The final round of the Duleep Trophy is being played from 19 September.
Duleep Trophy 2024, Final Round: Day 2 Highlights: The final round of Duleep Trophy 2024 is being played between India-D vs India-B and India-A vs India-C in Anantapur from 19 September. By the end of the second day of the game today, India-B team has scored 210 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the first innings. On the other hand, India-C has scored 216 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the first innings.
Duleep Trophy 2024, IND-D vs IND-B: India-B are trailing by 139 runs
By the end of the first day of the game, India-D had scored 306 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Sanju Samson and Saransh Jain had already put on 90 runs for the sixth wicket. Samson (89*) and Saransh Jain (26*) were at the crease.
At the start of the second day of the game, Saransh Jain (26) lost his wicket to Navdeep Saini. Sanju Samson continued his brilliant performance and scored his 11th first-class century in 95 balls and played an innings of 106 runs in 101 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes. On the basis of this, India-D team was able to score 349 runs in the first innings.
For India-B, Navdeep Saini took the maximum of 3 wickets for 74 runs in 18.3 overs. Saini took the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal (50), Saransh Jain (26), Sanju Samson (106), Akash Sengupta (0), and Arshdeep Singh. At the same time, Rahul Chahar took 3 wickets.
In the first innings for India-B, N. Jagadeesan (13), Suyash Prabhudesai (16), Mushir Khan (16), Suryakumar Yadav (5) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (0) could not play a big innings. Half the team returned to the pavilion at the score of 100. Abhimanyu Easwaran and Washington Sundar shared a 105-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
India B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran lost his wicket to Aditya Thackeray after scoring 116 runs off 170 balls. After the second day’s play, Washington Sundar (39*) and Rahul Chahar (0*) are at the crease.
IND-A vs IND-C: India-C is trailing by 81 runs
By the end of the first day of the game, India-A had scored 214 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Shashwat Rawat (122) and Avesh Khan (16) were present at the crease. At the start of the second day of the game, Shashwat Rawat lost his wicket after scoring 124 runs in 250 balls. There was a partnership of 90 runs for the eighth wicket between Shashwat and Avesh Khan.
Prasidh Krishna played an innings of 34 runs in 39 balls. Avesh Khan played a brilliant innings of 51 runs in 68 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. India-A team was all out for 297 runs in the first innings. For India-C, Vijay Kumar Vaishak took the maximum of 4 wickets by giving 51 runs in 21 overs. Anshul Kamboj took three wickets and Gaurav Yadav took two wickets.
Batting in the first innings, India-C got off to a bad start. The team lost four big wickets at a score of 41. Captain Rituraj Gaikwad (17), Rajat Patidar (0), Ishan Kishan (5) and Sai Sudarshan (17) returned to the pavilion cheaply.
A big partnership was developing between Baba Indrajit and Abhishek Porel, but then Baba Indrajit (34) retired hurt during the 34th over. Abhishek Porel played a brilliant innings of 82 runs with the help of 9 fours facing 113 balls. At the end of the second day, Pulkit Narang (35*) and Vijay Kumar Vaishak (14*) are unbeaten at the crease.