The first quarter final match of Duleep Trophy 2025 is being played in Bengaluru, where North Zone did wonders against East Zone on the first day
East Zone won the toss and chose to field first, but the North Zone batsmen made such a blast that the score reached 308/6 in 75.2 overs.
At the time of stumps, Kanhaiya Wadhawan was unbeaten on 42 and Mayank Dagar was playing after scoring 28 runs. The run rate was 4.09, which is quite fast.
Duleep Trophy 2025: North Zone Dominates Day 1 in Quarter-Final Clash with East Zone
At the beginning of the match, North Zone opener Shubham Khajuria and captain Ankit Kumar gave a good start. Ankit was out LBW on Manishi’s ball after scoring 30 runs, then Shubham also got LBW on 26 runs.
But after that Yash Dhulla played an innings of 39 runs, hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes. Ayush Badoni started the innings on fire as soon as he came in – hitting 6 fours in a blistering innings of 57 runs and strengthening the team.
Nishant Sindhu also scored 57 runs, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. He was playing well at the crease, but was caught out by Kushagra on Jaiswal’s ball.
Sahil Lotra was dismissed by Shami after scoring 19 runs. Overall, the North Zone batsmen troubled the East Zone bowlers a lot.
Duleep Trophy 2025: Explosive batting
Manishi took the most wickets from East Zone – took 3 wickets, but also conceded 88 runs. Mohammed Shami took 1 wicket, but kept the economy good. Mukesh Kumar remained wicketless, but created pressure.
The match is still at an exciting stage, because on the second day, North Zone will want to add more runs, while East Zone will make a comeback by taking wickets quickly.
