IND BLUE 158/0 | Duleep Trophy: India Green vs India Blue Day 1, Live Updates
IND BLUE 336/1 | Duleep Trophy: IND Green vs IND Blue Day 1, Live Updates
India Green will be going up against India Blue in the third match of Duleep Trophy 2016-17, the first tournament of ‘pink ball cricket’ in India to be played at Greater Noida cricket ground. The second match of the Duleep Trophy was washed out due to rain as India Blue and India red had to settle for draw. India Blue will be led by Gautam Gambhir whereas India Green will be led by Suresh Raina today. India Blue could only 80-90 overs of cricket in the second match due to rain as they had to settle for draw against Yuvraj Singh led India Red. On the other hand India Green lost their first match against India Red in the Duleep Trophy opener. ALSO READ: India Green vs India Blue Live Streaming, Duleep Trophy, Day 1: Watch online match telecast & Live TV Coverage
What Gautam Gambhir had to say!
Gautam Gambhir said,“It (pink ball cricket) is very exciting, especially when lights are on. I am looking forward to it. I know the pink ball does move a bit, but as an opener I have to deal with it. That challenge is always there, even against the red SG or Kookaburra balls. However, as professional cricketers, we must be ready. And the spinners have to get used to gripping the pink ball.”
“It comes down to mindset. The basics of the game remain the same. You still have to negotiate the new ball, and first session of first day is going to be crucial. I am not reading too much into it. Maybe the players were a bit nervous considering that it was the first day of the domestic season. Once the nerves go away and you hit the game mode, things do get easy. I haven’t seen the wicket yet, but having the right mindset is important. A lot of people have told me to focus on individual performance in Duleep Trophy. Well, that’s not going to happen under me. We will be playing as a team and to win the tournament. That’s the way cricket should be played,” Gambhir added.
Squads:
India Green: Robin Uthappa, Jalaj Saxena, Parthiv Patel(w), Ambati Rayudu, Ian Dev Singh, Rohan Prem, Suresh Raina(c), Harbhajan Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Ashok Dinda, Sandeep Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, Rajat Paliwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Murali Vijay, Saurabh Tiwary, Pragyan Ojha
India Blue: Gautam Gambhir(c), Mayank Agarwal, Sheldon Jackson, Baba Aparajith, Siddhesh Lad, Dinesh Karthik(w), Parvez Rasool, Karaparambil Monish, Krishna Das, Suryakumar Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Karn Sharma