All it may well take at occasions is a modicum of fortune to swing cricket matches both manner, a future Shreyas Iyer was determined to keep away from on Friday. The India D skipper was adamant that there was no edge when Rajat Patidar was trapped in entrance by Axar Patel, though DRS dominated within the batter’s favour.
India C appeared to be cruising alongside to victory on Day 3 of the Duleep Trophy opener in opposition to India D at Anantapur, needing simply 80 runs to win with eight wickets nonetheless in hand within the second session. Rajat Patidar and Aryan Juyal felt comfy out within the center, their partnership properly previous the half-century mark and inching nearer to a ton. Nonetheless, the sport scenario might have turned out to be starkly completely different had the umpire sided with the Shreyas Iyer-led bowling facet at an important juncture within the first session.
India D had managed to scalp each openers Sai Sudharsan and Ruturaj Gaikwad in comparatively fast succession agfter a gap stand of 64 to carry themselves again into the competition whereas defending 243. Iyer took the chance to introduce Axar into the assault in opposition to the freshly arrived Rajat and the choice appeared to pay dividends in the end when the left-arm spinner trapped Patidar in entrance of the stumps within the twenty second over. The proper-handed batter had missed the road because the ball drifted in with the angle from across the stump however a lot to his fortune, the umpire refused to ship him strolling for a scoure of 4 given there had been two noises because the ball had hit the pad. Nonetheless, Iyer was assured that they had their man and despatched the choice upstairs the place replays confirmed that the crimson cherry had struck the pad and inside fringe of the willow nearly concurrently, rendering extremely edge slightly menaingless. After analyzing all related angles fastidiously, the TV umpire finally got here to the choice that there was no hole between bat and ball, thus staying with the on-field determination.
Iyer couldn’t imagine what had transpired as he walked to the umpires on the sphere and requested for justification. The Indian star even went as far as to shadow the incident to clarify why the ball couldn’t have hit the bat however his pleas fell on deaf ears, a lot to Twitterati’s amusement.
Combat
Simple
Shreyas Iyer would have been a straightforward decide for ICT 11 over KLR if not for Nahid Rana and Taskin Ahmed
— LammySir (@arjunfc001) September 7, 2024
Fielders with Most Catches for India Since 2021
72 – Rohit Sharma
62 – Virat Kohli/Suryakumar
57 – Shubman Gill
39 – Shreyas Iyer
30 – Hardik Pandya/Axar Patel#RohitSharma𓃵 #ViratKohli𓃵 #SKY #ShubmanGill #ShreyasIyer #AxarPatel #HardikPandya #DuleepTrophy2024 #GOAT— Nilesh Biswas (@NileshBiswas18) September 7, 2024
Aggressive mode
Could not convert
Shubman Gill 25
Riyan Parag 30
KL Rahul 37
Ruturaj Gaikwad 46
Sai Sudharsan 22
Shreyas Iyer 54
Most of them bought the beginning however did not make it huge, relating to Take a look at cricket and if you end up set, it’s good to make it huge. In any other case it looks like a waste of begin. pic.twitter.com/dXlmvAksGr— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) September 7, 2024
“STUNNING SPELL! 🤩 Manav Suthar wreaks havoc with 7/49 as India D bowled out for 236! 🏏 India C, led by Shreyas Iyer’s brisk fifty, want 233 runs to win! 🏆 Can they chase it down? 🤔 #ManavSuthar #IndiaC #Cricket#DuleepTrophy pic.twitter.com/zdJ3BAnFve
— Mahf R (@Mahesh2115) September 7, 2024
True
Other than shreyas iyer not one of the white ball n crimson ball NT regulars r taking part in properly in first duleep trophy match, are they really or it is simply to please authorities for bcci contract #DuleepTrophy2024
— Shashank reddy (@Shawshank_reddy) September 7, 2024
Poetry in movement
Rajat pattidar when in circulation is poetry in movement 🌊#DuleepTrophy #DuleepTrophy2024
— Shikhar (@farziTyler) September 7, 2024
Seems to be like India C is profitable 🦾#DuleepTrophy
— 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿❄️ (@GunRoasterr) September 7, 2024
Nicely performed