Published: Sep 09, 2017, 02:08 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 09, 2017, 08:08 PM (IST)
Good afternoon! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Duleep Trophy 2017. It is Day Three of the first match of the tournament where India Green lock horns with India Red. The match is being played at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Resuming Day Two at 232, India Red were skittled out for 323 after their stand-in captain Dinesh Karthik scored a composed fifty. However, Krishnappa Gowtham and Karn Sharma joined hands as they scalped nine wickets to bundle out India Green for 157. Earlier, Mohammed Siraj also proved to be handy with the ball to provide early wickets for his side.
Siraj dismissed Karthik and Karn Sharma, while pacer Navdeep Saini, left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem and part-time spinner Murali Vijay accounted for one wicket each on the second morning. In their first innings, India Green folded for 157 as Gowtham and Sharma returned with impressive figures of 5 for 46 and 4 for 39 respectively. Prashant Chopra (65) was the top scorer for India Green, followed by Karun Nair (37) and Parthiv Patel scored 17 runs, but none of the other batsmen could reach doubles digits at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium. At stumps, India Red were 19 for one with Priyank Panchal (11) and Rahul Singh (1) at the crease. They led by 185 runs with nine wickets remaining.
Panchal’s century kept India Red in command on Day One. It would be interesting to see if the Gujarat batsman can continue his stupendous form.
Teams:
India Red: Sudip Chatterjee, Priyank Panchal, Ishank Jaggi, Dinesh Karthik (c), Gahlaut Rahul Singh, Rishabh Pant (wk), Karn Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Siddarth Kaul, Chama Milind, Ashok Dinda.
India Green: Murali Vijay, Ravikumar Samarth, Prashant Chopra, Karun Nair, Parthiv Patel (c & wk), Ankit Bawne, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini.
