Duleep Trophy: India Red draw with India Blue

Dindigul

India Blue held on to secure a draw against India Red on a dramatic final day in the second round of the Duleep Trophy at the NPR College ground. In a twist to proceedings on the final day, India Red, who had built a 179-run lead, collapsed to 255 all out from 198/3 as spinners Saurabh Kumar and Akshay Wakhare took four wickets each. India Blue and India Green will lock horns in the last league match from August 29 with a spot in the title clash up for grabs.

Brief scores: India Red: 316 and 255 all out (Siddesh Lad 68, Abhinav Mukund 50; Saurabh Kumar 4/79, Akshay Wakhare 4/110); India Blue: 293 and 128/8 (Faiz Fazal 45, Dhruv Shorey 39; Shahbaz Nadeem 5/53, Parvez Rasool 3/59).

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