Duleep Trophy  

'Day-night would be really interesting. Earlier, I played in the Duleep Trophy with the pink ball and it was interesting to play with that ball. Now we will play the international day-night Test. Yes, it will be exciting,' Cheteshwar Pujara said

Rohit Sharma said, 'It will be exciting. I don't know about the boys, but I have played with a pink ball in Duleep Trophy. It was a great experience. It will be like same in Kolkata. We will try to perform better to get 60 points in that match'

Ishan Kishan, after winning the Duleep Trophy 2019 title with India Red, spoke exclusively to MyNation. He feels his game is better now when compared to the last season. Kishan also spoke how Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Kiran More had helped him along with Mumbai Indians' (MI) legends

Abhimanyu Easwaran (153 off 300 balls; 16x4s, 2x6s) added 51 runs to his overnight score as India Red finished the day at 345 for 6 in 116 overs in reply to India Green's first innings score of 231 in 72.1 overs

Karun Nair, who had scored 99 and 166 not out in the previous game against India Blue, picked up 14 fours during his enterprising knock. The other opener Abhimanyu Easwaran was retired hurt

Last year, India Blue won the trophy as they defeated India Red by an innings and 187 runs. Duleep Trophy will be played on round robin format with the top two teams playing the final of the four-day tournament

India Blue thrashed defending champion India Red by an innings and 187 runs 

The Duleep Trophy is scheduled to start on August 17 and will conclude on September 7. It will end a week before the 27-year-old Punjab wicket-keeper Abhishek Gupta's ban is lifted