On the second day of the final of the 2025 season of the Duleep Trophy, Central Zone continued their dominance with twin centuries from their captain, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Rathod. On the first day of the contest, Saransh Jain and Kumar Kartikeya set the stage to bundle out South Zone for 149 runs with nine wickets in the innings as none of the opponent batters were able to convert them into big scores. 

With the bat in hand, Central Zone displayed the same performance, ending the first day with 50 runs without any wickets as Danish Malewar smashed an unbeaten 28 runs. He went on to celebrate his half-century and ended with 53 runs in 120 balls with the help of five boundaries at a strike rate of 44.17.

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Central Zone lost their opening batter, Akshay Wadekar, for 22 runs before Rajat Patidar and Yash Rathod posted a huge partnership of 167 runs for the fourth wicket. The former smashed 101 runs in just 115 balls with the help of 12 boundaries and two sixes at a strike rate of 87.83.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Final Round: All Scores from Day 2

Just a few minutes after Patidar got dismissed, Yash Rathod also celebrated his century. The left-handed middle order batter remained undefeated by 137 runs in 188 balls at a strike rate of 72.87 with the help of 11 boundaries and one six. He will aim to continue and put up a big score ahead of the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2024/25.

Their wicket-keeper batter, Upendra Yadav, couldn’t do well with the bat and went back to the dressing room for five runs in 10 balls. That was when Saransh Jain, after his special performance with the ball on the opening day, posted a century stand to end the day.

Jain finished with an undefeated 47 runs, thanks to six boundaries at a strike rate of less than 40. Central Zone finished the second day with 235 runs and had already gained a lead of 235 runs. Another 70 runs will near confirm their title-winning campaign.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Final Round: All Scores from Day 2

Central Zone- 384/5 (Yash Rathod 137*, Rajat Patidar (c) 101, Gurjapneet Singh 3/74, MD Nidheesh 1/38) lead South Zone- 149/10 (Tanmay Agarwal 31, Salman Nazir 24, Saransh Jain 5/49, Kumar Kartikeya 4/53) by 235 runs at Stumps on Day 2.