- East Zone team on the verge of winning the Duleep Trophy
- Important innings of 270 runs by captain Ishan Kishan
- Captain Tilak Verma's half-century
Duleep Trophy Final 2026: Currently, the final match of Duleep Trophy is going on between East Zone and South Zone. East Zone had built a mountain of more than 700 runs while batting first. Captain Ishan Kishan played an aggressive and big innings of 270 runs. The St Zone team has strengthened its grip on the match. Given the current situation on the ground, it looks difficult to prevent East Zone from winning the title unless a major miracle happens.
On the third day of the match, South Zone captain Tilak Verma batted at a very slow pace. Due to his defensive and slow batting, the fans were somewhat upset. When the team needs aggressive runs Tilak VermaThe over-defensive stance taken by
East Zone has dominated the match with excellent performances in both the batting and bowling departments. At the end of the third day, the position of the East Zone is very strong, and Ishan Kishan's team is ready to claim the title of Duleep Trophy after completing the remaining games on the fourth day. Therefore, the chances of winning the final match of Duleep Trophy from the East Zone i.e. Captain Ishan Kishan's team are very high.
Duleep Trophy 2026: South Zone sleeps away! Ishan Kishan 269 while East Zone 700 par
It was seen that South Zone captain Tilak Verma batted very slowly. He scored only 56 runs off 133 balls. In this he hit only 5 fours. South Zone skipper Tilak Verma batted very slowly and defensively while chasing a mammoth challenge of over 700 runs mounted by East Zone in the first innings.
East Zone: Abhimanyu Iswaran, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kumar Kushagra, Sudeep Kumar Gharami, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper/captain), Shikhar Mohan, Anukul Roy, Mohammad Kounain Qureshi, Mohammad Shami, Abhijit K Sarkar, Mukesh Kumar.
Duleep Trophy 2026: Ishaan Kishan's bat failed! Scored a century in the final; East Zone in strong position on day one
South Zone: Ricky Bhui, Narayan Jagadeesan (wicketkeeper), Devdutt Padikkal, Sheikh Rashid, Tilak Verma (captain), Samran Ravichandran, Shreyas Gopal, Tripurana Vijay, Mohammad Siraj, Chama V Milind, MD Nidish