The battle for the Duleep Trophy 2025 final has started. On the first day of the match between South Zone and Central Zone, South Zone’s first innings ended at only 149 runs. The bowlers of Central Zone bowled very well and did not allow South Zone batsmen to stay on the crease. The fielders also helped with many good catches.

During this, Central Zone captain Rajat Patidar made a flying catch that surprised everyone. The video of this catch is going viral on social media. Rajat Patidar, who is also the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), took the catch in the Duleep Trophy 2025 final at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. He showed quick thinking and dived forward after the ball deflected from the silly point fielder’s hand.

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Rajat Patidar’s Stunning Catch

On the first day of the Duleep Trophy 2025 final, Central Zone captain Rajat Patidar took a catch that surprised everyone. This happened in the 49th over of South Zone’s innings, bowled by spinner Saransh Jain. On the third ball, South Zone’s left-hander Salman Nizar tried to defend, but the ball hit his bat and went to silly point. The fielder at silly point dropped the ball, but Rajat Patidar, standing at slip, dived forward and took the catch. Everyone on the field was amazed.

Excellent awareness & presence of mind! 👌

Central Zone captain Rajat Patidar completes a brilliant tag-team catch to dismiss Salman Nizar 🔥

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South Zone All Out for 149 Runs

Batting first, South Zone were bowled out for only 149 runs in 63 overs. Opener Tanmay Agarwal scored the highest with 31 runs from 76 balls, hitting 3 fours. Salman Nizar made 24 runs, and Ankit Sharma scored 20. Captain Mohammad Azharuddin was out for just 4 runs.

For Central Zone, spinner Saransh Jain took 5 wickets for 49 runs in 24 overs, while Kumar Kartikeya Singh took 4 wickets for 53 runs in 21 overs.

Central Zone had won the toss and chose to field first, and their decision worked well. By the time of writing, they had started their innings without losing early wickets. They will aim to take a big lead and bat only once.

Patidar in Fine Form

All eyes are on Rajat Patidar, who is the third-highest run-scorer in the Duleep Trophy 2025 with 268 runs in three innings at an average of 68.33. A Duleep Trophy win would be special for Patidar, who also won the IPL 2025 trophy with Royal Challengers in his first season as captain. The 32-year-old also did well with the bat in that tournament.