Duleep Trophy 2024: Gaikwad hits fifty, Kamboj picks 8 wickets in an innings as India C settle for draw vs India B

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Duleep Trophy 2024: The second round match between India B and India C ended in a draw in Anantapur on Sunday, September 15. On the final day of the match, India C captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 62 off 83 balls after his team's pacer Anshul Kamboj wrapped up India B's first innings at 332 with an eight-wicket haul.

On the basis of the first innings lead India C took three points from the match, and are now leading the four-team points table with nine points from two games. They will have the chance to lift the trophy when they face India A in their third and last match of the Duleep Trophy 2024 from September 19.

Resuming day four at 309 for seven, India B were dismissed for 332 in 108 overs with Kamboj cleaning up the tail to add to his overnight five wickets. India B skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran remained unbeaten on 157 off 286 balls.

India C, who amassed 525 in the first innings, reached 128 for four in their second innings and that was the moment where players decided to shake hands.

India C got three points for the first innings lead, pushing them to top with nine points in two games while India B got a solitary point for a draw.

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (62) struck his second fifty of the match while Rajat Patidar was dismissed in the 40s for the second consecutive time in the game.

It was only the third time in Duleep Trophy history that a pacer had taken eight wickets or more in an innings. Kamboj was deservingly named player of the match. It was the first ever five wicket haul for the Haryana cricketer in his 15th first class game. He has played for Mumbai Indians in the IPL this season.

Another cricketer who made a statement in the game was Ishan Kishan, who smashed 111 off 126 balls in his return to red ball cricket.

Brief scores: India C: 525 all in 124.1 overs and 128/4 in 37 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 62; Rahul Chahar 2/8 vs India B: 332 all out in 108 overs(Abhimanyu Easwaran 157 not out, Narayan Jagadeesan 70; Anshul Kamboj 8/69 in 27.5 overs).

(With Input From PTI)