Bangalore: Opener Sujith Somasundar hit an unbeaten 150 and skipper J Arun Kumar scored 106 as Plate 'B' amassed 344 for two on the opening day of its four-day Duleep Trophy encounter against Elite 'A' on Thursday. On a day which totally belonged to Plate 'B', the rival team was sent on a leather hunt, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Frustrating the Elite 'A' attack, Somasundar and Arun Kumar put on 188 runs for the opening wicket, plundering runs at will and building an excellent platform for the team to go in for a huge score. Arun Kumar started from where he had left off against Plate 'A' in the last encounter in which he hit 176. On Thursday, he smashed 13 fours and two sixes facing 144 balls, before being bowled off Sarandeep Singh. Amay Kharasia, who came at the fall of Arun Kumar's wicket, fell cheaply, scoring just four. He gave a catch to Y Venugopal Rao, with Sarandeep again picking up the wicket. Vijay R Bharadwaj then joined Somasundar and they denied any more success to S Sriram - led Elite 'A'. At stumps, Bharadwaj was batting on 58 and Somasundar on 150, who has so far hit 16 fours and four sixes in 273 balls.

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