Bengaluru: Mohammed Shami on East Zone Bowls Delivery During the quarterfinal cricket match Duleep Trophy 2025 between East Zone and North Zone, BCCI Center of Excellence Ground, Bengalur, Karnataka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI08_28_2025_000094A) East Zone limited the North Zone to 308 for six on the first day of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinals in Bengalur on Thursday, with Mohammed Shami made his first first -class performance since November 2024 and young Spinner Manishi brought key strikes. Ayush Badoni dough scored 63 out of 60 balls on a favorable playground.Shami, who missed the recent Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England because of concern about his ability to handle long spells, showed constant improvement throughout the day. His initial spells lacked sharpness as he adapted to a long format cricket.The first morning magic of veteran Pacerk read 5-2-10-0, followed by the second magic 3-10-10-0. The opening of the North Zone Ankit Kumar and Shubham Khajuria managed these spells comfortably.Shami found a better rhythm in his charm after the log cabin 4-2-9-0, tested the dough outside the heel with occasional in-dims that suffered from Badoni and Nishant Sindu.During the fourth magic of Shami, a missed opportunity came when Kumar Kushagra dropped Kanhaiya Wadhawan for a long-on. Shami, however, soon demanded his first goal when the lot was stuck.34 -year -old Pacer has completed 17 overs with 1/55 numbers, which shows its ability to drive more spells without significant discomfort.Ayush Badoni impressed his aggressive style of batting, especially his drives. Fresh of the successful Premier League campaign in Delhi has adapted well with a red ball before he fell to Pacer Mukhtar Hussain while trying to shoot.Several batches in the northern zone began to be promising, but could not convert them to a substantial score. Khajuria scored 26, Ankit made 30, Yash Dhull contributed 39 and Nishant added 47.The day was short concern when the Indian Pacer Mukesh Kumar left the field to nine crossing between the sessions to deal with the question of hamstring. He returned during the middle session.The northern zone scored briskly in the first phase and reached 139 in 34 overs, although it lost three goals. All three release came from the 21 -year -old Jamshedpur Spinner Manishi, who earned the mistakes of batter.
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The start of the match was emphasized by the bowling efforts of East Zone, especially from the young Spinner Manishi, and at the same time described Shami’s return to a long -format cricket before the upcoming West Indics testing series.Batters in the northern zone maintained a good scoring level all day after East Zone decided to mix first, even though they couldn’t convert their starts to a larger score.The playground played true and offered small help to the managers, but the disciplined Bowling East Zone, especially from the improvement of Manishi and Shami magic, held under control.
