Pujara scored his 32nd first-class ton only to set up the platform for Jackson, who was swiftly into the action plundering 105 off 114 balls. Cheteshwar Pujara overcame problems regarding sighting pink ball to hit a crisp 166 before statemate Sheldon Jackson sent the India Green bowlers on a leather hunt with Blue team piling up a mammoth 707 in a virtual 'semi-final' of the Duleep Trophy in Greater Noida on Monday. India discard Karn Sharma also joined the free-hitting party with a quickfire 56 as Shreyas Gopal despite a second 'five-for' will not be happy with figures of 5/173. India Blue bettered their first day's performance as they added 371 runs on the second day to the 336 on the first day. Brief Scores: India Blue 707 in 176.3 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 166, Mayank Agarwal 161, Sheldon Jackson 105, Gautam Gambhir 90, Karn Sharma 56, Shreyas Gopal 5/173) vs India Green.

Source: dna September 05, 2016 18:33 UTC