Duleep Trophy: Pujara’s bat is on fire after being dropped from WI tour, Surya is also getting the bowlers to repent! – duleep trophy semifinal cheteshwar pujara suryakumar yadav smashed fifties

New Delhi: Cheteshwar Pujara (50*, 103 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (52 runs, 58 balls) scored brilliant half-centuries after left-arm fast bowler Arjan Nagwaswala took five wickets. Although the style of playing of both was completely different from each other. West Zone took a total lead of 241 runs by scoring 149 for three at stumps on the second day of the Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone on the basis of these brilliant innings of both. Let us tell you that both Pujara and Suryakumar are not part of the Indian team in the two-match Test series against the West Indies. Shivam Mavi (6/44) bundled out West Zone’s first innings for 220 in the early hours of the morning, helping the team win last night’s match. Could only add four runs to the score. But Central Zone’s happiness was short-lived as Nagwaswala took five wickets for 74 runs in 14.3 overs as the team was bundled out for just 128 runs in 31.3 overs. Nagwaswala went on the tour of England in 2021 as a net bowler with the senior Indian team.

North took the lead

North Zone bowlers bundled out South Zone for 195 after a poor performance by their batsmen to give their team a narrow lead on the second day of the Duleep Trophy semi-final here on Thursday. North Zone, who scored 198 in the first innings, got a three-run lead and reached 51 for two in the second innings to take their overall lead to 54 at the end of the day’s play.

After a good performance by the bowlers on the first day, South Zone had a chance to dominate the match on the second day but the opposition bowlers kept the team under constant pressure. Vaibhav Arora and captain Jayant Yadav took 3-3 wickets, while Harshit Rana and Baltej Singh took 2-2 wickets.
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