CRICKET POLL

India B vs India D

Ricky Bhui (90* off 87), Shreyas Iyer (50 off 40) and Sanju Samson (45 off 53) led India D's batting urgency on a moving Day 3 in Anantapur as they finished Day 3 on 244/5, taking their lead over India B to 311.

India B started the day on 201/6, an innings built on Abhimanyu Easwaran's century. Washington Sundar played a vital hand to drag the team out to 282 with a 140-ball 87. India D were armed with a 67-run first-innings lead but were down to 19 for 3 early on as Navdeep Saini and Mukesh Kumar rattled the top-order. Bhui however, picked up the pieces to resurrect the innings in the company of his captain Shreyas as they added 75 runs for the fourth wicket.

Shreyas then departed for an entertaining 40-ball 50, paving the way for Samson to walk out and throw his bat around. He did just that with a 53-ball 45, adding 68 with Bhui. Mukesh dismissed Samson but Bhui found another able ally in Akash Sengupta to further the innings and lead. Bhui finished the day 10 short of another century.

Brief Scores: India D 349 & 244/5(Ricky Bhui 90*, Shreyas Iyer 50; Mukesh Kumar 3-80) lead India B 282 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 116, Washington Sundar 87; Saurabh Kumar 5-73) by 311 runs

India A vs India C

The middle-order trio of Riyan Parag (73), Shashwat Rawat (53) and Kumar Kushagra (40*) pushed India A's lead past 300 after the bowlers secured a slender first-innings lead.

India C started the day at 210/7 but was bundled out soon for 234 as Avesh Khan and Aaqib Khan picked three wickets each while Shams Mulani picked two. India A lost three early wickets before Parag and Rawat added a 105-run stand. Gaurav Yadav broke the stand with Parag's wicket and Manav Suthar picked two quick wickets, but upstepped Kushagra to swell the lead. He finished unbeaten on 40 at stumps, in the company of Tanush Kotian.

Brief Scores: India A 297 & 270/6 (Riyan Parag 73, Shashwat Rawat 53; Anshul Kamboj 2-52) lead India C 234 (Abishek Porel 82, Pulkit Narang 41; Aaqib Khan 3-43, Avesh Khan 3-64) by 333 runs