Kuldeep’s four help India Red rally after rain delay

India Blue 200 for 5 (Agarwal 92, Gambhir 77, Kuldeep 4-49) v India RedScorecard and ball-by-ball details

After two-thirds of play was rendered impossible by the weather for the second day in succession, Kuldeep Yadav ate into India Blue’s gains with a four-wicket burst late in the night. India Blue went from 188 for 1 to 200 for 5 in four overs, as Kuldeep unleashed a rash of googlies that bored into India Blue’s batting core.

Should Mayank Agarwal nurse heartaches over his dismissal, it wouldn’t be out of place: he ventured an inexplicable slog to be stumped after coming within a whisker of his second first-class hundred. The dismissal proved to be costlier than he might have anticipated on a day India Blue had to negotiate a mere 27.4 overs.

From the outset, this was a curious day where little of the expected unfolded. With rain in the air, and after the pitch had sweated under the covers for over 24 hours – the grass on the pitch appeared markedly lusher – it was thought the ball would move around crazily. On the evidence of the first few overs, it also seemed that India Red’s wretched luck would continue – …

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