Duleep Trophy 2025 semifinals, day 3 live updates: Patidar hits fifty, Jagadeesan run out on 197

They take a 162-run lead, and narrowly miss a record for the highest first-class total on Indian soil to not contain an individual century.

That remains with Madhya Pradesh, who made 605-9 against Haryana in Rajnandgaon in 1998-99, with a high score of 90 in the innings.

Vasuki Koushik knocks over centurion Shubham Khajuria, and North Zone are now six down, still trailing by 257 runs. 

A fighting partnership by the opener alongside Nishant Sindhu

Upendra Yadav departs on 87: yet another Central Zone player who falls short of a century

The J&K opener keeps North Zone in the contest against South Zone.

The UP wicketkeeper has been going on from one end. He has a 90 and a century from his last two first-class innings earlier this year.

South Zone 213-3 v North Zone (Sindhu 68*, Khajuria 79*)

Central Zone 475-6 v West Zone (Upendra 78*, Saransh 5*)

The players are walking off in both the CoE grounds as a passing shower stops play.

After taking five wickets in the first innings, Sindhu responds with a fifty, nearing a century stand with Shubham Khajuria

A flurry of boundaries has narrowed down Central Zone's trail considerably, under 20 runs now.

He has been quite brisk after lunch, even hitting a straight six right onto the sightscreen.

North Zone still trail by more than 400 runs

An unfortunate end to a watchful innings.

Another wicket for D Jadeja, as West Zone continue to make inroads despite Shubham's resistance.

He also hit a hundred against North-East Zone in the QFs.

The Mumbai quick has been testing both Shubham Sharma and Rajat Patidar with short balls.

Yash Dhull is his second victim, leaving North Zone on 38-2.

Central Zone have started off strong against West Zone so far, with three fifties in the top four already.

The South Zone No.8 has been a thorn in the flesh for North Zone.

It continues a prolific run of form for the Vidarbha batter, but West Zone have a second breakthrough. Central Zone are 160-2.

1. South Zone 476-7 vs North Zone
2. West Zone 438 vs Central Zone 118-1

Agony for the opener, who misses a double-century by just three runs.

A solid effort, considering they were 10-2 and 137-4 at different points.

West Zone 438 in 108 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 184, Harsh Duney 3-118) vs Central Zone.

The Mumbai pair put on 84 for the seventh wicket, each scoring their 17th first-class half-century. Kotian made 76 and Shardul 64. 

Coming in at No.8, the West Zone skipper gets there off 83 balls with back-to-back boundaries.

The Tamil Nadu opener gets to the mark for the first time in first-class cricket. His career best of 321 is still a ways off, though...

South Zone are now four down as Kamboj gets rid of skipper Mohammed Azharuddeen.

The Duleep Trophy semi-finals kicked off on Thursday (September 4). Find the round-up of all the action from day one right here.

The Mahasrashtra batter is out stumped for 184, 16 short of what would have been his maiden double hundred.

The Mumbai all-rounder continues his form from last season with a fifty for West Zone from No.7. His partnership with Gaikwad is already worth 145.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has just smashed Khaleel Ahmed for 22 runs in an over - hitting four fours and a six, as he nears what could be a rapid double hundred.

Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a century for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone on Thursday (September 4). Read more here.

Anshul Kamboj has the left-hander caught behind.

He gets there off 184 balls, with eight fours and two sixes.

The South Zone duo have taken their team to a position of dominance. Jagadeesan has reached his 11th first-class hundred, while Padikkal is batting on 50. The team score reads 213-1.

The left-handed batter came out to bat at No.3 with South Zone's scorecard reading 103-1. He has raced away to 32 off 36 balls, hitting five boundaries so far.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has converted his start into an eighth first-class hundred. He had also scored a hundred recently for Maharashtra in the Buchi Babu tournament. 

The South Zone opener gets there off 124 balls.

Iyer goes for 25, as Khaleel breaks through his defence. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad continues to hold the innings together.

West Zone 168-4 in 41 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 84*, Khaleel Ahmed 2-38) vs Central Zone. 

North Zone get their first wicket, as Tanmay Agarwal is bowled for 43.

South Zone 105-1 in 31.2 overs (N Jagadeesan 43*, Nishant Sindhu 1-22) vs North Zone.

1. South Zone 79-0 (Tanmay Agarwal 33*, Nishant Sindhu 0-8) vs North Zone.
2. West Zone 116-3 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 55*, Khaleel Ahmed 1-11) vs Central Zone.

Coming in at 10-2 in the fourth over, he reaches the mark off 72 balls. Gaikwad has been particularly severe on the off-spinner Saransh Jain.

Vs Saransh: 35 (28)
Vs Others: 15 (44)

A solid start for South Zone as Tanmay Agarwal and N Jagadeesan lay the platform, helped by 16 extras.

South Zone 52-0 in 15.1 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 22*, N Jagadeesan 14*) vs North Zone.

He gets rid of Harvik Desai – West Zone's openers are both dismissed for single-digit scores. Ruturaj Gaikwad is in at No.4.

West Zone 32-2 in 11 overs (Aarya Desai 18*, Ruturaj Gaikwad 7*) vs Central Zone.  

South Zone: Tanmay Agarwal, N Jagadeesan (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, RIcky Bhui, Mohammed Azharuddeen (c), Salman Nizar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Mohit Kale, Nidheesh MD, Vasuki Koushik, Gurjapneet Singh.

North Zone: Ankit Kumar (c), Shubham Khajuria, Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Auqib Nabi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Anshul Kamboj.

In a battle between two national team players, Yashasvi Jaiswal hit the first ball of the match for four, but Khaleel trapped him lbw two balls later.

West Zone 10-1 in 3 overs (Harvik Desai 1*, Aarya Desai 5*) vs Central Zone. 

The designated captain of the zonal team, India international Dhruv Jurel did not play the quarterfinal, and is not part of the semifinal either. 

West Zone: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harvik Desai (wk), Aarya Desai, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Shardul Thakur (c), Tushar Deshpande, Arzan Nagwaswalla.

Central Zone: Ayush Pandey, Danish Malewar, Rajat Patidar (c), Shubham Sharma, Yash Rathod, Upendra Yadav (wk), Harsh Dubey, Saransh Jain, Deepak Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Thakur. 

There has been significant rain across Bengaluru particularly in the evenings, causing a delay at the COE Ground 1.