Duleep Trophy 2025 Semifinal Round: All Scores from Day 4

On the third day of the semifinal round of the Duleep Trophy 2025, South Zone was in a dominating position with a lead of over 255-run mark having reduced the North Zone to 278 for five down by the end of the day while Central Zone had already taken a huge 115+ run lead over West Zone’s 438-run first innings at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. 

North Zone was bundled out for 361 runs in the first innings and gave their chance to qualify for the final of the event. Gurjapneet Singh picked up four wickets in 24.1 overs at an economy rate of four, while on the other hand, Nishant Sindhu clubbed 82 runs in 148 balls with the help of nine boundaries and one six.

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In reply, South Zone stretched their way to 95/1 in 24.4 overs as wicket-keeper opening batter Narayan Jagadeesan celebrated a fine unbeaten knock of 52 runs in 69 balls at a strike rate of 75, thanks to six boundaries. Due to the first innings’ lead, South Zone has now qualified for the final of the tournament.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Semifinal Round: All Scores from Day 4

Central Zone started the fourth day with 556 runs in their first innings and then stretched it to 600 runs in 164.3 overs as Saransh Jain remained unbeaten on 63 runs in 108 balls at a strike rate of 58.33 with the help of four boundaries and three sixes. Yash Thakur got 21 runs in 23 balls as they took a huge lead.

West Zone ended the final and fourth day of the semifinal round with 216/8 in 53.3 overs before shaking their hands. Yashasvi Jaiswal got his old touch back with 64 runs in 70 balls at a strike rate of more than 90 with three boundaries and as many sixes. Tanush Kotian remained undefeated on 40 runs as Jain and Harsh Dubey shared eight wickets between them.

Central Zone will now face South Zone in the Duleep Trophy 2025 final on September 11 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Semifinal Round: All Scores from Day 4

North Zone- South Zone 536/10 (Narayan Jagadeesan 197, Tanay Thyagarajan 58, Ricky Bhu 54, Nishant Sindhu 5/125) and 95/1 (Narayan Jagadeesan 52*, Auqib Nabi 1/23) drew with North Zone 361/10 (Shubham Khajuria 128, Nishant Sindhu 82, Gurjapneet Singh 4/96) as South Zone qualify for the final. 

West Zone 438/10 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 184, Tanush Kotian 76, Shardul Thakur 64, Saransh Jain 3/121) and 216/8 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 64, Tanush Kotian 40*, Saransh Jain 5/84) drew with Central Zone 600/10 (Shubham Sharma 96, Upendra Yadav 87, DA Jadeja 4/130) as Central Zone qualify for the final.