Duleep Trophy 2024: Shubman Gill takes magnificent catch to dismiss Rishabh Pant on Day 1

Shubman Gill. (Source – Twitter/X)

In the ongoing game of the Duleep Trophy between India A and India B, star batter Rishabh Pant was sent packing for just seven runs on day 1 of the game. India B began the game by batting first but quickly fell prey to India A’s bowling attack.

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 30 and 13 runs, respectively, with Sarfaraz Khan scoring nine runs as well. Seeing the early wickets, Rishabh Pant came in to bat, aiming to stabilise their innings but he too fell prey to India A’s bowling attack. The incident happened in the 36th over of the game as Akash Deep managed to dismiss Pant on the second delivery of the over.

As Akash Deep bowled the delivery, Pant mishit the shot and lifted the ball up in the air and Shubman Gill running with his back towards the ball, went for it and managed to catch it in brilliant fashion. The clip of the same was shared by BCCI Domestic on their social media handle and has been going viral all over social media.

Speaking of the game, India B continue to lose wickets as the pressure is continuously mounted by India A’s bowling attack. Rishabh Pant got dismissed for just seven runs, with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar getting dismissed for a duck each.

By the 44th over of the first innings, Musheer Khan and Mukesh Kumar aimed to stabilise the side’s innings after they had lost seven wickets on a score of 94 runs. With a brilliant start to the game, India A will hope for a similar performance throughout the game and register their first win in their very first game.