Rishabh Pant‘s much-anticipated return to red-ball cricket since his accident in December 2022 lasted simply 10 balls, as India A skipper Shubman Gill pulled off a surprising catch operating backwards to ship the left-hander again on day one of many first-round Duleep Trophy match towards India B in Bengaluru on Thursday.
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Making an attempt to hit quick bowler Akash Deep in the direction of the on-side, wicketkeeper-batsman Pant (7) ended up slicing it.Gill, standing at mid-off, by no means overpassed the ball even because it seemed to be crusing over him and touchdown safely. Operating backwards, Gill seemed to be a yard or two brief, however he dived full size on the final second to make up for it and pouch the ball.
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LIVE UPDATES: India A vs India B, Day 1
Making an attempt to hit quick bowler Akash Deep in the direction of the on-side, wicketkeeper-batsman Pant (7) ended up slicing it.Gill, standing at mid-off, by no means overpassed the ball even because it seemed to be crusing over him and touchdown safely. Operating backwards, Gill seemed to be a yard or two brief, however he dived full size on the final second to make up for it and pouch the ball.
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Earlier, Gill received the toss and India A opted to bowl first to utilize any early moisture due to rains lashing Bengaluru over the previous few days.
India B bought off to a sedate begin, shedding two wickets earlier than lunch to succeed in 65 for two in 30 overs, with Yashasvi Jaiswal dismissed after getting his eye in. He scored 30.
The put up lunch session noticed a flurry of wickets as India B slipped to 94 for 7, with solely Musheer Khan exhibiting some resistance, whereas approaching a affected person fifty.
Pacers Khaleel Ahmed, Akash Deep and Avesh Khan took two wickets every.
