Bengaluru, Aug. 28 -- Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami bowled with exemplary control but went wicketless as North Zone finished Day 1 of their Duleep Trophy 2025 quarterfinal on 308 for six against East Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground here today.
Shami, playing a rare domestic red-ball game, kept the batsmen in check with tight lines, conceding only 55 runs in his 17 overs. Despite his probing spells, the breakthroughs for East Zone came from left-arm seamer Manishi, who removed openers Ankit Kumar (30), Shubham Khajuria (26) and skipper Yash Dhull (39) to return with figures of 3 for 90.
Ayush Badoni (63 off 60 balls) then counter-attacked with an array of strokes to revive North Zone's innings, while Nishant Sindhu (47) provide...