Greater Noida, Sep 7 (CRICKETNMORE): India Blue established their dominance against India Green by taking a mammoth 555-run lead on the penultimate day of the four-day Duleep Trophy cricket contest here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After a brilliant first innings where they piled on 707 runs, the Gautam Gambhir-led India Blue decided to carry on batting after bundling out Indian Green for a paltry 237 in their first essay. Pakistan down to No.9 for first time in ICC ODI rankings.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n The third day ended with India Blue reaching 85\/0 in the second innings with Gambhir and Mayank Agarwal unbeaten on 36 and 49 respectively at the Greater Noida Sports Complex here. <\/p>\r\n\r\n Facing a mammoth 707, India Green started off on a poor note as opener Murali Vijay (6) threw away his wicket by stepping down the track but missed the ball altogether in the fourth over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n This brought in Jalaj Saxena, who also could not add much to the scorecard and was sent back to the pavilion with just 37 runs on the board.<\/p>\r\n\r\n After this, India Green never managed to get a big partnership though middle order's Parthiv Patel (55) and Shreyas Gpoal (26) tried to steady the ship but too perished in the process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n India Blue came up with a double strike sending both the set batsmen back off consecutive deliveries. Skipper Suresh Raina came in late and entertained the crowd with a breezy 52, but his knock could not take the team out of troubled waters and as a result only managed to score 237 runs, and trail by 470.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Leg-spinner Karn Sharma and pacer Abhimanyu Mithun got three wickets each while Pankaj Singh managed two scalps. Despite a huge lead, Gambhir decided to bat again and he along with his opening partner Agarwal remained unbeaten at stumps. They forged an 85-run unbeaten partnership with Gambhir going on to make 1000 runs in the Duleep Trophy. 1st T20I: Australia won by 85 runs.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n Brief Scores: India Blue: 707, 85\/0 (Gautam Gambhir 36 not out, Mayank Agarwal 49 not out) vs India Green (Parthiv Patel 55, Suresh Raina 52, Abhimanyu Mithun 3\/16, Karn Sharma 3\/74)<\/p>\r\n",
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