Duleep Trophy | Rajneesh Gurbani’s seven-wicket haul ensures first innings lead for India Red

Brief scores: India Red 337 & 38/0 (Abhinav Mukund 21*) lead India Green 309 (Baba Indrajith 109, Sudip Chatterjee 82; Rajneesh Gurbani 7-81) by 66 runs

Overnight India Green batsmen Sudip Chatterjee and Baba Indrajith went on to add 123 runs for the third wicket as they played sensible cricket from the very beginning of the third day’s play. Chatterjee missed out on a hundred as he got run-out for 82 while Indrajith went on to score his seventh first-class century. He scored 109 off 228 deliveries and his knock was studded with 15 hits into the fence. 

Apart from Jalaj Saxena (27) and Gurkeerat Singh Man (35), there was no significant contribution from other India Green batsmen. From 281/5 at the dinner break, the Greens were bowled out for 309 runs. Gurbani ripped through the lower-middle order of the greens and ended with figures of 7/81 in 27 overs. Shahbaz Nadeem and Ishan Porel claimed one apiece for India Red.

With a 28-run first innings lead, the India Red openers have provided a solid start. In 6.3 overs of batting, captain Abhinav Mukund (21) and Sanjay Ramaswamy (16) managed to add 38 runs and at the end of the third day’s play, India Red are leading by 66 runs with all 10 wickets in hand in the second innings. 

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