The Duleep Trophy has reached higher limits this time around as the BCCI announced that every international red ball player for India will also have to participate in the domestic red ball season in order to restore their position in the Indian team.
Players with the likes of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Mayank Agarwal, and many more have participated in the Duleep Trophy games. Such players are going to play a part in the Duleep trophy as they might find a place in India’s squad for the long Test schedule.
The Chinnaswamy stadium is hosting the India A vs. India B match, while the other match at Anantpura was comfortably won by India C on day 3.
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Let’s have a look at the 5 most breathtaking moments:
Mohammad Shami was seen watching the Duleep Trophy.
Star Indian pacer who has been in rehab for many months now, Mohammad Shami, is in the National Cricket Academy to mark his return from injury. In the meantime, he skips his schedule to the Chinnaswamy stadium as he watches the Duleep Trophy match.
This might be sighted well for the Indian team, as Shami might look to make a comeback to the Indian team soon, as he would be a key factor for India in their upcoming Test schedule vs. New Zealand and then later the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Musheer Khan’s record-breaking innings
When India B seemed to be in trouble in the first innings struggling due to early loss of wickets, as they were left staggering at 94/7, Sarfaraz Khan’s brother, the 19-year-old Mumbai boy, Musheer Khan, came into bat alongside Navdeep Saini, the no. 9.
Musheer, on his Duleep Trophy debut, scored a stunning hundred on Day 1 as he took his team to a decent total, while later he batted in the second day before he got out for 181 runs in order to score quick runs towards the back end of the innings. This is the highest-ever score made on a Duleep trophy debut by a player.
Rishabh Pant’s handy half-century
Welcome back, Pant, as he bats for his brilliant 50 with his knock in the second inning of the Duleep Trophy, as he almost is back to the red ball after 21 months of absence from the game. Pant scored a battling fifty in the second inning, which came off just 34 balls.
Pant went on to score 61 runs off just 47 balls, alongside Sarfaraz Khan, who also added quick runs. They added valuable runs to the team total that helped them post a total of over 250+ to the opponent side. This can be good signs for the Indian side, as they will find their wk-batter back into the side roaring as ever.
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Dhruv Jurel equals the record of MS Dhoni in the Duleep Trophy.
MS Dhoni has set a record in the Duleep Trophy behind the stumps, which he made while playing for East Zone in 2004-05, where he took 7 catches in a single match.
Jurel too achieved the feat against India B, as he completed 7 catches in the match as well and turned out to be one of the most subtle wicket-keeping options in the country, though his batting form has been of concern.
Akash Deep, with nine wickets in the match, has emerged as the highest wicket-taker.
India A team’s ace pacer, Akash Deep, the medium seamer, has emerged as their finest of bowlers. He picked up four wickets in the first inning, despite a strong resilience from Musheer. Then in the second innings, he went for a stunning 5-fer, which made him the finest performer from the India A side.
The bowler has done his job, and now it’s only to India A batters to earn the target for them after India B were bowled out for a minor 184. He can be ideal for India’s fourth pacer role, as the nation has been in the hunt for one, for a long time.