Duleep Trophy 2025 Semi-Finals Live Score, Day 1 Blog: Iyer Comes Out To Bat For West Zone

Shreyas Iyer is now in the middle for the West Zone after Harsh Dubey got the third wicket for Central Zone. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad has crossed 50 and is looking set for a big one. Iyer's approach will be the thing to look out for right now.

West Zone 116-3 (32 Ov)

WZONE 72/2 (20)

After losing their openers early, West Zone are now in a stable position thanks to Ruturaj Gaikwad and Aarya Desai. A good 62-run partnership so far between the two.

SZONE 34/0 (10)

Solid start so far from South Zone openers. Tanmay Agarwal and N Jagadeesan have both looked good and North Zone bowlers have not been able to make a breakthrough as of now. They have been disciplined though.

WZONE 41/2 (13)

Khaleel Ahmed and Deepak Chahar struck early to remove Yashasvi Jaiswal and Harvik Desai respectively. Aarya Desai and Ruturaj Gaikwad are currently stitching together a partnership for the West Zone.

North Zone have won the toss and have opted to field

South Zone (Playing XI): Tanmay Agarwal, N Jagadeesan(w), 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(w), Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Auqib Nabi Dar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Anshul Kamboj

Yashasvi Jaiswal departs on just the third ball of the match. The left-hander has been pinned in front of the stumps by Khaleel Ahmed. A dot, a boundary and a wicket in first three balls of this clash. Jaiswal walks back for four off three.

Welcome to the live coverage of the Duleep Trophy 2025 semifinals where West Zone take on Central Zone while South and North Zones go up against each other.