Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 89 off 83 balls as India D finished Day 1 of their match against India B at 306 for the loss of five wickets.

Sanju Samson roared with the bat on the first day of the Duleep Trophy match between India D and India B. His unbeaten 89 runs helped India D post 306/5 at the end of the day.

If Iyer revisits his dismissal he would bang his head into the nearest wall. The surface was at its flattest when he arrived, the sun having dried up the early moisture. But it took just two wicked balls of Washington to spook him.

Sanju Samson (89 batting, 83b, 10x4, 3x6) prevented a strong start from slipping away and secured India D the bragging rights on the opening day of its third-round Duleep Trophy fixture against India B at the Rural Development Trust Stadium B-ground in Anantapur on Thursday.

Shreyas Iyer's dismal run continued but strong performances from the other frontline batters, including Sanju Samson, guided India D to 306 for five on the opening day of their Duleep Trophy match aga

Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson rescued India D with a brilliant unbeaten fifty against India B in the Duleep Trophy 2024 final-round fixtures on Thursday.

On the first day of play in the third and final round of matches in the 2024 Duleep Trophy, Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer had contrasting outings with the bat while playing for India D against India B at the Rural Trust Development Stadium B in Anantapur on Thursday (September 19).

India D 306 for 5 (Samson 89*, Bhui 56, Bharat 52, R Chahar 3-60) vs India B Shreyas Iyer bagged his second duck in as many Duleep Trophy games but half-centuries from Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal,