A setback for India C, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad retired damage after dealing with simply two balls of their Duleep Trophy 2024 match in opposition to India B on the Rural Development Trust Stadium B in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. Gaikwad, who managed to hit a 4 on the primary ball he confronted, twisted his ankle on the following supply and was pressured to depart the sphere. India B gained the toss and opted to bowl first, placing India C on the again foot early. Despite the early blow of shedding their captain, India C managed to recuperate with a stable partnership between Sai Sudharsan and Rajat Patidar.
However, Gaikwad, who’s the Chennai Super Kings captain, got here on to bat afterward.
Sudharsan scored 43 runs off 75 balls, whereas Patidar contributed 40 runs from 67 balls. The duo shared an important 92-run stand for the second wicket, dealing with 140 balls in whole.
After their promising partnership, each batters have been dismissed in fast succession, leaving Ishan Kishan and Baba Indrajith to rebuild the innings.
Reports stated that Gaikwad twisted his ankle whereas operating after dealing with a supply from pacer Mukesh Kumar. Although he needed to retire damage, the damage isn’t thought-about severe, and he’s anticipated to bat within the second innings. Gaikwad has had a difficult interval in his red-ball cricket profession just lately.
The 27-year-old was named in India’s Test squad for the two-match collection in opposition to South Africa final December however was dominated out resulting from a finger damage. In his first-class profession, Gaikwad has performed 30 video games, amassing 2,092 runs with six centuries and ten fifties.
His first-class, List A, and T20 debuts got here in the course of the 2016-17 season for Maharashtra. Captain of India B Abhimanyu Easwaran gained the toss and elected to bowl first.
India C’s: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Ishan Kishan, Baba Indrajith, Abhishek Porel (Wk), Anshul Kamboj, Mayank Markande, Manav Suthar, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, and Sandeep Warrier.
India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Narayan Jagadeesan (Wk), Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Navdeep Saini, Rahul Chahar, and Mukesh Kumar.
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