Abid Mushtaq spins North Zone past West Zone and into the semi-finals
The last day of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final started with all results possible, but it took Abid Mushtaq and Nishant Sindhu just 6.3 overs to finish West Zone off
23/08Result
Quarter-Final, Duleep Trophy at Bengaluru, Aug 23-26 2026
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![North Zone]( "North Zone")
251 & 222 -
![West Zone]( "West Zone")
187 & 234 (57.3 ov)
Player of the Match
23/08Result
Quarter-Final, Duleep Trophy at Bengaluru, Aug 23-26 2026
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![North Zone]( "North Zone")
251 & 222 -
![West Zone]( "West Zone")
187 & 234 (57.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
RD Gaikwad
66(70) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %81%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 18 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
North Zone , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
North Zone advanced
Season
Match days
23,24,25,26 August 2026 (4-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NORTH ZONE 251 (66.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Ayush Badoni51 (57)
- Anshul Kamboj60 (52)
- Tushar Deshpande4/57 (15)
- Tanush Kotian4/72 (20.5)
WEST ZONE 187 (65.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Shams Mulani52 (94)
- Musheer Khan31 (126)
- Arshdeep Singh3/53 (14)
- Abid Mushtaq5/39 (25.4)
NORTH ZONE 222 (51 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Ayush Badoni50 (62)
- Nishant Sindhu44 (71)
- Tanush Kotian4/46 (14)
- Shams Mulani4/78 (17)
WEST ZONE 234 (57.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Ruturaj Gaikwad66 (70)
- Musheer Khan96 (126)
- Abid Mushtaq4/60 (22)
- Nishant Sindhu2/59 (15.3)
Scorer: K Vairavan
57.3
W
Sindhu to Patel, OUT,
UM Patel lbw b Sindhu 25 (35b 4x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
57.2
0
Sindhu to Patel, no run,
57.1
0
Sindhu to Patel, no run,
END OF OVER:57 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | WZ: 234/9
- Urvil Patel25 (32b)
- Abid Mushtaq22-4-60-4
- Nishant Sindhu15-1-59-1
56.6
W
Abid Mushtaq to Deshpande, OUT,
TU Deshpande c Abdul Samad b Abid Mushtaq 5 (18b 0x4 0x6) SR: 27.77
56.5
0
Abid Mushtaq to Deshpande, no run,
56.4
1
Abid Mushtaq to Patel, 1 run,
Match Coverage
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