Day 2 Sri Lanka A 325 and 83 for 1 lead West Zone 149 (Muzumdar 51, Ganegama 4-47) by 259 runs
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Akalanka Ganegama and Upul Chandana shared seven wickets between them as Sri Lanka A dismissed West Zone for 149 on the second day of their Duleep Trophy clash in Cuttack. By stumps, Sri Lanka A had moved on to 83 for 1 with a handy 259-run lead.

Ganegama dismissed Wasim Jaffer, the West Zone captain, for 0 in the first over en route to his figures of 4 for 47, while Chandana's legspin ran a ring around the lower order. Dammika Prasad, a right-arm medium pacer, struck two telling blows up the order when he removed Dheeraj Jadhav and Rohit Sharma. For West Zone, only the veteran Amol Muzumdar managed 51.

Siddharth Trivedi, the medium pacer, removed Mahela Udawatte for 10 but Michael Vandort (38*) and Malinda Warnapura (34*) took Sri Lanka A to a commanding position at the close.

Day 2 Central Zone 85 for 2 trail North Zone 443 (Rawat 115, Joginder 103) by 358 runs
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Hundreds to Mahesh Rawat and Joginder Sharma, coupled with wickets before stumps on day two, cemented North Zone's firm grasp over Central Zone in Jamshedpur. Bad light forced an early end to the day, but not before Rawat and Joginder, overnight on 59 and 65 respectively, progressed to their hundreds during a 171-run sixth-wicket stand as North Zone racked up 443.

Rawat collected 16 boundaries in his second first-class hundred, while Joginder hit 14 fours and a six on the way to his third. Spinners Piyush Chawla and Murali Kartik each picked up three wickets for Central Zone.

Taking the new ball, Joginder then forced Amit Pagnis to edge to Rawat behind the stumps. Rawat picked up his second catch when Shivakant Shukla nicked one from VRV Singh.