India B beat India A by 76 runs: Fast bowler Yash Dayal took 3 wickets; Mushir Khan player of the match

India B beat India A by 76 runs on the fourth day of the Duleep Trophy. Yash Dayal took the highest 3 wickets for the team while Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini took 2 wickets each. India A had a target of 275 runs to win. After the initial shock, KL Rahul batted brilliantly and scored a half century. Apart from that, Akashdeep scored 43 runs in 42 balls. In the last session, the team needed 143 runs to win the match, but the team was bowled out for 198 runs. India B's second innings was bowled out for 184 runs on the final day on Sunday. Earlier, India B started the day with a score of 150/6. Rishabh Pant played an innings of 61 runs. Akash Deep took 5 wickets and Khalil Ahmed 3 wickets from India-A. India A got off to a poor start as KL Rahul led the innings chasing 275 runs. The team lost their first wicket for 7 runs. After this, captain Shubman Gill (21) and Ryan Parag (31) played a quick game and took the team's score past 50. After the dismissal of Shubman and Ryan, India A's innings was disrupted. The team lost 2 wickets in 2 overs. Middle-order batsmen Dhruv Jurrell and Tanush Kotian returned to the pavilion with a score of zero, but KL Rahul remained at one end. He batted brilliantly and scored a half century. Rahul was caught out by Pant by Mukesh Kumar for 57 runs. Akashdeep, who came to bat after this, batted brilliantly but could not lead the team to victory. He scored 43 runs in 42 balls. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in the innings. He was run out by Mushir Khan standing at shot leg. Mushir Khan Player of the Match Mushir Khan was adjudged Player of the Match for scoring a first innings century in a 205-run partnership with Saini. He scored a century on the first day of the match. The next day, Mushir batted quickly, supported by Navdeep Saini. Both of them shared a partnership of 205 runs for the eighth wicket. Mushir Khan played an innings of 181 runs while Navdeep Saini scored 56 runs. Rishabh Pant scored a half-century in the first innings as India-B bowled out India-A for 231 runs. Based on which they got a lead of 90 runs. After this, India-B, who came to bat in the second innings, had a bad start. Both the openers of the team returned to the pavilion in 14 runs. While Mushir Khan, who scored a century in the first innings, got out without opening the account. After this, Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant, who came to bat, handled India-B's innings. Sarfraz scored 46 runs and Rishabh scored 61 runs. Pant hit 9 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Sarfaraz hits 5 fours in one over of Akash Deep In the 10th over of India-B's second innings, Sarfaraz Khan hit fast bowler Akash Deep for 5 fours in 5 balls. After dotting the first ball, Sarfaraz hit 5 boundjr with a cut shot on the second ball, a cover drive on the third ball, a flick on the fourth ball, a straight drive on the fifth ball and a short cut on the last ball. India-C beat India-D by 4 wickets In another match on Saturday, India-C beat India-D by 4 wickets. Chasing a target of 233 runs, India C team won due to Aryan Juyal's 47 runs and captain Rituraj Gaekwad's 46 runs. Saransh Jain took 4 wickets for India-D.

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