File photograph of Yash Dubey, who waged a lone battle for Madhya Pradesh in opposition to Rest of India of their Irani Cup at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior on March 3, 2023.
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Yash Dubey’s valiant century (109, 258b, 16×4) was not sufficient to stop Madhya Pradesh from conceding an enormous first-innings lead in opposition to Rest of India on day three of the Irani Cup at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium right here on Friday.
MP was bowled out for 294, with off-spinner Pulkit Narang taking 4 wickets to assist RoI safe a 190-run lead.
First-innings’ double century maker Yashasvi Jaiswal continued from the place he left off, racing to an unbeaten half-century (58 batting, 53b, 8×4, 1×6) as RoI completed the day on 85 for 1 in its second innings and with a complete lead of 275 runs.
Jaiswal performed some pleasant pictures, hitting Avesh Khan for 3 consecutive boundaries earlier than lofting Ankit Kushwah for a six and 4 down the floor.
File photograph of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who continued in the identical vein as in the first innings for Rest of India in opposition to Madhya Pradesh at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, on March 3, 2023.
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M. PERIASAMY
Earlier, MP resumed the day on 112 for 3 and was on the again foot instantly when Navdeep Saini breached in a single day batter Harsh Gawli’s (54) defence ending his 114-run partnership with Dubey.
From 145 for 5, Dubey and Saransh Jain (66) steadied issues with a 96-run stand for the sixth wicket to assist the residence workforce keep away from the follow-on.
File photograph of Madhya Pradesh batsman Saransh Jain, who complemented Yash Dubey’s efforts in opposition to Rest of India at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, on March 3, 2023.
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Okay. MURALI KUMAR
Dubey, who began his innings with fluent drives via covers and down the floor on day two, needed to play inside himself on Friday in opposition to some tight bowling.
The 24-year-old was additionally the beneficiary of some poor catching by RoI fielders as he was dropped twice, first on 84 by the keeper Upendra Yadav off Narang in the final over earlier than lunch.
Crucially, Dubey — who made a match-winning century in the Ranji Trophy remaining final 12 months — obtained one other reprieve on 99 when Mayank Agarwal dropped him at first slip off Saini, permitting him to finish a brace and get to his landmark.
For RoI, Narang was the finest bowler on the day, with the off-spinner exhibiting impeccable management over his size and creating possibilities.
He ultimately bowled Dubey with a classical off-spinner’s supply that spun in sharply from outdoors the off-stump earlier than accounting for Jain, who additionally was dropped off his bowling.
The scores: Rest of India — 1st innings: 484
Madhya Pradesh — 1st innings: Himanshu Mantri c Dhull b Saini 1, Arham Aquil c Upendra b Mukesh 0, Shubham Sharma lbw b Saini 4, Harsh Gwali b Saini 54, Yash Dubey b Narang 109, Aman Solanki c Indrajith b Mukesh 7, Saransh Jain c Saini b Narang 66, Anubhav Agarwal c Upendra b Narang 7, Ankit Kushwah (not out) 22, Kumar Kartikeya b Saurabh 9, Avesh Khan c Jaiswal b Narang 1, Extras (b-7, lb-5, nb-2): 14; Total (in 112.5 overs): 294.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-2, 3-15, 4-129, 5-145, 6-241, 7-261, 8-266, 9-291.
Rest of India bowling: Mukesh 23-7-44-2, Saini 20-6-56-3, Sheth 13-2-43-0, Saurabh 31-9-74-1, Narang 25.5-4-65-4.
Rest of India — 2nd innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran (batting) 26, Mayank Agarwal lbw b Kartikeya 0, Yashasvi Jaiswal (batting) 58, Extras (lb-1): 1; Total (for one wicket in 18 overs): 85.
Fall of wicket: 1-1.
Madhya Pradesh bowling: Kartikeya 7-1-21-1, Avesh 2-0-16-0, Kushwah 3-0-2-0, Jain 4-0-20-0 , Anubhav 2-0-7-0.
