South Zone

13 articles tagged with "South Zone"

Sep 12, 2026

Siraj had never taken two months off in ten years, and his run-up came apart in Sri Lanka

India’s fast bowler has given an unusually specific explanation for the pace he lost in Galle and Colombo: strides that stopped matching each other. H...

Sep 10, 2026

South Zone never batted again, and East Zone have the Duleep Trophy for the first time in 13 years

Ishan Kishan’s 270 put the final out of reach inside three days, and East Zone batted out the rest of it to take the title on first-innings lead.

Sep 8, 2026

Shami bowled 11 overs for 17 runs, and South Zone are 267 short of avoiding the follow-on

East Zone lead the Duleep Trophy final by 466 with two days left in Chennai, and Tilak Varma is the last recognised batter South Zone have left.

Sep 8, 2026

Karun Nair was left out twice in a week, and he scored a hundred somewhere else

A selection row has opened up at the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai, where South Zone’s coach and their most decorated batter have given different acc...

Sep 7, 2026

Kishan left the field on 250, came back for 270, and East Zone finished on 708

East Zone batted all of day two of the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai and were bowled out for 708, with Ishan Kishan making 270 either side of retirin...

Sep 6, 2026

Ishan Kishan and Kumar Kushagra added 144 without being parted, and Mohammed Siraj’s 14 overs cost 96

East Zone closed the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final on 385 for 4 at Chepauk, with two Jharkhand wicketkeepers still together at the crease. So...

Sep 6, 2026

Shami’s 100th first-class match came three days after his 36th birthday, and 18 months after his last India cap

Sourav Ganguly sent a video message, Ishan Kishan called age just a number, and Bharat Arun said the selectors closed the door too early.

Sep 4, 2026

Padikkal and Siraj are in South Zone’s squad, and East Zone have Shami and Mukesh Kumar

India’s player of the series in Sri Lanka and one of his Test team-mates were added to South Zone’s squad on Friday. The Duleep Trophy final starts at...

Sep 2, 2026

Tilak Varma was not out twice, and South Zone play East Zone in Chennai on Sunday

South Zone’s captain finished the semi-final unbeaten in both innings. The Duleep Trophy final against East Zone starts in Chennai on 6 September.

Sep 2, 2026

North Zone lead by 139 with three wickets left, and a draw still sends South Zone through

The second Duleep Trophy semi-final goes to a final day in Bengaluru on Wednesday. South Zone’s first-innings lead of 117 means North have to win the...

Aug 31, 2026

Sooryavanshi broke a 57-year-old Duleep Trophy record, and both first innings finished on 266

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 92 made him the youngest player to score a Duleep Trophy fifty, and East Zone still could not get past Central Zone’s total. Ti...

Aug 30, 2026

Central Zone lost their last wicket to the final ball of the day, and North Zone did not last 60 overs

Rinku Singh’s 60 and a 45-run last-wicket stand carried Central Zone to 266 in Bengaluru, while Vidwath Kaverappa’s four wickets left North Zone all o...

Aug 27, 2026

Two Duleep Trophy semi-finalists have not played a match yet, and both of them were in last season’s final

Central Zone and South Zone were seeded straight into the last four, while East Zone and North Zone reached it by winning quarter-finals that could no...