Pratham-Tilak's century in Duleep Trophy 2024: India A declared the innings at a score of 380/3

Pratham-Tilak's century in Duleep Trophy 2024: India A declared the innings at a score of 380/3

Three centuries were scored on Saturday, the third day of the second round of Duleep Trophy 2024. Pratham Singh and Tilak Verma scored centuries for India A. In another match, India B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran scored a century against India C.

In the match being played in Anantapur, India A declared their second innings at a score of 380/3 on the third day and gave India D a target of 488 runs to win. By the end of the day's play, India D has scored 62 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Ricky Bhui is unbeaten on 40 and Yash Dubey on 15.

India B has scored 309 runs for 7 wickets in the first innings in response to India C's 525 runs. Abhimanyu Easwaran returned unbeaten on 143 and Washington Sundar on 13.

IND A Vs IND D: Pratham and Tilak's century

India A declared their second innings after lunch on the third day. Batsmen Pratham Singh and Tilak Verma scored centuries from the team's side. Pratham played an innings of 122 runs on 189 balls. During this, he hit 12 fours and a six.

Apart from him, Tilak scored 111 runs on 193 balls. Captain Mayank Agarwal scored 56 runs with the help of 8 fours. Mayank and Pratham added 125 runs for the first wicket. Shashwat Rawat scored an unbeaten 64 runs. Saurabh Kumar took 2 wickets for India D.

India A scored 290 runs in the first innings

Earlier, India D won the toss against India A and chose to bowl first. India A scored 290 runs in the first innings. Shams Mulani (89) and Tanush Kotian (53) scored half-centuries for the team. Harshit Rana took 4 wickets for India D. Vidwat Kaverappa and Arshdeep Singh took 2-2 wickets. Saransh Jain and Saurabh Kumar got 1-1 wickets.

In reply to 290 runs, India D was all out for 183 runs. Devdutt Padikkal scored the highest 92 runs for the team. Khaleel Ahmed and Aaqib Khan took 3-3 wickets for India A.

Indian team's star batsman and India D captain Shreyas was sent to the pavilion by Khaleel Ahmed on a score of 0. He came to play wearing glasses inside the helmet. After this, wicketkeeper batsman Sanju was out after scoring 5 runs. In this way, India A got a lead of 107 runs on the basis of the first innings.

IND B Vs IND C: Captain Abhimanyu Easwaran remains unbeaten after scoring a century

Against India C, India B has scored 279 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the first innings on the third day. Captain Abhimanyu Easwaran is unbeaten after scoring a century. Apart from him, team opener N Jagadeesan scored a half-century. He scored 70 runs off 137 balls.

Earlier, India B won the toss against India C and chose to bowl first. India C scored 525 runs in the first innings. Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan scored a century for the team. He scored 111 runs off 126 balls. Apart from him, Manav Suthar scored 82, Baba Indrajit scored 78 and Rituraj Gaikwad scored 58 runs.

India C at the top of the points table

In the first round of the Duleep Trophy, India B defeated India A by 76 runs, while India C defeated India D by 4 wickets. India C and India B are at the top of the points table. Both teams have 6-6 points.

New format of Duleep Trophy

The Duleep Trophy is being played in a new format from this season. It used to be held in zonal format earlier. Now the top players of domestic cricket have been divided into four teams. The tournament will be played in round-robin format without any knockout match. The team with the most points at the end of the round-robin matches will be the champion.

Playing-11 of all teams

India A: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Pratham Singh, Riyan Parag, Tilak Verma, Shaswat Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khalil Ahmed and Aaqib Khan.

India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sarfaraz Khan, Rinku Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Mushir Khan, N Jagadeesan, Navdeep Saini, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore and Washington Sundar.

India C: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Rajat Patidar, Ishan Kishan, Baba Indrajit, Abhishek Porel, Manav Suthar, Mayank Markande, Anshul Kamboj, Vijaykumar Vaishakh and Sandeep Warrier.

India D: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Atharva Tayde, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Saurabh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Yash Dubey and Vidvat Kaverappa.

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