Wakhare, Easwaran star as India Red clinch Duleep Trophy

Right-arm off-spinner Akshay Wakhare picked up a brilliant five-wicket haul to hand India Red the Duleep Trophy title as they defeated India Green by an innings and 38 runs in the final on Saturday.

By IANS | Published: September 07, 2019 4:38 PM

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On the final day of the match, India Red bowled out India Green for a mere 119 runs inside 40 overs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Only Siddhesh Lad (42) and Akshath Reddy (33) could manage to stay at the crease for a while as none of the India Green batters were able to cope with the pressure created by Wakhare and Avesh Khan. The duo finished with figures of 5/13 and 3/38 respectively.

Earlier in the day, India Red started from their overnight score of 345/6, 114 runs ahead of India Green's first-innings total of 231. Aditya Sarvate and Jaydev Unadkat, who had remained unbeaten on 30 and 10 on Stumps on Day 3, managed to add another 8 and 22 respectively to their individual scores as India Red were eventually bundled out for 388 runs.

Abhimanyu Easwaran, who played a stupendous knock of 153, was the leading run-scorer for India Red. Apart from him, Ishan Kishan (39), Aditya Sarwate (38) and captain Priyank Panchal (33) also made noticeable contributions to help the team reach a total which ultimately they defended to clinch the trophy.

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja and Ankit Rajpoot were pick of the bowlers for India Green as they both scalped 3 wickets each. Left-arm seamer Tanveer-Ul-Haq contributed with two wickets, including that of Easwaran while Mayank Markande also picked one wicket. Easwaran was adjudged the Player of the Match.

Brief scores: India Green 231 and 119 (Siddhesh Lad, 42, Akshath Reddy 33; Akshay Wakhare 5/13); India Red 388 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 153, Ishan Kishan 39; Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 3/93)

( With inputs from IANS )

Tags: India GreenAkshath ReddyIshan KishanWakhare

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