30/08Result

2nd Semi-Final, Duleep Trophy at Bengaluru, Aug 30-Sep 2 2026

North ZoneNorth ZoneNZ
195 & 297
South ZoneSouth ZoneSZ
312 & 182/3 (43.1 ov)

South Zone won by 7 wkts

Player of the Match

Tilak VarmaSouth Zone

8dShashank Kishore

Tilak, Shreyas and Nidheesh lead South Zone into Duleep final

Tilak Varma backed up a superb 116* in the first innings with a combative 51 not out to set up a title clash with East Zone in Chennai

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

NT Tilak Varma

116(250) 9x4 - 0x6

Control %85%

Productive Shot
flick
26 runs
2x4 - 0x6

S Gopal

87(169) 11x4 - 0x6

Control %87%

Productive Shot
cut shot
18 runs
3x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

MD Nidheesh

O16.3

R56

Eco3.39

RHB
OFFLEG



	1W

			1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

		1W

		1W

	1W

V Kaverappa

O15

R66

Eco4.4

RHB
OFFLEG



			1W

	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



			1W

			1W

Match Details

BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2, Bengaluru

Series

Duleep Trophy 2026

Toss

North Zone , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Tilak Varma

Series result

South Zone advanced

Season

2026/27

Match days

30,31 August 1,2, September 2026 (4-day match)

Umpires

Amit Rana

Parashar Joshi

Match Referee

Sreekumar Nair

Scorecard Summary

43.1

Qamran Iqbal to Tilak Varma, FOUR,

END OF OVER:
43 | 7 Runs | SZ: 178/3

Tilak Varma47 (78b)
Ravichandran Smaran32 (42b)

Ayush Doseja2-1-7-0
Nishant Sindhu4-0-15-0

42.6

Ayush Doseja to Tilak Varma, 1 run,

42.5

Ayush Doseja to Smaran, 1 run,

42.4

Ayush Doseja to Tilak Varma, 1 run,

42.3

Ayush Doseja to Tilak Varma, no run,

42.2

Ayush Doseja to Tilak Varma, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Tilak, Shreyas and Nidheesh lead South Zone into Duleep final
Tilak Varma backed up a superb 116* in the first innings with a combative 51 not out to set up a title clash with East Zone in Chennai
Gurnoor Brar added to North Zone squad for Duleep semi-finals
Auqib Nabi, meanwhile, is exploring a county stint subject to his visa paperwork coming through

South Zone INNINGS		R	B
RK Bhui	caught	42	53
N Jagadeesan	stumped	43	83
SK Rasheed	bowled	1	3
NT Tilak Varma	not out	51	79
R Smaran	not out	32	42
KM Himateja
T Thyagarajan
S Gopal
K Saiteja
V Kaverappa
MD Nidheesh
EXTRAS	(b 12, nb 1)
TOTAL	182 (3 wkts; 43.1 ovs)

North Zone BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Arshdeep Singh	7.0	1	34	0	4.85
A Kamboj	5.0	1	22	0	4.4
Gurnoor Brar	7.0	1	22	1	3.14	(1nb)
Abid Mushtaq	16.0	2	55	2	3.43
A Badoni	2.0	0	11	0	5.5
N Sindhu	4.0	0	15	0	3.75
Ayush Doseja	2.0	1	7	0	3.5
Qamran Iqbal	0.1	0	4	0	24

South Zone 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	64	RK Bhui	N Jagadeesan
2nd	1	N Jagadeesan	SK Rasheed
3rd	37	N Jagadeesan	NT Tilak Varma
4th	80	NT Tilak Varma	R Smaran

Duleep Trophy

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CZ	0	0	0	0	0
EZ	0	0	0	0	0
NEZ	0	0	0	0	0
NZ	0	0	0	0	0
SZ	0	0	0	0	0
WZ	0	0	0	0	0

Best performances - Batsmen

Best performances - Bowlers

BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2, Bengaluru

Series

Toss

Player Of The Match

Series result

Season

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

NORTH ZONE 195(59.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

SOUTH ZONE 312(100.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

NORTH ZONE 297(72.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

SOUTH ZONE 182/3(43.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:43 | 7 Runs | SZ: 178/3

Tilak, Shreyas and Nidheesh lead South Zone into Duleep final

Gurnoor Brar added to North Zone squad for Duleep semi-finals

NORTH ZONE 195(59.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

SOUTH ZONE 312(100.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NORTH ZONE 297(72.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

SOUTH ZONE 182/3(43.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
43 | 7 Runs | SZ: 178/3