It was as if Jagadeesan had locked up his imperious self from the final Ranji Trophy season, as he performed a low-risk and supremely assured knock (67 batting, 126b, 8×4) and added 124 for an unbroken first-wicket stand with skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran (51 batting, 91b, 4×4, 1×6).
The partnership helped India-B mount a fightback in reply to India-C’s mammoth 525 on day two of the second-round Duleep Trophy match on the Rural Growth Belief (RDT) Stadium B-ground on Friday.
India-C was hampered, although, as its tempo spearhead Sandeep Warrier walked off the sector with an obvious harm.
Sandeep ran in to bowl the second ball of his second over and pulled up holding his left leg. The physio was introduced out to take a look.
Jagadeesan hit a straight 4 off medium-pacer Anshul Kamboj and later pulled him for a 4 to deep backward sq. leg. He additionally pulled leg-spinner Mayank Markande for a 4 to the deep sq. leg boundary.
Essentially the most putting facet of Jagadeesan’s batting was the way in which he manoeuvred the ball for fast singles. (26), doubles (3), and even a triple.
Easwaran hit an enormous six to cow nook and paddle-swept to fine-leg for a 4 off left-arm spinner Manav Suthar. He pulled a brief supply off Kamboj for 4 to deep backward square-leg.
Earlier, India-C’s Manav Suthar hung in for his 82 (156b, 11×4, 3×6). Anshul Kamboj performed a cameo (38, 27b, 5×4, 2×6) so as to add 55 runs with him for the eighth wicket.
Manav hit two long-on sixes, one every off left-arm spinner Sai Kishore and leg-spinner Rahul Chahar. The one off Chahar was an on-the-charge out-of-the-ground hit that helped him transfer to 48.
Kamboj hit a straight six off Sai Kishore, and a ball later hit a six once more off the identical bowler out of the bottom over long-on.
India-C skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (58, 74b, 9×4, 2×6), who was unbeaten on 46 in a single day, introduced up his fifty with a crackling cover-drive for 4 off pacer Navdeep Saini on the primary over of the day.
However he was quickly overwhelmed on the skin edge to be bowled by Mukesh with a supply that hit the highest of off-stump. Mukesh and Chahar completed with 4 wickets every.
The scores:
India-C — 1st innings: Ruturaj Gaikwad b Mukesh 58, Sai Sudharsan c Saini b Mukesh 43, Rajat Patidar b Saini 40, Ishan Kishan b Mukesh 111, B. Indrajith b Chahar 78, Abishek Porel lbw b Mukesh 12, Manav Suthar b Chahar 82, Mayank Markande b Nitish 17, Anshul Kamboj b Chahar 38, Vijaykumar Vyshak c Easwaran b Chahar 12, Sandeep Warrier (not out) 11; Extras (b-4, lb-7, w-7, nb-5): 23; Whole (in 124.1 overs): 525.
Fall of wickets: 1-96, 2-97, 3-286, 4-311, 5-345, 6-382, 7-406, 8-461, 9-489.
India-B bowling: Mukesh 32-4-126-4, Saini 23-3-101-1, Washington 18-1-67-0, Nitish 17-2-69-1, Sai Kishore 18-2-78-0, Rahul Chahar 16.1-2-73-4.
India-B — 1st innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran (batting) 51, N. Jagadeesan (batting) 67; Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-1): 6; Whole (for no loss in 36 overs): 124.
India-C bowling: Warrier 1.1-0-8-0, Vyshak 10-2-29-0, Kamboj 8.5-2-30-0, Markande 6-0-18-0, Suthar 10-0-34-0.
Printed – September 14, 2024 12:07 am IST
