7 in 54.1 overs

Ricky Bhui - 47* (62)

Sanju Samson - 7* (6)

R Chahar - 2/25, Mukesh - 1/25, Saini - 1/28

Sashwat Rawat - 62* (135)

Tanush Kotian - 8* (7)

Kamboj - 2/15; Gourav - 1/32; Vyshak - 2/30

Abhishek: A one handed dive to his right from Suyash Prabhudessai to send Nishant packing. Chahar gets the wicket. India D 173/3. Shreyas Iyer next in

A 119-ball fifty for Sashwat Rawat. Crucial innings in the context of the game. He loses his well-set partner at the other end though. Tanush Kotian the new man in, entrusted with building another partnership.

IND A 125/6

Gourav Yadav manages to find Mulani’s edge. The southpaw looked to go after a full, wide delivery but finds Patidar at gully.

Shams Mulani c Patidar b Gaurav Yadav 44

IND A 123/6 in 48 overs

Mulani slog sweeps Pukit Narang to midwicket for six to enter the 40s. Shashwat Rawat playing on 45 at the other end. 

India A 116/5 in 45 overs. 

Abhishek: For the first time Nitish Kumar Reddy has lured a batter, Bhui in this case, in and induced an edge, only to fjnd the ball dissect the first slip and keeper to run away to the fence.

Bhui moves to 34. Nishant Sindhu batting at the other end on 11.

India D 158/2 in 42.3 overs

Shams Mulani (31) and Shashwat Rawat (32) manage to stitch up a partnership for India A against India C. Can the two make it a 100-run partnership?

WICKET!! Bharat is done by a bouncer from Mukesh. Top edges for a simple catch to Jagadeesan. India D 119/2

Bharat c Jagadeesan b Mukesh 52 (105)

Srikar Bharat gets to his fifty in 103 balls. New partner at the crease with Ricky Bhui and the two will hope to build a partnership. 

IND 119/1 in 33.4 overs

Padikkal brings up his fifty! Change in environment for him today, opening the batting for India D and he manages to ease his way to 50 laced with eight boundaries. 

A boundary brings up 100 on the board for India D against India B. Both Padikkal and Bharat are nearing their respective half-centuries as well. 

IND D 103/0 in 29.3 overs

Sashwat Rawat - 20(55)*

Shams Mulani - 19(25)*

Kamboj 2/15 in 9 overs

Vyshak 2/15 in 6 overs

Devdutt Padikkal - 44(88)*

Srikar Bharat - 46 (84)*

Abhishek: First over of spin from Chahar and Bharat picks three boundaries. The first is driven through covers, the second a pull and third a cut.

Shams Mulani and Sashwat Rawat take the score past 50. Mulani survives an edge in the 21st over, falling just short of Abhishek Porel. 

WICKET!! Kushagra is out without troubling the scores! Back of a length outside off, catches Kushagra’s edge on the way to the keeper.

Kumar Kushagra c Ishan Kishan b Vyshak 0

Shams Mulani in at 7.

Wicket!! What an unfortunate way to get out! Tilak Varma is found short of the crease at the non-striker’s end after the ball ricocheted off the bowler and onto the stumps. That is the fourth wicket down for India A.

Tilak Varma run out (Vyshak) 5

Kushagra in at 6.

Abhishek: Nitish Kumar Reddy has been too full and allowed India D to pick a few boundaries. They might have been slow off the blocks but are set for a big p’ship here. 44/0 in 15 overs.

WICKET!! Riyan Parag has to depart for 2. Parag goes after a full, wide delivery from Vyshak and hits it straight to the point fielder. 

Riyan Parag c Sai Sudharsan b Vyshak 2

Another review burned by India C. Kamboj got one to move into Tilak from around the wicket. Ishan Kishan looked very confident about the edge. There was no spike on UltraEdge and the ball was going over the stumps according to ball tracking as well. Just one review left in the bag now. 

Appeals for lbw against Riyan Parag. Vyshak coaxes Gaikwad into a review after the onfield umpire says no. Impact was outside off and India C loses its review. 

Wicket!! Mayank flashes at one outside off and nicks one through to the keeper. Two wickets for Kamboj in his early spell. 

Mayank Agarwal c †Ishan Kishan b Kamboj 6

Riyan Parag in at 4. 

WICKET!! Kamboj picks up the first wicket! Pratham gets an inside edge on his defensive shot that balloons off the thigh pad and straight into the hands of square leg. 

Pratham Singh c Sai Sudharsan b Kamboj 6

Tilak in at 3.

Mayank survives again! Kamboj trapped him in front this time. Not given on field. India C captain Ruturaj opts for a review. Umpire’s call on hitting allows the India A captain to continue his innings. 

Mayank getting some medical attention. Looks like he’s experiencing some pain in his lower back. 

India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), N. Jagadeesan, Musheer Khan, Suryakumar Yadav, Suyash Prabhudessai, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Mohit Avasti, Mukesh Kumar

India D: Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat, Ricky Bhui, Nishant Sindhu, Shreyas Iyer (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Saransh Jain, Aditya Thakare, Saurabh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Sengupta

Mayank Agarwal is given out first ball! He is trapped in front by Gourav Yadav. He opts to go for the review. Wickets missing says ball-tracking and the captain survives!

India B wins the toss and opts to field against India D.

India A: Pratham Singh, Mayank Agarwal (C), Sashwat Rawat, Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma, Kumar Kushagra (WK), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Aaqib Khan, Avesh Khan, M Prasidh

India C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), B Sai Sudharsan, Ishan Kishan (WK), B Indrajith, Rajat Patidar, Abhishek Porel, Manav Suthar, Pulkit Narang, V Vyshak, Gourav Yadav, Anshul Kamboj

India C wins the toss and opts to field against India A.

India B was boosted by the last-minute addition of Suryakumar Yadav for its third-round Duleep Trophy fixture against India D starting Thursday at the Rural Development Trust Stadium B-ground in Anantapur. 

Suryakumar, originally a part of India C, was omitted from the revised squad list due to a hand injury. However, after completing his rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, Suryakumar joined India B on the match eve and replaced Sarfaraz Khan.

Earlier, Ishan Kishan, drafted in India D, was ruled out of the first round due to a groin injury and eventually left out of the revised squads for the second and third rounds. However, he was accommodated in India C and played the second-round match against India B.

Even if of little relevance in the grander scheme of things, the outcome of this game will bear consequences on the title race. For those engaging in permutations, a win against India D, and either a draw or loss for India C against India A, will secure the title for Easwaran-led India B. If it manages only a first-innings lead, it will need India A to do the same, to claim the honours.

In this context, Suryakumar’s 82-game First-Class experience will add weight to an out-of-depth batting order that produced a no-show in its previous match barring its openers Abhimanyu Easwaran and N. Jagadeesan. India D, on the other hand, would take note of his 114 T20 strike rate off left-arm spinners, the least among all types of bowlers he has faced, and pit him against veteran Saurabh Kumar or Nishant Sindhu.

- Abhishek Saini

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Duleep Trophy 2024: India B looks to ride on Suryakumar Yadav boost against India D

India B was boosted by the last-minute addition of Suryakumar Yadav for its third-round Duleep Trophy fixture against India D at the Rural Development Trust Stadium B-ground in Anantapur.

The focus on the final round of matches in the Duleep Trophy could well be on Suryakumar Yadav. India’s T20 superstar is all set to play for India B against India D, but there is plenty to look forward to in the other match, between India A and India C.

The tournament may be more about individual performances and less about the points table, but India C may not mind retaining its pole position and thus win the trophy, which used to enjoy much more prestige in the past. India C, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, has nine points, two more than India B.

India A, captained by Mayank Agarwal, has six points. The skipper will be keen to convert the starts he has been getting here. He had made 56 in the last match against India D and before that 36 against India B. He has to score big in matches like these to earn the selectors’ attention. His last Test was in 2022, against Sri Lanka.

Mayank’s opening partner Pratham Singh and Tilak Varma had scored hundreds in the 186-run win against India D. Tilak, who averages 53.63 in First Class cricket, is seen by many as an all-format for India. And he is just 21. 

Riyan Parag is only a year older. The selectors will be watching how he could take his proven skills in white-ball cricket to red. They will also be taking close looks at the India A bowlers like Prasidh Krishna, Shams Mulani and Khaleel Ahmed.

- P.K. Ajith Kumar

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Duleep Trophy: In-form Gaikwad-led India C in line to win trophy, faces India A in final round

The focus on the final round of matches in the Duleep Trophy could well be on Suryakumar Yadav. India’s T20 superstar is all set to play for India B against India D, but there is plenty to look forward to in the other match, between India A and India C.

The India A vs India C & India B vs India D Duleep Trophy 2024 match will start on Thursday, September 19.

The India A vs India C & India B vs India D Duleep Trophy 2024 match will start at 9:30 AM IST.

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

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

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