SZ vs WZ Highlights: West Zone beat South Zone to be crowned Duleep Trophy champions

SZ vs WZ Highlights: West Zone crowned champions: After four days and one session, West Zone have been crowned champions of Duleep Trophy. They clinched the title, beating the mighty South Zone in the final by 294 runs in Coimbatore on Day 5, Sunday. It was a much-deserved win with players from West Zone delivering the goods in the final. Follow India domestic cricket live updates with InsideSport.IN

Among all the players in the contest, Yashasvi Jaiswal deserves a special mention. His double ton in the second innings proved to be a game changer. Also, Sarfaraz Khan delivered with a ton.

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Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rohan Kunnummal	b SZ Mulani	93	100	14	1	93.00
Mayank Agarwal	c TK Kotian b Jaydev Unadkat	14	17	2	0	82.35
Hanuma Vihari (C)	c Het Patel b AA Sheth	1	18	0	0	5.55
Baba Indrajith	c SZ Mulani b AA Sheth	4	11	0	0	36.36
Manish Pandey	lbw b Jaydev Unadkat	14	19	3	0	73.68
Ricky Bhui (WK)	c Ajinkya Rahane b SZ Mulani	13	45	2	0	28.88
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	c Priyank Panchal b Chintan Gaja	7	82	0	0	8.53
Ravi Teja	lbw b SZ Mulani	53	97	3	1	54.63
Krishnappa Gowtham	c Jaydev Unadkat b TK Kotian	17	28	3	0	60.71
Basil Thampi	c SN Khan b SZ Mulani	0	7	0	0	0.00
Cheepurapalli Stephen	Not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extra	18 (b 5, w 0, nb 0, lb 13)
Total	234/10 (71.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jaydev Unadkat	13.3	7	28	2	2.07
Chintan Gaja	15	1	47	1	3.13
Atit Sheth	4.3	0	29	2	6.44
Tanush Kotian	20.2	5	61	1	3.00
Shams Mulani	18	2	51	4	2.83

But their bowlers also deserve all the applaud for scalping 20 wickets in the match to help their team emerge victorious.

TO be fair, the game was in West Zone’s bag at the conclusion of Day 4. At stumps, South Zone were tottering at 154/6. It meant West just needed four wickets when they came in the morning on Day 5.

In fact, South Zone did show some grit in the first hour of play. They did not lose a single wicket. But CT Gaja took the wicket of Sai Kishore as South had just crossed the 200 mark. However, Ravi Teja was also trying to best to stretch the game as much further as possible. He even completed his half0century but fell for 53.

GAME WAS WON ON DAY 4 ITSELF

IN Day 4 morning session on Saturday, Sarfaraz Khan looked in majestic form. Sarfaraz completed his wonderful century too, which included 11 fours and two sixes. When Het Patel also reached his 5o, West decided to declare at 585/4.

SZ vs WZ DAY 4 Highlights: West Zone 4 wickets away from win as South Zone are 154/6 in chase of 529 runs: Follow Duleep Trophy Final LIVE

Chasing a target of around 500 runs in the fourth innings is never easy. And against West Zone, which comprised of bowlers like Jaydev Unadkat, AA Sheth and others, it was going to be tough. South did not look initially, but lost Mayank Agarwal in the seventh overs. After that, wickets began to fall like nine pins. From 28/0, they were reduced to 91/4, making matters difficult. They had already lost the big wickets of Baba Indrajith and Hanuma Vihari as well. Though Manish Pandey (14) and Ricky Bhui (13) tried to partner Rohan Kunnummal, they failed. The score read 149/5.

Things further worsened as Kunnummal also lost his wicket for 93 runs. It was the last wicket of the day as R Sai Kishore and Ravi Teja saw off around three overs before stumps. They finished at 154/6.

West Zone scorecard

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	st RK Bhui b Krishnappa Gowtham	265	323	30	4	82.04
Priyank Panchal	c Krishnappa Gowtham b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	40	64	4	0	62.50
Ajinkya Rahane (C)	lbw b Krishnappa Gowtham	15	35	1	0	42.85
Shreyas Iyer	c T Ravi Teja b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	71	113	4	2	62.83
Sarfaraz Khan	Not out	127	178	11	2	71.34
Het Patel (WK)	Not out	51	60	7	1	85.00
Extra	16 (b 7, w 2, nb 6, lb 1)
Total	585/4 (127.5)
Yet To Bat	SZ Mulani, AA Sheth, TK Kotian, Jaydev Unadkat, Chintan Gaja

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Basil Thampi	13	1	91	0	7.00
Cheepurapalli Stephen	6	0	27	0	4.50
Ravi Teja	12.5	0	56	0	4.36
Krishnappa Gowtham	54	2	235	2	4.35
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	39	6	157	2	4.02
Rohan Kunnummal	1	0	4	0	4.00
Mayank Agarwal	1	0	4	0	4.00
Hanuma Vihari	1	0	3	0	3.00

South Zone Innings SCORECARD

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rohan Kunnummal	c Het Patel b Jaydev Unadkat	31	42	7	0	73.80
Mayank Agarwal	c Yashasvi Jaiswal b AA Sheth	9	27	1	0	33.33
Hanuma Vihari (C)	lbw b AA Sheth	25	48	4	0	52.08
Baba Indrajith	c SZ Mulani b Jaydev Unadkat	118	125	14	0	94.40
Manish Pandey	b TK Kotian	48	69	4	2	69.56
Ricky Bhui (WK)	c Yashasvi Jaiswal b Jaydev Unadkat	4	32	0	0	12.50
Ravi Teja	c Ajinkya Rahane b Chintan Gaja	34	74	3	1	45.94
Krishnappa Gowtham	c Jaydev Unadkat b AA Sheth	43	55	3	3	78.18
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	lbw b Chintan Gaja	6	20	0	0	30.00
Basil Thampi	lbw b Jaydev Unadkat	1	4	0	0	25.00
Cheepurapalli Stephen	Not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extra	8 (b 8, w 0, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	327/10 (83.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jaydev Unadkat	19	5	52	4	2.73
Chintan Gaja	9.1	4	33	2	3.60
Atit Sheth	14	4	51	3	3.64
Tanush Kotian	27	2	110	1	4.07
Shams Mulani	14	0	73	0	5.21

West Zone Innings SCORECARD – 270/10

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c RK Bhui b CV Stephen	1	8	0	0	12.50
Priyank Panchal	lbw b CV Stephen	7	9	1	0	77.77
Ajinkya Rahane (C)	c T Ravi Teja b Basil Thampi	8	16	1	0	50.00
Shreyas Iyer	c B Indrajith b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	37	63	4	1	58.73
Sarfaraz Khan	c B Indrajith b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	34	117	3	1	29.05
Het Patel (WK)	c Mayank Agarwal b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	98	189	6	1	51.85
Shams Mulani	lbw b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	0	10	0	0	0.00
Atit Sheth	c Mayank Agarwal b Basil Thampi	25	70	1	0	35.71
Tanush Kotian	c Manish Pandey b Krishnappa Gowtham	2	5	0	0	40.00
Jaydev Unadkat	Not out	47	73	4	0	64.38
Chintan Gaja	c CV Stephen b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore	10	19	2	0	52.63
Extra	1 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	270/10 (96.3)
Yet To Bat