Duleep Trophy 2024 Day 3 Highlights: Rishabh Pant, Mukesh Kumar put India B ahead at M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Nitish Reddy is gone too as Khaleel gets his second of the day. With this, it will be stumps on Day 3 of this game. India B go to stumps at 150-6 with a lead of 240

Tanush Kotian strikes in his second over and removes settled Rishabh Pant to give India A a big breakthrough. Substitute fielder Kumar Kushagra takes an excellent catch. 

Rishabh scored 61 runs off 45 balls. Washington Sundar joins Nitish Reddy (15*) in the middle.

IND B - 140/5 in 25 overs.

India B lead by 230 runs.

Pant has brought up his half-century in just 34 balls. His knock has helped India B take their lead past 200.

Avesh Khan gets his first and gets the big fish Sarfaraz Khan for 46. A back-of-a-length delivery that bounced a little more and hurried the batter. Nitish Reddy is now in.

Sarfaraz and Pant are doing good work out there. The stand is now past 50 with the two being cautious now.

And we are now back after the tea break. Sarafaz Khan and Rishabh Pant are in the middle. They need to do a lot of work if to put up a strong target.

India A are causing trouble for the India A batters again. Akash is getting the ball to move and has now got Easwaran caught-behind.

Musheer, the first-innings saviour, is gone too. What a catch by Dhruv Jurel behind the wickets. He is doing some good work with the gloves and this might tempt the Indian selectors. Musheer is gone for a duck. He looked to glance this but gets a faint edge and Jurel takes a blinder one-handed catch

Khaleel gets the first. He gets the wicket of Jaiswal with the faintest of edges you would see. Jaiswal looked to flick this leg-stump delivery but got a thin edge well taken by Jurel behind the wickets. Musheer is in now

The India B team is out now to start the second innings. Captain Abhimanyu Easwaran is in the middle with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Here we go

It's over for India A here. Khaleel Ahmed missed his slog and is bowled in by Sai Kishore. India A all out for 231, leaving India B with a lead of 90 runs

Akash Deep falls to Mukesh Kumar. India A are 230/9 and trail by 91 runs.

Sai Kishore picks up his first wicket as he gets rid of Tanush Kotian. India A are 224/8.

Tanush Kotian and Akash Deep are frustrating the India B bowlers. India A are 211/7 and train by 110 runs.

• Navdeep Saini: 3 wickets
• Mukesh Kumar: 2 wickets
• Washington Sundar: 1 wicket

It's Lunch on day three. The play will resume shortly. Stay tuned for our blog. India A are 208/7 and trail India B by 113 runs.

Mukesh Kumar pins Kuldeep Yadav in front of his stumps and India A are 7 down for 201.

India A are 200/6. They trail India B by 120 more runs.

Kuldeep Yadav has walked into the middle. India A trail India B by 122 runs.

Mukesh Kumar gets Shivam Dube caught behind. India A are 199/6.

Off-spinner Tanush Kotian comes in to join Shivam Dube. India A still trail by 151 runs.

Washington Sundar takes the big wicket of KL Rahul. Rahul goes back to the pavilion after scoring 37. India A are 169/5.

India A are 162/4 with KL Rahul and Shivam Dube at the crease. India A trail India B by 159 runs.

Navdeep Saini claims his third of the game as he traps Jurel in front of his stumps.

Dhruv Jurel departs after scoring 2. India A are in a bit of trouble with four down at 151.

India A are 151 for the loss of three wickets.

Dhruv Jurel joins KL Rahul in the middle.

Riyan Parag does a Mayank Agarwal. He gets feather down the leg side and is safely caught by Rishabh Pant. Yash Dayal gets his first pole of the match. India A are 145/3.

Riyan Parag and KL Rahul have stitched a 75-run stand for the third wicket already. India A are 145/2.

KL Rahul and Riyan Parag are out on the field of play and India A resume their innings.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the India A vs India B Duleep Trophy game. Today is day three of the match and the contest seems fairly even right now. Stay tuned to our live blog for all the latest updates.