Published: Sep 11, 2016, 11:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Sep 11, 2016, 12:03 PM (IST)
India A will resume their first innings from 362 for 3 on Day Two at the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida. Catch the live cricket streaming of this Duleep Trophy 2016-17 game, between the India Red and India Blue on hotstar and starsports.com, along with the live telecast on StarSports HD 4 and StarSports 4. Riding on a fantastic display by the top-order, India Blue held the advantage on Day One. A 144-run partnership, between Mayank Agarwal and Gautam Gambhir, followed by a century knock by Chesteshwar Pujara and a half-century by Dinesh Karthik, added to India Red’s misery. Pujara and Karthik were unbeaten on 111 and 55 respectively. READ: Duleep Trophy Final, Day 1 Report: Cheteshwar Pujara’s hundred anchors India Blue to commanding position
Both Pujara and Karthik added 120 runs for the fourth wicket playing out 23.3 overs. Karthik was first to achieve his milestone of getting his fifty in 58 balls. This is also his second consecutive half-century Pujara was soon to reach his 100 off 153 balls, which included 12 fours’. This was also his 33rd First-Class ton. READ: Cheteshwar Pujara completes 10,000 First-Class runs
Earlier, Gambhir had won the toss on a seemingly good batting pitch. India Blue announced two changes in the team with Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja coming in the playing XI from the previous match replacing Siddhesh Lad and Mohit Sharma. Yuvraj Singh led India Red also made as many as three changes in the playing XI with Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny and Amit Mishra coming in.
