In Duleep Trophy 2024 Mayank Agarwal-led India A finishes top of table
In Anantapur on Sunday after picking up seven in the final session on Day 4 to win the third round encounter against India C by 132 runsMayank Agarwal-led team India A won the Duleep Trophy 2024 title in style.
India A which needed a victory to stop India C to reach the top spot. They managed to bowl out the opposition for 217 after setting them a fourth-innings target of 350. The team led by Mayank Agarwal had taken the first innings lead after reducing the opposition to 234 in reply to its 297 all out.
B. Sai Sudharsan scored 111 to keep India C in the hunt for a draw, supported by a 44-run knock by skipper RuturajGaikwad, but the team was bowled out with less than three overs remaining in the day. A point from the encounter would have handed the title to Gaikwad’s men.
Before the third round, India B, ranked second on the table, missed the opportunity to capitalize on India C’s mistake when it lost the first innings lead to India D after Sanju Samson scored a century. To secure the top spot, India B needed to outperform India C’s result.
Chasing a target of 373 in the fourth innings, the team collapsed to 115 all out in just 22.2 overs, resulting in zero points from the third-round match.