Akib Nabi is the fourth bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls in first class cricket. Earlier, Shankar Saini for Delhi, Mohammed Mudasir for Jammu and Kashmir and Kulwant Khajarolia for Madhya Pradesh have achieved this feat.
In the Duleep Trophy quarter -finals, North Zone bowler Akib Nabi has achieved 4 wickets for 4 consecutive balls. Due to his brilliant bowling, the rival East Zone team was all out for 230 runs. In this way, the North Zone has got a 175 -run lead based on the first innings. North Zon scored 405 in his first innings.
Akib took a total of 5 wickets. Virat Singh scored 69 from the East Zone. In the first innings, Kanhaiya Wadhwan (76) and Ayush Badoni (63) scored half a century in the first innings.
In the second quarter -finals, Central Zone declared the first innings on a score of 532/4. Danish Malevar was retired out for 203 runs. In reply, the North East Zon lost 168 for 7 by the end of the second day. The team is still 364 runs behind. Karanjit Yuman scored the highest 48 runs from the North East Zone.
Both quarter -finals are being played in Bengaluru.
From the Central Zone, Danish Maleaver scored 203 off 222 balls.
First bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls in the Nabi Dulip Trophy Akib Nabi became the first bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls in the tournament. Akib, a resident of Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, took three wickets in the last three balls of the 53rd over. He caught Suraj Jaiswal for 10 runs by wicketkeeper Kanhaiya Wadhwan. Then he made Manishe LBW out on Zero and bowled clean without opening an account to Mukhtar Hussain. He took Mohammad Shami out on the first ball of the 57th over and took the fourth wicket.
Earlier, at the beginning of the innings, Akib dismissed Virat Singh, who was well settled in 69 runs. Nabi threw 10.1 overs in the first innings, kept an over -maid and took 5 wickets for 28 runs. He is the third bowler to take a hat -trick in the Duleep Trophy after Kapil Dev and Sairaj Bahutule.
From the North Zone Ayush Badoni and Wadhwa Fifty hit On the first day, East Zone selected bowling at the Center of Excellence Ground-1. Wicketkeeper Kanhaiya Wadhwan and Ayush Badoni scored half a century from the North Zone. Kanhaiya scored 76 off 152 balls and Badoni scored 63 off 60 balls. Nishant Sindhu scored 47, Akib Nabi 44, Yash Dhul 39, Captain Ankit Kumar 30, Shubhman Khajuria 26 and Sahil Lotra scored 19. Manishi took 6 wickets from the East Zone. Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal took 2 wickets. Mohammad Shami and Mukhtar Hussain took 1-1 wickets. Mukesh Kumar could not take any wickets.
Malevar returned to the noteout after scoring 203 runs On the first day at the Center of Excellence Ground-2 in Bengaluru, Northist Zone decided to bowl by winning the toss. From the Central Zone, Danish Maleaver scored 203 runs and retired. Captain Rajat Patidar scored 125 off just 96 balls. Aryan Joyle made 60 runs retired. Yash Rathore scored an unbeaten 87. Akash Kumar took 2 wickets and Jotin Ferozam took 1 wicket from the North East Zone.
Rajat Patidar scored 125 off just 96 balls.
Playing-11 of the team playing quarter-finals
North Zone Team: Ankit Kumar (captain), Arshadeep Singh, Akib Nabi, Ayush Badoni, Harshit Rana, Kanhaiya Wadhwan (wicketkeeper), Mayank Dagger, Nishant Sindhu, Sahil Lotra, Shubham Khajuria, Yash Dhul.
East Zone Team: Ryan Parag (Captain), Kumar Kushagarh, (wicketkeeper), Manishi, Mohammad Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Mukhtar Hussain, Sridam Paul, Sharanandeep Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Virat Singh.
The Duleep Trophy will be given to the team who wins the tournament.
Central Zone: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Aditya Thackeray, Aryan Joyal (wicketkeeper), Ayush Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Danish Malwar, Harsh Dubey, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Khalil Ahmed, Shubhman Sharma, Yash Rathore.
North-East Zone Team: Rongsen Jonathan (Captain), Akash Kumar Chowdhury, Ankur, Ashish Thapa, Bishwarjit Singh Kothaujam, Doria, Ham Bahadur Chhetri, Anderson (wicketkeeper), Jotin Firozam, Karnjit, Paljor.
South-West Zone will play directly in the semifinals This year, the Duleep Trophy will be played in the zone format. Last time it was played between four teams (A, B, C, D). A total of 5 matches will be played in this tournament. There will be 2 quarter finals, 2 semifinals and 1 final. All matches will be knockout, meaning that the losing team will be out. Last time (2023-24) South Zone won the title, beating the West Zone by 75 runs in the final. For this reason, this time the South Zone and West Zone will play directly from the semifinals.
West Zone won the most ie 19 titles The most successful team in the history of the Duleep Trophy has been the West Zone, who has won the title 19 times so far. Then comes the North Zone, which has won the title 18 times, while South Zone has won the trophy 13 times. Central Zone has won the title 6 times and East Zone 2 times. The Duleep Trophy began in 1961-62.
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