CHENNAI: East Zone continues to dominate Duleep Trophy 2026. In the ongoing match against South Zone, East Zone scored a huge first innings score. After that, they showed their strength in bowling as well.
The East Zone batters scored a combined 708 runs in the first innings. The East Zone bowlers, who increased the pressure on the opponent with a huge score, caused trouble to the South Zone batters in the beginning.
Mohammed Kaif for South Zone? The performance of bowlers like Mohammed Siraj/Mukesh is mentioned as per the details found in the position; However, some of these names are not legible due to the small letters on the page. The bowler who was the key to the East Zone bowling took wickets with 2/36.
Devdutt Padikkal and Tilak Varma tried to sustain the team's innings in the south zone batting.While Padikkal completed his half-century, Tilak Verma also stood by the team with a half-century.
At one stage South Zone were 115/2. After that, the partnership of Tilak Verma and Shreyas Gopal led the team's innings forward. But the East Zone bowlers kept the pressure on by taking wickets at crucial times.
At the end of the third day's play, South Zone were 176/5. With this, East Zone got a huge first innings lead and tightened their grip on the match.