India-A and India-B teams are face to face in Duleep Trophy. The match between the two teams is being played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Batting first, India-B team was out for 321 runs. Actually, at one time it seemed that India-B team would not be able to touch the 200 run mark. But Musheer Khan along with the lower order batsmen displayed brilliant batting. Musheer Khan returned to the pavilion after scoring 181 runs on 373 balls on the ball of Kuldeep Yadav. He hit 16 fours and 5 sixes in his innings.
Musheer's statement after a brilliant innings
When Musheer Khan was asked about his big innings, the player said that his father has trained him to play big innings. According to Musheer, his century starts from 150 runs. Musheer said that his father had taught him that he can play his shots freely only after crossing 150 runs. This formula is working on Musheer as well, which is why this player is performing so well at the age of just 19.
Great partnership between Musheer-Saini
Actually, 7 batsmen of India-B returned to the pavilion at 94 runs, but after this Mushir Khan along with the lower order batsmen worked to take the team out of trouble. Navdeep Saini played a good role along with Mushir Khan. Navdeep Saini played a brilliant innings of 56 runs in 144 balls. He hit 8 fours and 1 six in his innings.
Musheer shared a 205-run partnership with Navdeep Saini which is the highest partnership for the 8th wicket in the history of Duleep Trophy. On the basis of this partnership between Musheer and Saini, India-B scored a good score of 321 runs.
match status
India-B opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 runs off 59 balls. Apart from Mushir and Saini, no batsman from India-B could cross the fifty-run mark. Talking about India-A bowlers, Akash Deep was the most successful bowler. Akash Deep took 4 wickets. Apart from this, Khalil Ahmed and Avesh Khan got 2-2 wickets each. Kuldeep Yadav took the valuable wicket of Mushir Khan.