Duleep Trophy | Kuldeep Yadav’s five-for leaves India Red on the brink of victory on day 3
Chasing an improbable target of 497, India Green were cruising at 122/1 before chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav turned the match around for India Red by picking five wickets in a jiffy. India Green ended the third day 280 runs away from a win with just three wickets in hand.
Brief Scores: India Red 161 and 486 all out in 116.5 overs (Mukund 169, Chatterjee 114; Gopal 5/58) lead India Green 151 and 217/7 in 46 overs (Uthappa 72, Raina 42*; Yadav 5/55) by 280 runs.
Resuming from their overnight score of 344/3, India Red suffered an early blow as their top-scorer Abhinav Mukund was dismissed for 169 by Ashok Dinda, whose tactic of bowling round the wicket worked perfectly. India Red
The 22-year-old dismissed Arun Karthik with a flipper, Gurkeerat was beaten by a well tossed up delivery that dipped and turned, Akshay Wakhare was caught in front of the wicket by a googly, Kuldeep Yadav was dismissed with a flatter delivery and then he completed his five-wicket haul with another
Chasing an improbable target, India Green came out of the block with all guns blazing. Robin Uthappa and Jalaj Saxena got them off to a superb start with an opening partnership of 66 runs from just 56 deliveries. Uthappa, in particular, was in a destructive mood, and he brought up his half-century in the 20th over with a fantastic straight drive down the ground off Ishwar Pandey.
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The 21-year-old chinaman bowler spun his web of magic, and India Green slumped from 122/1 to 199/7. India Green ended the third day 280 runs away from a win with just three wickets in hand. Captain Suresh Raina is fighting a lone battle out their in the middle at the moment, but he is unlikely to save his team from a convincing defeat as we head into the fourth day of the Test.
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