The third innings of the Duleep Trophy match at Anantapur witnessed a long tussle between India B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran and India C fast bowler Anshul Kamboj.

Coming first change, Kamboj claimed 8-69 (including the first five wickets to fall) to help bowl out India B for 332 after they were 129-1 at one point. Having made 525 in the first innings, India C secured a first-innings lead of 193. Vijaykumar Vyshak (1-82) and Mayank Markande (1-59) claimed the other two wickets.

This was the first time Kamboj claimed even four wickets in a first-class innings. His previous best of 3-24 came in a Ranji Trophy 2023/24 match, for Haryana against Services at Rohtak. He also claimed 3-32 in the second innings.

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Best figures in Duleep Trophy history:

10-46 Debasis Mohanty (East Zone v South Zone, Agartala 2000/01)
9-55 Baloo Gupte (West Zone v South Zone, Kolkata 1962/63)
8-64 Saurabh Kumar (Central Zone v East Zone, Alur 2023)
8-65 Arshad Ayub (South Zone v North Zone, Kanpur 1987/88)
8-69 Anshul Kamboj (India C v India B, Anantapur 2024/25)

Easwaran, meanwhile, carried his bat through the innings with 157 not out. He became the seventh to do this in Duleep Trophy. The previous instances all came between 1993/94 and 2003/04. The latter season had three instances, including two in the same match.

Carrying bat in Duleep Trophy:

28* (out of 103) Surendra Bhave (West Zone v East Zone, Surat 1993/94)
173* (out of 367) Wasim Jaffer (West Zone v North Zone, Kolkata 1999/00)
119* (out of 253) Aakash Chopra (North Zone v West Zone, Pune 2001/02)
124* (out of 283) SS Das (East Zone v England A, Amritsar 2003/04)
111* (out of 191) Gautam Gambhir (North Zone v West Zone, Dharamshala 2003/04)
127* (out of 277) Vinayak Mane (West Zone v North Zone, Dharamshala 2003/04)
157* (out of 332) Abhimanyu Easwaran (India B v India C, Anantapur, 2024/25)

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