- BATSMENRB4s6sSR25.5 what has happened there? Sheer chaos. Angled in and worked off his pads towards deep midwicket. Both the batters bump into each as they were scampering back for the second run. Fielder in the deep rockets it back towards the keeper, fielder at short leg collects the ball and whips the bails off. Replay shows Tanmay just crossed over and he has to go. South have just gifted a wicket away here 47/315.6 T20 instincts took over and perishes. It was nicely tossed up on stump, Mohit's eye lit up, goes down on one knee and tries to tear the leather out of the ball, misses the ball completely and it was enough for the ball to snake through to rattle wood work 27/121.2 miscues the slog sweep and goes high in the air to the onside, a top edge, Saransh Jain at square leg takes the catch. 35/236.2 another loud cry and Madangopal acknowledges. This one is pitched on middle and spins back in. Misses the bat and thuds around the front shin. Ricky Bhui opts for the review. Looks close and the replay suggests it would've clipped the leg bail. Saransh gets his first 65/529.6 lovely delivery squares him up, struck in the crease and looking to work it around, misses it and the off stump is knocked back. 57/448.3 that kicks up from a length, pushes forward and finds the edge to silly point, who gets an hand to it and pops out, the gully fielder, Patidar, dives forward and takes the catch, inches off the ground. 116/742.6 gone..! South Zore are in a huge hole here. Siddarth once again shimmies down the track but not to the pitch of the ball - or Saransh saw him coming and drags his length back a bit. The ball dips on the batter and spins past his attempted cover-drive. There was some bounce and Upendra does really-really well to collect the ball which was well past his left hip and whips the bails off. High class bowling and even better wicket-keeping skills 97/662.6 loud appeal for lbw as the ball strikes the pad, pushes forward to play at it. Looks a close thing. The batter reviews it, nothing on the ultra edge. pitches on the off stump line and going straight on, hitting the wickets and South Zone have been dismissed for 149 on day 1. 149/1053.1 quicker delivery, the arm ball, strikes the pad on the back foot, loud appeal and given. The batter reviews it, nothing on the ultra edge. It is umpires call, the ball is clipping the leg stump, Gurjapneet has to walk. 129/856.5 not for long though, tossed up outside the off stump, Nidheesh drives in the air and the bowler gobbles it up gleefully. 142/9Extras17 (b 8, lb 6, nb 3)TOTAL149 all out (63 Overs, RR: 2.36)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Mohit Kale, 15.6 ov), 2-35 (Ravichandran Smaran, 21.2 ov), 3-47 (Tanmay Agarwal, 25.5 ov), 4-57 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 29.6 ov), 5-65 (Ricky Bhui, 36.2 ov), 6-97 (C Andre Siddarth, 42.6 ov), 7-116 (Salman Nizar, 48.3 ov), 8-129 (Gurjapneet Singh, 53.1 ov), 9-142 (MD Nidheesh, 56.5 ov), 10-149 (Ankit Sharma, 62.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DL Chahar 6 1 11 0 1.83 0 0 AS Thakare 4 2 7 0 1.75 0 0 KR Sen 8 3 15 0 1.87 0 2 K Kartikeya 21 1 53 4 2.52 0 1 SS Jain 24 2 49 5 2.04 0 0
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.9
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
37/0 (3.7)
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.9
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
37/0 (3.7)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR33.4 gone! BAck of a length on off, gets a good bite off the deck and bounced a tad more than the batter anticipated. Danish who was playing so well was stuck on the backfoot and edges one to Ricky at first slip. 93/322.5 Vauski gets reward for some relentless line and lengths. This one pitched on a back of a length, same as previous ones but this time it cuts back in a long way. Akshay who was watchfull - misjudges the line and opts to leave it alone. The ball jags back in quite a long way and takes the off pole for a ride. Much needed breakthrough for the South Zone 55/129.6 gone gone..! Gurjapneet brings back in another one but this time the length was spot on. The line was tad wide and asked the batter to play away from the body and he does. Gurjapneet, nips one back in sharply to induce the false stroke, Shubham on the drive gets a thick inside edge onto the stumps. 74/267.1 short down the leg side, strangles him, goes for the hook and gets the glove to the keeper. 260/4140.4 finally strikes and Rathod goes after a brilliant knock, misses on the double hundred, pitches outside the off stump, nips back and goes through his defenses and knocks the off stump. 500/769.2 down the leg side and he gets a faint tickle to the keeper, who accepts it gleefully. 266/5127.5 finally Ankit gets his man. It was slow and tossed up on stumps. Saransh gets low and tries to play the reverse sweep, miss the ball but quite a distance and it enough for the ball to snake though to hit the stumps 442/6141.1 another one bites the dust, pitches in line with the stumps and spins away to take the outside edge, taken by the keeper. 500/8143.5 tossed up and Kartikeya pushes on the front foot in the air back to the bowler, who catches it easily. 509/9145.1 tossed up, lofts it high in the air down the ground to long on, taken by the fielder. 511/10Extras14 (lb 7, nb 6, w 1)TOTAL511 all out (145.1 Overs, RR: 3.52)Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Akshay Wadkar, 22.5 ov), 2-74 (Shubham Sharma, 29.6 ov), 3-93 (Danish Malewar, 33.4 ov), 4-260 (Rajat Patidar, 67.1 ov), 5-266 (Upendra Yadav, 69.2 ov), 6-442 (Saransh Jain, 127.5 ov), 7-500 (Yash Rathod, 140.4 ov), 8-500 (Deepak Chahar, 141.1 ov), 9-509 (Kumar Kartikeya, 143.5 ov), 10-511 (Aditya Thakare, 145.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Gurjapneet Singh 28 2 124 4 4.42 1 1 Ankit Sharma 44.1 5 180 4 4.07 0 4 MD Nidheesh 19 4 43 1 2.26 0 0 V Koushik 28 6 64 1 2.28 0 1 RK Bhui 26 2 93 0 3.57 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR18.1 lovely delivery pitches outside the off stump and nips in to strike the top of the bail of the off stump. 76/215.6 strikes the pad in line, loud appeal and given. The batter reviews. South Zone lose a review, it is going to strike the stumps. 62/1Extras2 (nb 1, w 1)TOTAL129/2 (33 Overs, RR: 3.9)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Mohit Kale, 15.6 ov), 2-76 (Tanmay Agarwal, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DL Chahar 6 1 37 0 6.16 1 1 AS Thakare 6 2 15 0 2.5 0 0 K Kartikeya 6 0 23 0 3.83 0 0 SS Jain 10 1 32 1 3.2 0 0 KR Sen 5 1 22 1 4.4 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Central Zone , elected to field first
Season
Match days
11,12,13,14,15 September 2025 (5-day match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- day 1 - Central Zone 1st innings 50/0 (DV Malewar 28*, AV Wadkar 20*, 19 ov)
- day 2 - Central Zone 1st innings 384/5 (YV Rathod 137*, SS Jain 47*, 104 ov)
- day 3 - South Zone 2nd innings 129/2 (R Smaran 37*, RK Bhui 26*, 33 ov)
Match Notes
- SS Jain: 50 off 128 balls (7 x 4)
- Central Zone: 400 runs in 111.5 overs (677 balls), Extras 13
- YV Rathod: 150 off 223 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 150 runs in 301 balls (YV Rathod 85, SS Jain 60, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Central Zone - 416/5 in 121.0 overs (YV Rathod 156, SS Jain 60)
- Over 129.4: Review by South Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - DL Chahar (Struck down)
- Central Zone: 450 runs in 132.5 overs (803 balls), Extras 13
- Lunch: Central Zone - 488/6 in 138.0 overs (YV Rathod 182, DL Chahar 37)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (YV Rathod 13, DL Chahar 37, Ex 0)
- Central Zone: 500 runs in 140.1 overs (847 balls), Extras 13
- South Zone: 50 runs in 11.6 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (TD Agarwal 17, MR Kale 33, Ex 2)
- Tea: South Zone - 57/0 in 14.0 overs (TD Agarwal 18, MR Kale 37)
- Over 15.6: Review by South Zone (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - MR Kale (Struck down)
- South Zone: 100 runs in 25.1 overs (152 balls), Extras 2
- Over 25.4: Review by South Zone (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - R Smaran (Upheld)
- Drinks: South Zone - 102/2 in 26.0 overs (R Smaran 23, RK Bhui 13)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (R Smaran 26, RK Bhui 25, Ex 0)
- End Of Day: South Zone - 129/2 in 33.0 overs (R Smaran 37, RK Bhui 26)
- Innings Break: South Zone - 0/0
- Over 27.1: Review by South Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - DV Malewar (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- DV Malewar: 50 off 113 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: Central Zone - 93/3 in 33.4 overs (RM Patidar 8)
- Central Zone: 100 runs in 34.4 overs (210 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (RM Patidar 28, YV Rathod 22, Ex 0)
- Central Zone: 150 runs in 48.3 overs (294 balls), Extras 5
- Lunch: Central Zone - 152/3 in 49.0 overs (RM Patidar 44, YV Rathod 22)
- RM Patidar: 50 off 73 balls (7 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 152 balls (RM Patidar 62, YV Rathod 40, Ex 3)
- Central Zone: 200 runs in 58.4 overs (357 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Central Zone - 212/3 in 61.0 overs (RM Patidar 81, YV Rathod 43)
- YV Rathod: 50 off 84 balls (5 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 189 balls (RM Patidar 86, YV Rathod 61, Ex 3)
- Central Zone: 250 runs in 65.5 overs (401 balls), Extras 8
- RM Patidar: 100 off 112 balls (12 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Tea: Central Zone - 276/5 in 72.0 overs (YV Rathod 76, SS Jain 5)
- Central Zone: 300 runs in 77.4 overs (472 balls), Extras 8
- Over 77.5: Review by South Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - SS Jain (Struck down)
- YV Rathod: 100 off 132 balls (9 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (YV Rathod 30, SS Jain 20, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Central Zone - 341/5 in 89.0 overs (YV Rathod 116, SS Jain 29)
- Central Zone: 350 runs in 90.1 overs (547 balls), Extras 9
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls (YV Rathod 58, SS Jain 41, Ex 1)
- New ball taken at 100.1 overs
- End Of Day: Central Zone - 384/5 in 104.0 overs (YV Rathod 137, SS Jain 47)
- Over 8.5: Review by Central Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - MR Kale (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: South Zone - 24/0 in 15.0 overs (TD Agarwal 16, MR Kale 8)
- Over 22.1: Review by Central Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - TD Agarwal (Struck down)
- South Zone: 50 runs in 27.3 overs (166 balls), Extras 5
- Lunch: South Zone - 64/4 in 33.0 overs (RK Bhui 14, Salman Nizar 0)
- Over 36.1: Review by Central Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - RK Bhui (Struck down)
- Over 36.2: Review by South Zone (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - RK Bhui (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- South Zone: 100 runs in 44.3 overs (268 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: South Zone - 108/6 in 47.0 overs (Salman Nizar 19, Ankit Sharma 7)
- Over 53.1: Review by South Zone (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - Gurjapneet Singh (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Innings Break: South Zone - 149/10 in 63.0 overs (V Koushik 2)
- Tea: South Zone - 149/10 in 63.0 overs (V Koushik 2)
- Over 62.6: Review by South Zone (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - Ankit Sharma (Struck down)
- Over 7.2: Review by South Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - AV Wadkar (Struck down)
- Drinks: Central Zone - 48/0 in 14.0 overs (DV Malewar 28, AV Wadkar 19)
- Central Zone: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (99 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 99 balls (DV Malewar 28, AV Wadkar 20, Ex 2)
- Over 18.2: Review by South Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - DV Malewar (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- End Of Day: Central Zone - 50/0 in 19.0 overs (DV Malewar 28, AV Wadkar 20)
Match Coverage
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He was disappointed to miss out on a maiden first-class double ton but pushed towards his India A dream
Yash Rathod's 194 gives Central Zone a firm hold
South Zone were on 129 for 2 at stumps, still trailing by 233 runs
Patidar, Rathod centuries leave Central in command of Duleep Trophy final
Central finished day two with a lead of 235 runs after South Zone folded for 149 on day one
Patience and precision: how Kartikeya turned the Duleep final on its head
Overlooked in selection but unplayable on the field, his left-arm spin upstaged the pacers and put Central Zone in command of the final
Saransh Jain, Kumar Kartikeya hand Central big advantage
Central Zone spinners ran through South Zone on the opening day, restricting them to 149