Mayank Agarwal's 5th fifty-plus score in as many innings helped India Blue expand their lead close to the five hundred mark on a curtailed Day 4 of the Duleep Trophy 2016 final on the more Noida sports complex ground. The start of play on Tuesday (September thirteen) was delayed due to a wet outfield, with India Blue at 1 for no loss - their overnight rating. Gautam Gambhir and Agarwal ultimately resumed the innings at 6:30 PM nearby time. The openers started on an aggressive note, particularly towards Nathu Singh, smacking the pacer for three boundaries every in his first two overs. Sangwan, in the meantime the duo with his version in period. but, inside 26 balls and an addition of 32 runs at the board, play become halted again because the outfield turned into damp and considered risky by the on-area umpires, after the left-armer counseled that the floor become tender. any other 100 minutes of play changed into lost before the healthy restarted with best one session to play out inside the day. while Nathu turned into taken off the assault, Sangwan persevered to bowl from his cease. Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, who became superb in the league section, made the new ball speak and unsettled Gambhir and Agarwal. The openers, by then, had resorted to a careful technique. a cautious approach. The chinaman bowler, after testing the batsmen for some time, managed to hit Gambhir's pad and had the umpire's decision going his way inside the 18th over. but, the India Blue captain, who had struck 4 consecutive half centuries inside the event before this, wasn't too pleased with the choice. He walked lower back to the pavilion visibly irritated. however, India crimson had their first step forward at sixty seven. Rohit Sharma, who walked out to bat at No. 3, were given off to an uncharacteristic start. He took 36 balls for his first 4 runs. Resisting the temptation to play over the in-area, he saved blocking deliveries. meanwhile, Agarwal saved chugging alongside with ease and taken up his half century by way of sweeping a low full toss off Kuldeep for a boundary via the square leg area. but, four balls later, the Uttar Pradesh spinner managed to set off a false shot off him as he ended up getting a pinnacle aspect to his sweep and located Nathu at cow nook. Dinesh Karthik, who got here out on the fall of the second wicket, had a short however wonderful live on the crease. He attacked the spinners - Yadav and Mishra - by way of coming down the song and gambling a few fancy strokes for barriers. however in a bid to move for one too many limitations, he ended up giving away his wicket after he turned into deceived in flight via Mishra and ended up getting stumped by way of Ankush Bains Rohit and Ravindra Jadeja played out the subsequent sixteen deliveries properly to take the team to 139 for three at stumps, extending the result in 476 runs. quick ratings: India Blue 693/6 declared (Cheteshwar Pujara 256*, Sheldon Jackson 134; Amit Mishra 2-171) and 139/3 (Mayank Agarwal fifty two, Gautam Gambhir 36; Kuldeep yadav 2-47) lead India crimson 356/10 (Stuart Binny 98, Mishra 65; Ravindra Jadeja 5-95) by 476 runs