- 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
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- 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. 62/160.3 sweeps in the air and picks out the fielder at deep square leg, Rathod takes the catch. 222/642.1 edged and gone.., Tad fuller on off and allows the ball to do all the talking. Ricky gets forward and looks to play towards mid-on, closes the face touch early and was enough to brush the outside edge, Shubham at the cordon takes a good catch 161/353.5 this time he gets the batter, goes back to pull and miscues in the air to wide mid-on, Kuldeep Sen moves in to take the catch. 200/458.5 taken by Patidar, uses his feet and looks to go big on the onside, Patidar running across to his left and takes a good sliding catch. 221/5115.3 misses his 100! a massive blow that, tossed up bit slowly, goes after it with one hand off the handle, miscues high in the air and taken by Patidar at midwicket. 414/7116.5 moves forward and looks to defend, gets the edge to Malewar from leg slip, who takes the catch. 419/8118.6 pushes to extra cover and takes off for a tight single, throw hits the stumps, referred to the tv umpire, the batter is short of the crease. 420/9120.6 pushes forward and looks to defend, gets beaten, the keeper collects the ball and whips off the bails, referred to the tv umpire, his feet was in the air as the bails were whipped off, Koushik has to go. 426/10Extras25 (b 2, lb 7, nb 8, w 8)TOTAL426 all out (121 Overs, RR: 3.52)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Mohit Kale, 15.6 ov), 2-76 (Tanmay Agarwal, 18.1 ov), 3-161 (Ricky Bhui, 42.1 ov), 4-200 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 53.5 ov), 5-221 (Salman Nizar, 58.5 ov), 6-222 (Ravichandran Smaran, 60.3 ov), 7-414 (Ankit Sharma, 115.3 ov), 8-419 (Gurjapneet Singh, 116.5 ov), 9-420 (MD Nidheesh, 118.6 ov), 10-426 (Vasuki Koushik, 120.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DL Chahar 16 2 74 1 4.62 2 4 AS Thakare 8 2 22 0 2.75 0 1 K Kartikeya 39 3 110 4 2.82 0 0 SS Jain 42 8 130 3 3.09 0 0 KR Sen 12 1 60 1 5 2 3 SS Sharma 4 1 21 0 5.25 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.6 gone! It was on the cards right from the moment Ankit whizzed one past the bat first ball of his spell. This time he floats it up beautifully on off, slower through the air with a touch of dip. The batter is lured into the forward push, tentative, and the edge is found. Azhar behind the stumps does a great job 11/18.3 much better length and even sweeter reward for the left arm quick. It was on a length on off stump, pitched and seamed away enough to draw the edge. Shubham on the frontfoot was forced to poke at this one and Azhar does the rest 20/28.5 Promotion hasn't worked - The line was on the stumps and the length was perfect. Nipped in a bit, Saransh who was rooted to the crease tries to club through the midwicket but only manages a big-fat inside edge onto the pad - Siddarth at forward short-leg takes a dolly 24/315.5 tossed up - slower through the air. Patidar's eyes lit up and looks to play the slog sweep, the ball dips in a touch and gets a top ede. Nidheesh at mid-on gobbles up a dolly 49/4Extras4 (lb 4)TOTAL66/4 (20.3 Overs, RR: 3.21)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Danish Malewar, 3.6 ov), 2-20 (Shubham Sharma, 8.3 ov), 3-24 (Saransh Jain, 8.5 ov), 4-49 (Rajat Patidar, 15.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Gurjapneet Singh 6 2 21 2 3.5 0 0 Ankit Sharma 10 2 22 2 2.2 0 0 V Koushik 4.3 0 19 0 4.22 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Central Zone , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Central Zone won the 2025/26 Duleep Trophy
Season
Match days
11,12,13,14,15 September 2025 (5-day match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 11 Sep - day 1 - Central Zone 1st innings 50/0 (DV Malewar 28*, AV Wadkar 20*, 19 ov)
- Fri, 12 Sep - day 2 - Central Zone 1st innings 384/5 (YV Rathod 137*, SS Jain 47*, 104 ov)
- Sat, 13 Sep - day 3 - South Zone 2nd innings 129/2 (R Smaran 37*, RK Bhui 26*, 33 ov)
- Sun, 14 Sep - day 4 - South Zone 2nd innings 426
- Mon, 15 Sep - day 5 - Central Zone 2nd innings 66/4 (20.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Over 7.6: Review by South Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - AV Wadkar (Struck down)
- Drinks: Central Zone - 49/4 in 15.5 overs (AV Wadkar 15)
- Central Zone: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 4
- South Zone: 150 runs in 39.2 overs (238 balls), Extras 4
- Over 42.4: Review by Central Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - Mohammed Azharuddeen (Struck down)
- R Smaran: 50 off 70 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: South Zone - 186/3 in 50.0 overs (R Smaran 51, Mohammed Azharuddeen 19)
- South Zone: 200 runs in 52.3 overs (319 balls), Extras 7
- Over 66.6: Review by Central Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - Ankit Sharma (Struck down)
- Lunch: South Zone - 249/6 in 68.0 overs (C Andre Siddarth 11, Ankit Sharma 13)
- South Zone: 250 runs in 68.3 overs (415 balls), Extras 10
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (C Andre Siddarth 19, Ankit Sharma 24, Ex 8)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Drinks: South Zone - 296/6 in 81.0 overs (C Andre Siddarth 24, Ankit Sharma 41)
- South Zone: 300 runs in 84.1 overs (512 balls), Extras 16
- 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls (C Andre Siddarth 37, Ankit Sharma 47, Ex 16)
- Ankit Sharma: 50 off 84 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Tea: South Zone - 335/6 in 91.0 overs (C Andre Siddarth 39, Ankit Sharma 58)
- South Zone: 350 runs in 94.3 overs (575 balls), Extras 24
- C Andre Siddarth: 50 off 110 balls (4 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 150 runs in 246 balls (C Andre Siddarth 58, Ankit Sharma 76, Ex 17)
- Drinks: South Zone - 396/6 in 108.0 overs (C Andre Siddarth 66, Ankit Sharma 91)
- South Zone: 400 runs in 110.3 overs (671 balls), Extras 25
- Over 120.5: Review by Central Zone (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - V Koushik (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Central Zone 2nd innings
- End Of Day: Central Zone - 0/0
- 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 2nd innings
- 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)
- South Zone 1st innings
- 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)
- Central Zone 1st innings
- 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
All Match NewsPatidar hails spinners Kartikeya and Jain in Duleep Trophy victory
The two spinners, from MP, claimed 16 wickets between them in the final and were "very difficult to play on this pitch"
Rathod's career-best 194, Jain's all-round show take Central to Duleep Trophy title
South Zone got four wickets in Central's chase of 65, but Rathod and Akshay Wadkar held their composure
Saransh Jain keeps 'India logo on my jersey' dream going with another statement display
He has been one of the star performers in the domestic circuit in the recent past, and has done his bit to put Central Zone in pole position to win the Duleep Trophy title
Ankit, Siddarth rearguard delays Central Zone's victory push
Kartikeya, Jain created a late collapse that skittled South Zone after a 192-run stand
Yash Rathod's 194 gives Central Zone a firm hold
South Zone were on 129 for 2 at stumps, still trailing by 233 runs