Navdeep Saini reminded of his presence among the many fringe pacers with a top quality new ball spell that helped India B to maintain India A in test at 134 for 2 within the first innings, after the second day of their Duleep Trophy match in Bengaluru on Friday. India B wanted their bowlers to hold on the superb effort of Musheer Khan (181, 373b, 16×4, 5×6) that powered ‘B’ to 321 of their first innings. KL Rahul (23, 80 balls) and Riyan Parag (27, 49 balls) have been on the crease at stumps, with India A in arrears by 187 runs.

Saini, who’s out of favour because the 2021 away collection towards Australia, confirmed some spark to eke out the wickets of India A skipper Shubman Gill (25) and his opening associate Mayank Agarwal (36).

The suitable-arm fast broke the first-wicket alliance 57 between Gill and Agarwal on the stroke of tea to provide his aspect the primary breakthrough.

Gill, who crunched a few beautiful fours off left-arm seamer Yash Dayal, shouldered arms to an incoming supply that crashed onto the stumps.

Agarwal, who can be on a comeback path after going out of favour because the 2022 Pink Ball Check towards Sri Lanka right here, appeared snug throughout his keep within the center.

His cowl drive off Saini was a stunning piece of timing, however the right-hander quickly fell to the identical bowler, jabbing a down-the-leg supply to stumper Rishabh Pant.

Pant, who was tidy behind the stumps, made an acrobatic dive to his left to finish a beautiful catch to ship again Agarwal.

If Saini, who’s enjoying his first red-ball recreation since this January, can decide a number of extra wickets right here, the Delhiite can add one other web page to his comeback chart that now consists of appearances for India A sides towards England Lions and South Africa A in December-January.

Rahul and Parag have been put by the wringer by the tempo triumvirate of Saini, Mukesh Kumar and Nitish Kumar Reddy on a pitch that also provided little bit of help to the quicks.

Balls whooshing previous the bat and nervy edges underlined the toughness of the passage.

Rahul wanted 14 balls to get off the mark, and he was saved by a drop catch at second slip by Nitish off Mukesh when the batter was on three.

Parag, a pure shot-maker, too needed to include his instincts below the prevailing situations however an excellent drive by the covers off Saini was a pointer to his timing.

Parag and Rahul, who appeared much more snug because the innings progressed, have added 68 runs for the unbroken third wicket up to now.

Musheer was all timing and confidence within the first session of the day because the Mumbai batter continued to pile runs within the firm of Saini.

Musheer, who resumed from in a single day 105, added 76 extra runs to his particular person rating, following the template from the primary day of him controlling a big chunk of strike.

Saini too gave him strong assist, reaching his second First-Class fifty, as India B went by second successive session with out dropping a wicket, whereas including 88 runs off 30 overs.

However Musheer’s 484-minute keep on the crease ended within the second over after lunch when he clanged Kuldeep Yadav to Parag within the deep.

It additionally signalled the top of their beautiful 205-run partnership, the best for the eighth wicket in Duleep Trophy historical past.

Their stand surpassed the 197 runs added for the eighth wicket by Abhishek Nayar and Ramesh Powar in 2010.

As soon as Musheer departed, India B innings folded shortly as pacer Akash Deep returned with a haul of 4 for 60.

Temporary scores: India B 321 in 116 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 30, Musheer Khan 181, Navdeep Saini 56; Akash Deep 4/60) lead India A 134/2 in 35 overs (Mayank Agarwal 36, Riyan Parag 27, KL Rahul 23; Navdeep Saini 2/36) by 187 runs

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