[Watch] Akash Deep knocks Nitish Reddy's off-stump with an unplayable delivery

Akash Deep dismissed Nitish Reddy for a golden duck in the Duleep Trophy 2024 tournament.

Right-arm speedster Akash Deep displayed an impressive bowling performance on the first day of the India A vs India B match in Bengaluru in the Duleep Trophy 2024 tournament. The Bengal speedster dismissed Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy on consecutive deliveries, the latter with a peach.

The incident happened during the 36th over of India B’s innings when India A skipper Shubman Gill brought right-arm speedster Akash back into the attack. On the second ball of the over, Akash removed Rishabh Pant for just seven runs. Skipper Gill took a terrific diving catch at mid-off.

On the next ball, the right-arm pacer removed Nitish Kumar Reddy for a golden duck with a stunning delivery. Akash bowled a length delivery on the off-stump towards Reddy. 

However, the ball nibbed away a little and clattered into the top of the off-stump after beating Reddy’s outside edge.

Watch Akash’s stunning ball to knock over Reddy here

Musheer Khan’s fighting century bails India B out of danger

After being asked to bat first, India B were struggling for 94-7 at one stage, but Musheer Khan’s fighting century bailed them out of a dangerous situation.

At the time of writing, India B are at 196-7 in 75 overs, with Musheer Khan (103*) and Navdeep Saini (25*) at the crease. The pair has stitched a century partnership.

Both teams’ playing XI:

India B (Playing XI): Abhimanyu Easwaran(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant(w), Musheer Khan, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal

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

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