Duleep Trophy 2025 SFs Highlights, Day 4 Blog: Central Zone To Take On South Zone In Final

• Central Zone 556/8 (Saransh Jain 37*, Yash Thakur 4*) vs West Zone 438

• North Zone 278/5 (Shubham Khajuria 128*, Sahil Lotra 1*) vs South Zone 536

West vs Central

West Zone: A. Nagwaswalla, Aarya Desai, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Harvik Desai (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shams Mulani, Shardul Thakur (c), Shreyas lyer, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Yashasvi Jaiswal. 

Central Zone: Ayush Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Danish Malewar, Harsh Dubey, Rajat Patidar (c), Khaleel Ahmed, Saransh Jain, Shubham Sharma, Upendra Yadav (wk), Y A Rathod, Yash Thakur.

North vs South

South Zone: Tanmay Agarwal, N Jagadeesan (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Azharuddeen (c), Mohit Kale, Ricky Bhui, Salman Nizar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, MD Nidheesh, Vasuki Koushik.

North Zone (Playing XI): Ankit Kumar (c), Shubham Khajuria, Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Auqib Nabi Dar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Anshul Kamboj.

The live streaming of the West Zone vs Central Zone 2nd Semi-Final of Duleep Trophy 2025 will be available on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

The quarterfinals, semifinals and the final of the Duleep Trophy 2025 will start at 9.30 AM IST and local time.

Centurion Shubham Khajuria is dismissed early on for North Zone against South Zone. He was sent back for 128 with North Zone trailing by 253 Runs.

Central Zone are 583/8 against West Zone as they lead by 145 Runs. Saransh Jain is fighting a lone battle with a half-century however he is running out of partners at the other end.

Central have added 44 runs to its overnight total before getting bundled out for 600 runs. Central secures a massive lead of 162 runs. Up to West Zone now on how to approach its second innings.

North Zone are battling on but have lost seven wickets in pursuit of South Zone's 536 and still trail by a mammoth 210 runs on the final day. M Dagar is at the crease for North Zone.

West Zone trail by 136 Runs and have Yashasvi Jaiswal at the crease in their second innings alongside Aarya Desai.

26/0 (8.0 Ov)

North Zone's last wicket stand between Auqib Nabi and Anshul Kambhoj are frustrating the South Zone bowlers, with the former trailing by 175 Runs.

North Zone are finally all out for 361, with South Zone taking a massive lead of 175 runs.

West Zone have lost an early wicket in the form of Aarya Desai (35) but Yashasvi Jaiswal and SS Nawale are at the crease and anchoring the innings. West Zone trail by  By 81 runs.

Tanmay Agarwal and N Jagadeesan are at the crease for South Zone against North Zone. Their lead is now 191 Runs and will look to pile up more misery on the North Zone bowlers.

West Zone 94/2, trails by 68 runs vs Central Zone

South Zone 33/0, leads by 208 runs vs North Zone

West Zone are three down for 120 runs in their second innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal top scoring with 64 runs. Saransh Jain picked up two wickets for Central Zone.

Elsewhere, South Zone are 44/1 and lead by 219 runs

Saransh Jain (4/63) has ripped through the West Zone batters, with the latter reeling at 168/6 and lead by 6 runs. Central Zone are in complete control of this game.

N. Jagadeesan continues to impress as he brings up another half century and is joined at the crease by Devdutt Padikkal. SZ lead by 270 runs.

South Zone are in the final of the Duleep Trophy 2025 after claiming a first-innings lead against North Zone. The Mohammed Azharuddeen-led side scored a massive 536 runs in the 1st innings and then bowling out North Zone for 361.

West Zone are in big trouble here as they lead by 56 runs and have two wickets in hand. Central Zone have to wrap up the innings quickly, if they want to qualify for the final.

Central Zone are in the final after taking a massive first-innings lead over West Zone. Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal and co suffered a min-collapse and could not stage a comeback in their second innings as Central Zone's total of 600 proved too big a chase.