Duleep Trophy Round 1, Day 1 Highlights & Score: Batters falter, bowlers shine in both matches!

End of day as stumps are called.

End of day as stumps are called.

Musheer completes his century on the last ball of the Kuldeep Yadav over.

Musheer nearing a 100 as he currently bats on 78 not-out.

Saini and Musheer complete a 50-run partnership.

The India A vs India B match has entered tea break

India C & India D have returned to the pitch to commence the second innings at Duleep Trophy. 

Despite India A/s resilient outing, Musheer Khan managed to score a half century.

All the Team D batters were able to bat and they put up a score of 164 in 48.3 overs. India C will show up to bat soon.

India D have been having a tough outing as they constantly lose their wickets. Now, Aditya Thakare enters the match.

Sai Kishore could not deliver as the bowlers continue to shine! Khaleel Almed takes him down. Saini walks in 

Musheer Khan hit Akash Deep's delivery towards the front which hit the non-striker's wickets, and Sundar was out of the crease. He was ruled out. Sai Kishore walks in.

Axar Patel has secured a 78-ball 53 as he stands like a wall for India D.

Rishabh Pant's red-ball comeback against India A did not last long as he was bundled after just 7 runs. Shubman Gill took a difficult catch to dismiss him. Nitish Kumar Reddy, who came after Pant, also went out for a duck.

Saransh Jain and Harshit Rana have lost their wickets as Team D continue to crumble 

India C has had a successful start in Day 1 as they secured 7 wickets in the first session itself. Speaking of the Team A vs Team B match, brothers Sarfaraz and Musheer have held their strike, with the total score being 65/2.

Both games enter lunch break.

India A vs India B: Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal walks back after being dismissed after scoring 30 runs

India C vs India D: KS Bharat walks back after losing his wicket. Saransh Jain enters the pitch. India D is in serious trouble after scoring 48 on the loss of 6 wickets.

Avesh Khan's delivery hit Musheer in the wrist and he had to take up some treatment. Some Magic spray and he is all good to go.

The play between IND C and IND D has entered Drinks break

India B skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran loses his wicket after Dhruv Jurel grabs the ball to take the catch. Musheer Khan walks in.

Ricky Bhui could not wothstand the onslaught of the opposition bowlers and has been dismissed. Axar patel walks in.

After 10 off 12 balls, Y Dubey loses his wicket after Porel takes the catch. The D zone is in grave trouble as they lost all their top-order batters

Padikkal's luck did not favour him as India D lose three wickets. They seem to be in a lot of problem.

India B openers have held on to their wickets as Abhimanyu Easwaran & Yashasvi Jaiswal have been showcasing good effort on the pitch.

Vyshak Vijaykumar successfully takes out Shreyas Iyer with his bowling spell, and the skipper leaves after scoring just 9 runs off 16 balls. Padikkal enters the mix.

Taide has to walk back after he falls prey to Kamboj's spell. Shreyas Iyer walks in

India A: Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan.

India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Musheer Khan, Washington Sundar, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Yash Dayal, Saini, R Sai Kishore, Mukesh Kumar

All the zones are finally in action as Duleep Trophy officially commences.

Team C has won the toss and have decided to to bowl against Team D

Team A has won the toss and captain Shubman Gill has decided to field first at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

India A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.

India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK)

India C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier

India D squad: Shreyas Iyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (WK)

India's domestic red-ball season officially kicks off as the Duleep Trophy will officially begins today. Team India will be divided into four zones, and all of them will be in action. KL Rahul Shubman Gill, & more Senior Team players would be in action and the excitement for the domestic season this year is palpable.