Duleep Trophy Live Score, 2nd Round Day 1: India A 69/4, Parag out vs India D; India C 76/0 vs India B

Arshdeep gets Parag caught at slips. Driving length, Parag took the bait, went for the cover drive but ended up edging it. Superb innings though. Some cracking shots during his 29-ball 37. 

India C batters continue to dominate, first hour into the play. Despite the early Gaikwad setback, Sudharsan and Patidar are looking good to put on a good score. 

Our reporter from ground says Ruturaj Gaikwad twisted his ankle and had to be taken out of the field. 

Duleep Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad retired hurt during India B vs India C match

India C captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was retired hurt two balls into the game against India D in the second round fixture of the Duleep Trophy 2024 on Thursday.

Riyan Parag pulling India A out of the hole it found itself in courtesy of the two wickets. He picks three boundaries off Arshdeep’s over. If the first slash that went over slips seemed out of control, he sets the record straight with two glorious shots through covers, says Abhishek Saini from Anantapur. 

India C looking in absolute control of the proceedings. Sudharsan is nearing his half-century while Patidar is also well settled, having already hit four boundaries. 

Riyan Parag! Beautiful, lofted cover drive for SIX! What a shot to play very early in the innings. 

Second wicket for Kaverappa and this time it’s Pratham Singh who has to go. Superb spell this by the pacer. Pratham hit the ball straight to deep square leg. 

Sudharsan is continuing to find the boundaries. In his 19-run knock so far, he has hit four boundaries already. 

Kaverappa draws the first blood. Mayank Agarwal is caught behind. On the body and Mayank had to play it. He goes for 7. 

New batter Rajat Patidar too is off the mark with a four. Sudharsan has already found the fence twice. 

We are yet to get an official update on Gaikwad’s injury. 

Solid start for the openers. Even though Kaverappa has gone past the edge a couple of time, there’s not much movement with the new ball. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad has retired hurt after facing just two balls.

Ruturaj Gaikwad is off the mark with a four. Sai Sudharsan is his partner at the other end. Mukesh Kumar with the opening over. 

Pratham Singh and Mayank Agarwal open the innings for India A. Harshit Rana bowls the opening over. 

India B - Abhimanyu Easwarana, Nithish Kumar Reddy, Mukesh Kumar, Musheer Khan, N Jagadeesan, Navdeep Saini, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Rinku Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar

India C - Abhishek Porel, Anshul Kamboj, B Indrajith, Sai Sudharsan, Mayank Markande, Manav Suthar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, V Vyshak, Sandeep Warrier, Ishan

India A - Mayank Agarwal, Pratham Singh, Tilak Varma, Riyan Parag, Shashwat Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Aaqib Khan 

India D - Shreyas Iyer, Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Saurabh Kumar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, V Kaverappa

India B has won the toss and will field first against India C. 

Shreyas Iyer gets the right call as India D won the toss and they are going to bowl first against the Mayank Agarwal-led India A

India A, which flaunted its international experience during the first round, is now left having to plug the gaps after the exit of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Akash Deep and Kuldeep Yadav for its second-round contest against India D at the Rural Trust Development Cricket Stadium in Anantapur starting Thursday.

The most glaring is the lack of an opening batter to accompany captain Mayank Agarwal. Railways veteran Pratham Singh is the only batter with significant experience in the top order, and might be India A’s sole option.

Hanging onto his India hopes by a thread, Mayank’s early confrontation against Arshdeep Singh could bear great consequences on his contention. The opener was dismissed by another left-armer, Yash Dayal, in the first match. In Tests, Mayank has been removed seven times in 19 innings by a left-arm pacer.

Duleep Trophy 2024: Without key players, India A looks to beat odds and return to winning ways against India D

For India D, the transition has been much smoother. It had to let only Axar Patel go, and the like-for-like replacement in Nishant Sindhu meant its composition was not compromised.

Team A:

Mayank Agarwal (C), Riyan Parag, SK Rasheed, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Akshay Wadkar, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kusharga, Shaswat Rawat, Aaqib Khan, Pratham Singh

Team B:

Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Rinku Singh, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, R. Sai Kishore, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Suyash Prabhudesai, Rahul Chahar, N. Jagadeesan, Himanshu Mantri, Mohit Avasthi

India C:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier

India D:

Shreyas Iyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Nishant Sindhu, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Vidwath Kaverappa, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (WK)

Where to watch India A vs India D & India B vs India C Duleep Trophy 2024 second-round match?

The live telecast of the Duleep Trophy 2024 will be on Sports18 Network and can be streamed on the Jio Cinema app and website.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage from Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy 2024 second round where India A takes on India D while India B faces India C in Anantpur. 

Stay tuned as we bring you all the live updates straight from the venue.