Bengaluru
The Central Zone, recovering from some volatile moments, defeated South Zone by six wickets on Monday to become the champion of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament after a gap of 11 years. The Central Zone had a 65 -run target of 65 runs but the bowlers of South Zone took a tough test of their batsmen. The target was not very big and in such a situation the Central Zone did not have much trouble in achieving it. Akshay Wadkar (19 not out, 52 balls) and first innings century Yash Rathore (13 runs, 16 balls) were at the crease when the Central Zone scored 66 runs for four wickets in 20.3 overs and won his seventh title in the Dalip Trophy.
Left -arm spinner Ankit Sharma dismissed Danish Malewar (05). His ball turned fast and reached the wicketkeeper Mohammad Azharuddin with the edge of the bat. He also took the wicket of Central Zone captain Rajat Patidar, who was caught out at the mid-on MD-on MD Nidhish in a hurry to play slog sweeps. On Sunday, fast bowler Gurjapneet Singh, who was included in the India A team, took the wickets of Shubham Sharma and Summary Jain (who was later the best player of the series).
What did Rajat Patidar say after winning the Dalip Trophy?
The best players of the match, Rathore and Wadkar, then brought the Central Zone to the target. This is the second title of this year as the captain of Patidar. Earlier, he won the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and he is very happy with it. After the match, he likes to win the trophy. Our players showed tremendous passion throughout the tournament and I am very happy with it. South Zone captain Azharuddin said that reaching the finals of the Dalip Trophy will act as inspiration in the long domestic season, which will now enter the Ranji Trophy phase from October 15. He said, “The domestic session ahead is very long and I am confident that we will get the benefit of the experience given here.”
Match decided on the last day
Talking about the final match of the Dalip Trophy 2025, the captain of the Central Zone team, Rajat Patidar, won the toss and decided to bowl. In the first innings, South Zone’s team was piled up for 149 runs. At the same time, the Central Zone scored 511 runs in the first innings. Then in the second innings, South Zone could score 426 runs.
Then on the last day of the match, the Central Zone won by scoring 66 runs. Rajat Patidar won another title to his team after RCB. After which the captaincy of Rajat Patidar is being praised on social media. RCB fans are very happy with their captaincy victory once again.
Yash Rathore played innings of 194 runs
Talking about the players’ performance in the finals of the Duleep Trophy 2025 (Duleep Trophy 2025), Jain has taken 5 wickets against South Zone’s first innings and Kumar Kartikeya has taken 4 wickets. In the first innings, not a single batsman from South Zone could also score half -century. At the same time, the batting of the Central Zone had blown away the bowlers of South Zone.
Especially Yash Rathore, he scored a 194 -run figure for the Central Zone in the first innings. During this, Yash Rathore also hit 17 fours and two sixes. Along with this, captain Rajat Patidar also played a bang of 104 runs. At the same time, Summary Jain scored 69 runs and Danish Malewar scored 53 runs. 4-4 wickets from South Zone were received by Gurjapneet Singh and Ankit Sharma. After this, South Zone scored 426 runs in the second innings.
In this way, the Central Zone got a target of just 65 runs. There was no century from South Zone, but Ankit Sharma played an innings of 99 runs. 84 runs were scored by Andre Siddharth and 67 runs were scored by Ravichandran. After this, by achieving a target of 65 runs on the last day of the match, the Central Zone won at the loss of 4 wickets and won the Dalip Trophy.
