The first day of the 2025 season of the Duleep Trophy saw several international players of India turning up on the opening day of the tournament. Mohammed Shami went through 17 overs in the first innings for the side before picking up pace towards the end of the day. Rajat Patidar smashed a fine century in just 80 balls to send a strong message to the selectors.

The East Zone’s spinner, Manishi, who represents Jharkhand in first-class cricket, bagged his first professional five-wicket haul against the North Zone. He ended with figures of 6/111 in just his ninth red-ball encounter as the North Zone were bundled out for 405 runs on the board.

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Danish Malewar retired out on 203, becoming the first Indian domestic batter since 1998 to retire out in a first-class game. Central Zone decided to declare n 532/4 against the North East Zone. Yash Rathod cracked an unbeaten knock of 87 runs in 108 deliveries at a strike rate of over 80 with the help of 11 boundaries. In reply, NE made a good start in the second innings.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Round 1: All Scores from Day 2

North Zone got multiple batters, who got starts but were not able to convert them into big scores. Ayush Badoni and wicket-keeper batter, Kanhaiya Wadhawan, smacked 76 runs. In the lower order of the department, Auqib Nabi drilled 44 runs in 33 balls at a strike rate of 133.33 with the help of five boundaries and two over boundaries as they ended up on 405 runs in the first innings.

In reply, East Zone didn’t make a good start with the bat as they lost the first three wickets for 66 runs in 15.6 overs. Their captain, Riyan Parag, remained undefeated on 39 runs in 47 balls at a strike rate of 83 with the help of three fours and two sixes. Virat Kohli celebrated his half-century in 88 balls, shouldering six boundaries and two sixes. Along with the wicket-keeper, Kumar Kushagra, Virat put up a partnership of over 70 runs for the fifth wicket. Both these games are taking place at Ground A and B of the Centre of Excellence of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Duleep Trophy 2025 Round 1: All Scores from Day 2

North Zone- 405 (Kanhaiya Wadhawan 76, Ayush Badoni 63, Manishi 6/111) lead East Zone 230 (Virat Singh 69, Riyan Parag (c) 39, Auqib Nabi 5/28) by 175 runs.

Central Zone 532/4 dec (Danish Malewar 203, Rajat Patidar 125*, Akash Choudhary 2/103) lead North East Zone 168/7 (Karnajit Yumnam 48, Ashish Thapa 35, Aditya Thakare 3/23) by 364 runs.

Manishi is the name of the bowler who took the first fifer, in total 6 wickets in an innings of the ongoing quarter finals of the Duleep Trophy 2025.

Yesterday, when East Zone captain Riyan Parag decided to bowl first after winning the toss on a green surface under overcast conditions in Bengaluru, all eyes were fixed on Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar. While Shami notched a wicket and Kumar remained wicketless in the first innings, Manishi unexpectedly bagged 6 scalps.

The spinner single-handedly demolished the top order of the North Zone. Manishi, a 21-year-old left-arm spinner who is only playing his ninth First Class match, caught everyone by surprise with his bowling variations and wicket-taking approach. To dismiss the batters, he did not hesitate to offer them extra flight and loop. When he first came to bowl in the match, Shubham Khajuria and Ankit Kumar looked well settled on the wicket. Parag's plan to introduce the spinner proved to be a trump card when he dismissed North Zone's top 3 batters one by one. Manishi trapped Yash Dhull as well.

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Who is Manishi?

The emerging spinner, hailing from Jharkhand, was born and brought up in a middle-class family. Initially, he trained as a batter but later evolved as a spinner. Manishi is heavily influenced by Daniel Vettori, Rangana Herath, and Ravindra Jadeja. His bowling action has similarities with Sri Lankan spinner Herath. At the age of 20, Manishi made his FC debut.

After the retirement of experienced cricketer Nadeem, the young spinner became a regular spinner for Jharkhand. He was the second-highest wicket-taker for his state during the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season with 22 wickets in 11 innings at an average of 27.22. After that, he is now playing for East Zone in the Duleep Trophy 2025.