Duleep Trophy 2024 Live Score: Musheer Khan fell in the second session of Day 2, having entered the crease in the first session of Day 1, thus scoring 181 off 373 balls on his Duleep Trophy debut.
Duleep Trophy 2024 Live Score: Shreyas Iyer is blazing his way to a half-century
Duleep Trophy 2024 Live Score: Shreyas Iyer came out swinging once again but this time smashed 54 in 44 balls for India D. Devdutt Padikkal continued in a similar vein after the India D skipper fell which meant that the team extended their lead to 136 despite batting for just about half of the second session. Meanwhile, Musheer Khan’s epic 181 off 373 balls and Navdeep Saini’s 56 off 144 took India B to a score of 321 despite them being 94/7 at one point. India A made a steady start to their innings in response but captain Shubman Gill was knocked over leaving the last ball of the session. India A were 57/1 at Tea.
Gill’s rather placid field placements has come under the scanner over the course of the first session. Meanwhile, Harshit Rana has taken four wickets to take India D to a strong position in Anantapur. Musheer has been more aggressive than he was on Day 1 and he has been ably assisted by Navdeep Saini. The partnership between the pair has gone past 170 and become a source of frustration for the India A bowlers.
Musheer Khan and Axar Patel were the stories of Day 1 of the first round of the Duleep Trophy. Both pitches at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and the Rural Development Trust Stadium in Anantapur helped the seamers, making run scoring a difficult task. While India B did a better job of conserving their wickets at the Chinnaswamy than India D did in Anantapur, both sides fell into batting jeopardy eventually.
India D looked incapable of reaching 100 at one point but Axar Patel suddenly switched gears in the second session and smashed 86 in 118 balls to take his side to a score of 164 all out. He then took two wickets and India C were 91/4 at Stumps on Day 1. Meanwhile, India B suffered a middle-order collapse in the second session. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 in 59 balls but fellow star names Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant both fell for single-digit scores. Sarfaraz brother and all-rounder Musheer, who walked in at No.3 was stuck at one end as India B were reduced to a score of 94/7. Musheer then found an able partner in Navdeep Saini and compiled a masterful century, his third in first-class cricket. He took India B to a score of 202/7 and starts Day 2 on an overnight score of 105 off 227.
Highlights from Day 2 of Duleep Trophy first round:
– India B were all out for 321
– Musheer Khan scored 181 in 373 balls while Navdeep Saini made 56 in 144
– India C were all out for 168 with Baba Indrajith scoring 72 off 149
– Musheer cruised past 150 as he continued to dominate India A with Navdeep Saini
– India B continued on an overnight score of 202/7
– India C continued on an overnight score of 91/4 in reply to India D’s 164
– Musheer Khan was batting on 105 off 227 balls at the end of Day 1 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium
