Published: Oct 25, 2014, 08:55 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 11:18 AM (IST)
Oct 24, 2014
A fine century from mahesh Rawat and Central Zone are all but through to the final of the Duleep Trophy.
Duleep Trophy: Central Zone 282/7 (Mahesh Rawat 112*, Kuldeep Yadav 35*) & 536 v North Zone 457
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2014
Duleep Trophy: Central Zone 194/7 (Rawat 62*, Karn Sharma (69) ct Jiwanjot b Awana) & 536 v North Zone 457
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2014
The match is slowly going beyond North Zone’s reach. Mahesh Rawat has scored a crucial innings and Karn Sharma has contributed well too. Lead now is 230 runs.
Duleep Trophy: Central Zone 151/6 (Rawat 51*, Karn Sharma 37*) & 536 v North Zone 457
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2014
Wicket No 6 for North Zone. Central are still 181 runs ahead
Duleep Trophy: Central Zone 102/6 (Rawat 35*, Karn Sharma 4*, Awana 12/2, Rishi Dhawan 44/2, Beigh 5/1) & 536 v North Zone 457
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2014
On more wicket down. North bag the big wicket of Naman Ojha. They are 169 runs ahead.
Duleep Trophy: Central Zone 90/5 (Naman (40) c Mandeep b Rishi, Rawat 33*, Piyush 4 *, Awana 12/2, Rishi Dhawan 44/2) & 536 v North Zone 457 — BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2014
Central Zone lead by 129 runs with six wickets still in hand. North will be desperate to bundle them out soon as a draw here means Central progress to final on the basis of first innings lead.
Duleep Trophy: Central Zone 50/4 (Naman 30*, Rawat 11*, Awana 12/2, Rishi Dhawan 20/1, Rasool 14/1) & 536 v North Zone 457.
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2014
Is there a surprise in store. North Zone have already lost three wickets for 16 runs and are actually 95 for three by virtue of their 79-run lead.
Duleep Trophy: Central Zone 16/3 (Naman 11*, Menaria 0*, Awana 2/2, Rishi Dhawan 15/1) & 536 v North Zone 457.
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2014
Central Zone look to complete formalities against North Zone on the final day of the Duleep Trophy semi-final at Mohali. The two semi-finals of the Duleep Trophy couldn’t have been more contrasting. On one hand, South Zone just ripped apart East Zone bundling them out for two-digit drugs in both innings. At Mohali though, Central Zone batsmen capitalised on a flat deck and hammered a mammoth 538 thanks to double ton from Naman Ojha, a century from Jalaj Saxena. North’s response was led by Gautam Gambhir who hit 167 but didn’t find much support from fellow batsmen.
Barring Mandeep Singh and Nitin Saini, none of the other batsmen got past half-century and the North Zone tail lacked the resistance to take them beyond 538. With just a day’s play remaining, Central already have a step in to the final to take on South unless the last day here turns out to be a dramatic one.
Stay tuned for live updates of the match. The fourth day’s play is set to commence at 9:30am IST.
