New Delhi. India's new cricket season has started with the Duleep Trophy matches. These Duleep Trophy matches are also being seen as the selection trials for the Test team. From cricket lovers to selectors, everyone is keeping a close eye on the players. On the first day of these matches, players like Axar Patel, Mushir Khan left no stone unturned to capitalize on this opportunity. But Shreyas Iyer, Devdutt Padikkal failed miserably. India D, playing under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, collapsed for 164 runs.
In the Duleep Trophy, India D faced India C. In this match being played in Anantapur, India B batted first. Team India C, who won the toss and bowled first, gave shocks to India B from the very beginning. They sent 5 batsmen of India B to the pavilion before the score of 35 runs. These included the wickets of captain Shreyas Iyer (9), Yash Dubey (10), Ricky Bhui (4) and Atharva (4). Devdutt Padikkal could not even open his account.
Akshar Patel took charge of the troubled team. He played an innings of 86 runs on 118 balls. Akshar Patel along with KS Bharat (13), Saransh Jain (13) and Arshdeep Singh (13) took the team to 164 runs. Arshdeep, famous for his fast bowling, scored more runs than 7 batsmen of his team.
India C captain Rituraj Gaikwad used his bowlers well and kept changing bowling at the right time. The team also benefited from this. Vijaykumar Vishak took the maximum of 3 wickets for India C. Anshul Kamboj and Himanshu Chauhan took 2-2 wickets. Manav Suthar and Hrithik Shaukeen got one wicket each.
tag: Arshdeep Singh, Akhar Patel, Duleep Trophy, Shreyas Iyer
first published : September 5, 2024, 3:25 pm IST