India’s new home season commenced on June 28 (Wednesday) with multi-day match Duleep Trophy. Central Zone locked horns with East Zone whereas North and North-North-East Zone locked horns in two completely different quarter-finals as some prime gamers shined for their respective groups. Rinku Singh, the star player of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL), top-scored for Central Zone in the low-scoring innings.
The left-hander stood tall for his aspect scoring 38 runs whereas batting at quantity 5 and smashed six fours throughout his keep in the center. He was anticipated to attain large and the teenager confirmed off his expertise as properly however could not transcend the 38-run mark due to Shahbaz Ahmed who dismissed him. The latter performed for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL and impressed in his first red-ball outing of the season with two wickets in 17 overs.
Central Zone may solely rating 182 runs in their first innings earlier than getting bundled out. However, they hit again with the ball earlier than the top of day’s play as Avesh Khan struck twice with the brand new ball pinning the East Zone openers in entrance of the stumps.
In the opposite quarter-final, Dhruv Shorey turned out to be the star player for North Zone scoring 135 runs whereas opening the innings. He slammed 22 fours throughout his knock and solely acquired out in the ultimate session of the innings. Apart from him, Nishant Sindhu, who was a part of Chennai Super Kings’s title triumph in IPL 2023, additionally shined with the bat scoring an unbeaten 76 earlier than finish of day’s play. North Zone ended the day’s play at 306/6 after 87 overs and shall be wanting so as to add extra runs on the second morning.Â
