The semifinals of the 2025 Duleep Trophy begin on Thursday (September 4). Follow all the live updates from the two matches here.
Duleep Trophy 2025: Which teams are playing the semifinals?
The two semifinals of the tournament are West Zone vs Central Zone and South Zone vs North Zone. Since this is a six-team tournament, two sides – South and West – were given byes to the semifinals, while the other four teams contested the quarterfinals last week.
In quarterfinal one, North Zone drew with East Zone, qualifying for the next round on the basis of their 175-run first innings lead. In the second match, Central Zone also drew with North East Zone and qualified after taking a 347-run first innings lead. The star performers of the round came mostly from the two teams that qualified, and included double-centurions, a hat-trick hero and a first-class world record – read the full quarterfinals round-up here.
Duleep Trophy semi-final: West Zone vs Central Zone, live score
Duleep Trophy semi-final: South Zone vs North Zone, live score
Duleep Trophy 2025 semifinals day one, live updates:
56 minutes ago
Scores at Lunch, Day 1
- South Zone 79-0 (Tanmay Agarwal 33*, Nishant Sindhu 0-8) vs North Zone.
- West Zone 116-3 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 55*, Khaleel Ahmed 1-11) vs Central Zone.
1 hour ago
Half-century for Ruturaj Gaikwad!
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)
1 hour ago
South Zone openers put on 50
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.
2 hours ago
Deepak Chahar strikes!
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.
2 hours ago
Playing XIs: South Zone vs North 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.
3 hours ago
Four and out: Khaleel hits back at Jaiswal
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.
3 hours ago
Still no Jurel for 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.
3 hours ago
Playing XIs: West Zone vs Central Zone
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.
3 hours ago
South vs North delayed by wet outfield
There has been significant rain across Bengaluru particularly in the evenings, causing a delay at the COE Ground 1.
3 hours ago
What are the semifinal fixtures?
The lineup for the semifinals is as follows:
- South Zone vs North Zone, BCCI COE Ground
- West Zone vs Central Zone, BCCI COE Ground 2
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