The Duleep Trophy final will be played between South Zone and Central Zone starting September 11 - follow the live scores and latest updates from the final here.
Duleep Trophy 2025: Road to the final
South Zone got a bye in the quarter-final and faced North in the semis. Batting first, they racked up a mammoth 536 in the first innings, with Narayan Jagadeesan making 197. North Zone responded with 361, but not enough time was left in the game for them to force a result. Draw was called with South on 96-1 in the second innings. They progressed on the basis of their first-innings lead.
Central Zone had a longer route to the final. They put up massive first innings scores in both the quater-final against North East Zone and the semi-final against West. In the former, Danish Malewar scored a double hundred while Rajat Patidar and Shubham Sharma scored tons, while six individual half-centuries in the latter saw them nearly break the first-class record for the highest team total without a hundred on Indian soil.
Central Zone will be led by Rajat Patidar, while Mohammed Azharuddeen will lead South Zone in the final.
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Duleep Trophy 2025 final, CZ vs SZ – Day 3: Scores and live updates
Lunch, Day 3
Central Zone: 488-6
They lead by 339 runs
Yash Rathod closing in on his double century
Saransh Jain has been dismissed, but Deepak Chahar has continued the charge with a brisk innings
Rathod and Saransh continue to grind
The partnership has now crossed 150
Century for Yash Rathod!
Central Zone continue to build on their lead.
Danish Malewar hits another fifty
Earlier, the 21-year-old sensation continued his exemplary form: his last few scores read – 79, 29, 153, 73, 203, 15, 76 and now 53
Rajat Patidar continues his good show
He's led Central Zone's strong response, and has currently stitched together a 100-plus run-up partnership
Stumps, day one
Central Zone have reached 50-0, trailing South's first-innings score by 99 runs.
South Zone 149 (Tanmay Agarwal 31, Saransh Jain 5-49) vs Central Zone 50-0 (Danish Malewar 28*, Vasuki Koushik 0-1).
Central Zone openers put on 50
Danish Malewar and Akshay Wadkar have gotten their side off to the perfect start.
Saransh takes five!
The off-spinner traps Ankit Sharma to bowl South Zone out for 149. He finishes with 5-49.
Saransh gets a third!
Salman Nizar's resistance ends for 24, as he is caught by Rajat Patidar.
South Zone 116-7 in 48.3 overs.
Andre Siddarth goes!
The youngster steps out to Saransh Jain and misses the ball completely, to be stumped by a mile.
South Zone 97-6 in 43 overs.
Saransh Jain gets in on the action after lunch
The off-spinner comes round the wicket to trap Ricky Bhui lbw.
South Zone 65-5 in 36.2 overs.
Day 1, lunch: Central Zone firmly on top
Kumar Kartikeya has taken three wickets in the first session, to leave South Zone four down at lunch.
South Zone 64-4 in 33 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 31, Kumar Kartikeya 3-19).
Kartikeya cleans up Azharuddeen!
An absolute jaffa from the left-arm spinner – pitches outside leg stump, and spins past the bat to disturb the South Zone skipper's off stump.
South Zone 57-4 in 30 overs.
South three down after terrible mix-up!
Tanmay Agarwal and Ricky Bhui collide mid-pitch going for a second run, and the opener is stranded to be run out for 31.
South Zone 47=3 in 25.5 overs.
One brings two for Central Zone
Kartikeya strikes again, as R Smaran mis-times a sweep shot stright in the air, to depart for one.
South Zone 35-2 in 21.2 overs.
Kumar Kartikeya breaks through!
Mohit Kale tries to hoick the left-arm spinner across the line, but misses and sees his stumps knocked back!
South Zone 27-1 in 16 overs.
Watchful start for South Zone
Hyderabad's Tanmay Agarwal and Pondicherry's Mohit Kale have played it safe in the first half an hour, making it to 15-0 in seven overs.
Central Zone: Playing XI
Danish Malewar, Yash Rathod, Shubham Sharma, Rajat Patidar (c), Upendra Yadav (wk), Akshay Wadkar, Saransh Jain, Deepak Chahar, Aditya Thakare, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Kuldeep Sen.
South Zone: Playing XI
Tanmay Agarwal, Mohit Kale, Smaran R, Ricky Bhui, Mohammed Azharuddeen (c & wk), Andre Siddarth, Salman Nizar, Ankit Sharma, Gurjapneet Singh, V Koushik, MD Nidheesh.
Toss: Central Zone to field first
Captain Rajat Patidar calls correctly, and will put South Zone in to bat.
Duleep Trophy final: Central Zone squad
Yash Thakur, Harsh Dubey, Khaleel Ahmed and Manav Suthar are their players missing due to India A commitments.
Full squad: Rajat Patidar (c), Ayush Pandey, Danish Malewar, Shubham Sharma, Sanchit Desai, Yash Rathod, Nachiket Bhute, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Aditya Thakare, Upendra Yadav (wk), Ajay Singh Kukna, Akshay Wadkar (wk), Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Saransh Jain.
Duleep Trophy final: South Zone squad
There are two changes, as Devdutt Padikkal and N Jagadeesan have been selected for India A, to play against Australia A.
Full squad: Mohammed Azharuddeen (c & wk), Ricky Bhui (vc), Smaran Ravichandran, Mohit Kale, Shaikh Rasheed, Tanmay Agarwal, Salman Nizar, Andre Siddarth, Tanay Thyagarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, M Nidheesh, Vasuki Koushik, Ankit Sharma, Tripurana Vijay, Basil NP.
Where to watch Duleep Trophy final live?
When does the match start?
The Duleep Trophy final will start at 9:30am on September 11, at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground in Bengaluru.
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