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- Updated: September 12, 2016
Dinner India Red 235 for 7 (Mishra 13*, Kuldeep 2*, Jadeja 4-66) trail India Blue 693 for 6 dec (Pujara 256*, Jackson 134, Gambhir 94) by 458 runs Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Whether it was because of the daunting nature of the task ahead or because of the bowlers’ probing lines on a sticky surface, there was a distinct air of unease about Shikhar Dhawan and Yuvraj Singh when play resumed on day three of the Duleep Trophy final. Their departure in the first session was followed by further losses in the second, and the unease seemed to be spreading as India Red’s batsmen were prised out one by one.
Gurkeerat Singh and Stuart Binny, fought back, each registering a fifty, but the bowlers’ persistence on a pitch that kept them interested paid off in the form of periodic breakthroughs. They had managed five of them by dinner, to add to the two from the previous night, as India Red were left at 235 for 7, with little prospect …
