NEZ vs WZ Highlights: West Zone reaches semifinals via first innings lead: As expected, it was a dominating show by West Zone against Northeast Zone in the Duleep Trophy encounter. They have made it to the semifinals of the Duleep Trophy on the virtue of their first innings lead over their opponents. In the first innings, West Zone came up with a massive 590/2 while NorthEast in reply managed 235. Follow North East Zone vs West Zone LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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On Sunday, it was just about batting practice in the middle as West Zone stretched their lead to above 630 with Sheth also scoring a century.
In fact, West Zone, knowing the fate of the match, was relaxed. They did not even send their top batters, including Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal to bat. At one point, they were even 65/4.
West Zone Batting Scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Het Patel (WK) | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 29.17 | |
| Rahul Tripathi | 24 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 34.29 | |
| Hardik Tamore | 24 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | |
| Chirag Jani | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| Shams Mulani | 97 | 115 | 12 | 0 | 84.35 | |
| Atit Sheth | 102 | 101 | 10 | 1 | 100.99 | |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extra | 9 (b 6, w 0, nb 2, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 268/5 (64.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Ajinkya Rahane, P Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Chintan Gaja | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dippu Sangma | 20 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 3.50 |
| Rex Rajkumar Singh | 10 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Bishworjit Konthoujam | 12 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.25 |
| L Kishan Singha | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Rongsen Jonathan | 10 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Ankur Malik | 6.3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Het Patel | 1-8 | 6.6 |
| RA Tripathi | 2-40 | 20.1 |
| CS Jani | 3-49 | 25.1 |
| Hardik Tamore | 4-65 | 30.3 |
| SZ Mulani | 5-244 | 61.6 |
But then, SZ Mulani and A Sheth manage to take the game on their hands. They looked in absoliute control of the match. They began to have fun in the middle and score runs at a brisk rate. They began to deal in fours mostly and both of them managed to reach the century.
At the end, Mulani failed to make the opportunity count as he scored 97, and fell short by three runs. Sheth on the other hand completed his ton, and also signalled the end of the game with both captains agreeing with the result.
The major highlight of the game was on the first two day On Day 2, it was one-way traffic as West Zone dominated North East Zone throughout the DAY. Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a magnificent double century before being dismissed. Returning from injury, Ajinkya Rahane too hit a fine double century as West Zone ended Day 2 with a humongous score of 590/2.
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To be fair, such kind of a show by the West Zone players does not come as a surprise. They have all the big names of the domestic circuit in both the batting and bowling department. Compare that to their opposition, Northeast are a bunch of upcoming players in the circuit.
Also, experienced campaigners Jaydev Unadkat delivered with the ball for West Zone, scalping first three wickets of Northeast then. None of the Northeast batters fared well on the day.
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Techi Doria | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 42.31 | |
| Kishan Lyngdoh | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 | |
| Al Bashid Muhammed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Rongsen Jonathan | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | |
| Hokaito Zhimomi (C) | 32 | 154 | 1 | 0 | 20.78 | |
| Ashish Thapa (WK) | 43 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 41.75 | |
| Dippu Sangma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Ankur Malik | 81 | 95 | 13 | 0 | 85.26 | |
| L Kishan Singha | 22 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 47.83 | |
| Rex Rajkumar Singh | 28 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 71.79 | |
| Bishworjit Konthoujam | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extra | 11 (b 0, w 0, nb 4, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 235/10 (81.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaydev Unadkat | 15 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 2.33 |
| Chintan Gaja | 15.5 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 2.40 |
| Atit Sheth | 12 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 4.25 |
| Chirag Jani | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2.90 |
| Shams Mulani | 26 | 10 | 65 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 |
West Zone 1st Innings:
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prithvi Shaw | 113 | 121 | 11 | 5 | 93.39 | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 228 | 321 | 22 | 3 | 71.03 | |
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) | 207 | 264 | 18 | 6 | 78.41 | |
| Rahul Tripathi | 25 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 65.79 | |
| Extra | 17 (b 9, w 1, nb 6, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 590/2 (123) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Het Patel, Hardik Tamore, SZ Mulani, CS Jani, Jaydev Unadkat, Chintan Gaja, AA Sheth | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishworjit Konthoujam | 27 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 3.56 |
| Rex Rajkumar Singh | 15 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 6.70 |
| Dippu Sangma | 16 | 2 | 87 | 0 | 5.40 |
| L Kishan Singha | 26 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Ankur Malik | 25 | 0 | 131 | 1 | 5.20 |
| Rongsen Jonathan | 14 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 4.90 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| P Shaw | 1-206 | 43.4 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 2-539 | 111.1 |
NEZ vs WZ Day 1 Highlights: Prithvi Shaw & Yashasvi Jaiswal put West Zone on top in rain-curtailed day 1: Follow Duleep Trophy LIVE Updates
NEZ vs WZ Day 1 Highlights: Prithvi Shaw & Yashasvi Jaiswal put West Zone on top in rain-curtailed day 1: Follow Duleep Trophy LIVE Updates
Duleep Trophy Quarterfinals LIVE Streaming Details:
Unfortunately, there is no live telecast for North East Zone vs West Zone match.
West Zone Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Tamore (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Rahul Tripathi, Satyajeet Bachhav, Het Patel, Chintan Gaja, Jaydev Unadkat, Chirag Jani, Atit Sheth.
North East Zone Squad: Al Bashid Muhammed, Ankur Malik, Techi Doria, Rongsen Jonathan, Khrievitso Kense, Kishan Lyngdoh, L Kishan Singha, Bishworjit Konthoujam, G Lalbiakvela, Techi Neri, Dippu Sangma, Rex Rajkumar, Ashish Thapa, Hokaito Zhimomi (captain), Bobby Zothansanga.
| DULEEP TROPHY 2022-23 | ||||
| Stage | Match Name | From Date | To Date | City |
| Quarterfinal 1 | West Zone Vs North East Zone | 08/09/22 | 11/09/22 | Chennai |
| Quarterfinal 2 | North Zone Vs East Zone | 08/09/22 | 11/09/22 | Pondicherry |
| Semifinal 1 | Central Zone Vs West Zone | 15/09/22 | 18/09/22 | Coimbatore |
| Semifinal 2 | South Zone Vs North Zone | 15/09/22 | 18/09/22 | Salem |
| Final | SF 1 Winner vs SF 2 Winner | 21/09/22 | 25/09/22 | Coimbatore |
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