Baba Indrajith's fine hundred took South Zone to 318\/7 at stumps, leading by 48 runs against West Zone on the second day of the Duleep Trophy 2022 final at the SNR College Cricket Ground, here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Batting at No 4, Indrajith scored 118 off 125 balls, hitting 14 fours to complete his 13th first-class hundred. Having come in to bat at 40\/2, the right hander added 61 runs for the third wicket with captain Hanuma Vihari (25) before having a quickfire 105-run stand with Manish Pandey (48 off 69).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The partnership between Indrajith and Pandey didn't allow the likes of Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian to contain runs. The two spinners finished the day with combined figures of 41-2-183-1. Apart from them, pacers Jaydev Unadkat and Atit Sheth picked three wickets apiece and kept striking with the old ball too.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sheth picked the crucial wicket of Vihari and came back later in the day to send back Krishnappa Gowtham, who hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his 55-ball 43 and really drove home the advantage for South Zone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier in the day, West Zone were bowled out 270 inside the first 30 minutes and were able to add only 20 runs to their overnight total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Het Patel, who saved the day for his side on Day 1, fell two short of his hundred on the second morning, getting out to R Sai Kishore. The left-arm spinner finished with 5 for 86.<\/p>\r\n\r\n