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Three players scored centuries on the third day of the second round of the Duleep Trophy 2024.
All-rounder Tilak Verma, batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran and Pratham Singh were the three batsmen who made a big attack in the Duleep Trophy 2024 on Saturday. All three batsmen scored centuries on the third day of the second round of the Duleep Trophy. Playing for India A in the tournament, Tilak thrashed the bowlers of India D in the second innings. He completed his century in 177 balls after coming in at number three. He hit 9 fours during this. This is Tilak’s fifth century of his first class career.
Tilak Verma and Pratham Singh hit a century
This century would have given Tilak a lot of confidence before the busy domestic schedule. He has played four ODIs and 16 T20 Internationals for India so far. Before Tilak, opener Pratham Singh scored a century for India A on the third day. This left-handed batsman of Railways scored 122 runs in 189 balls with the help of 12 fours and a six at Anantapur Cricket Ground.
This is 32-year-old Pratham’s first century in Duleep Trophy. Pratham was caught out by Shreyas Iyer in the 60th over by Saurabh Kumar. He shared a 104-run partnership for the second wicket with Tilak. Pratham scored 7 runs in the first innings, while Tilak scored 10 runs. Pratham made his domestic debut in 2017. He has scored more than 1000 runs in all three formats for Railways.
India B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran scored a century
On the other hand, India B captain and opening batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran batted brilliantly in the first innings against India C. He scored a century in difficult times. He is unbeaten on 121 runs despite the game being played for 79 overs. This is his 24th century in first class.
Let us tell you that India C scored a huge score of 525 in the first innings, Easwaran gave his team a great start. He shared a 129-run partnership for the first wicket with N Jagadeesan (70). After this, Mushir Khan (0), Sarfaraz Khan (16) and Rinku Singh (6) could not do anything special.
