South Zone v North Zone, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 2nd Semi-Final, Duleep Trophy 2026, 2026

Duleep Trophy 2026 2nd Semi-Final: South Zone v North Zone at Bengaluru, August 30, 2026

South Zone

312/10 (100.3) & 182/3 (43.1)

North Zone

195/10 (59.1) & 297/10 (72.4)

Finished

SZ won by 7 wickets

North Zone 1st InningNZ 1st Inning195/10 (59.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Qamran Iqbal	c N Jagadeesan b Vidhwath Kaverappa	76	182	10	1	41.76
c N Jagadeesan b Vidhwath Kaverappa
Sanat Sangwan	c & b MD Nidheesh	10	19	2	0	52.63
c & b MD Nidheesh
Ayush Doseja	c N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja	23	30	5	0	76.67
c N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja
Ayush Badoni	st N Jagadeesan b T Thyagarajan	2	6	0	0	33.33
st N Jagadeesan b T Thyagarajan
Abdul Samad	c Smaran-R b S Gopal	16	19	2	1	84.21
c Smaran-R b S Gopal
Kanhaiya Wadhawan(WK/C)	b T Thyagarajan	35	63	3	0	55.56
b T Thyagarajan
Nishant Sindhu	c N Jagadeesan b Vidhwath Kaverappa	5	11	0	0	45.45
c N Jagadeesan b Vidhwath Kaverappa
Abid Mushtaq	c RK Bhui b Vidhwath Kaverappa	1	8	0	0	12.50
c RK Bhui b Vidhwath Kaverappa
Anshul Kamboj	c MD Nidheesh b Vidhwath Kaverappa	2	11	0	0	18.18
c MD Nidheesh b Vidhwath Kaverappa
Gurnoor Singh Brar	b MD Nidheesh	0	5	0	0	0.00
b MD Nidheesh
Arshdeep Singh	Not out	10	2	1	1	500.00
Not out
Extra	15 (b 9, w 0, nb 1, lb 5)
Total	195/10 (59.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Vidhwath Kaverappa	15	3	66	4	4.40
MD Nidheesh	11.1	4	36	2	3.22
Tanay Thyagarajan	18	7	31	2	1.72
Kavuri Saiteja	5	0	24	1	4.80
Shreyas Gopal	10	0	24	1	2.40

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (S Sangwan - 5.6 ov), 2-71 (Ayush Doseja - 16.6 ov), 3-78 (A Badoni - 19.4 ov), 4-95 (A Samad - 24.4 ov), 5-161 (K Wadhawan - 47.3 ov), 6-174 (N Sindhu - 50.6 ov), 7-180 (A Mushtaq - 54.3 ov), 8-184 (A Kamboj - 56.5 ov), 9-185 (Q Iqbal - 58.4 ov), 10-195 (G Brar - 59.1 ov)

South Zone 1st InningSZ 1st Inning312/10 (100.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricky Bhui	b A Kamboj	5	39	0	0	12.82
b A Kamboj
Narayan Jagadeesan(WK)	b G Brar	36	63	6	0	57.14
b G Brar
Shaik Rasheed	lbw b G Brar	0	8	0	0	0.00
lbw b G Brar
N. Tilak Varma(C)	Not out	116	250	9	0	46.40
Not out
Smaran-R	b G Brar	27	35	4	0	77.14
b G Brar
Kodimela Himateja	c K Wadhawan b G Brar	0	2	0	0	0.00
c K Wadhawan b G Brar
Shreyas Gopal	c A Samad b Arshdeep Singh	87	169	11	0	51.48
c A Samad b Arshdeep Singh
Tanay Thyagarajan	c A Samad b A Kamboj	6	17	0	0	35.29
c A Samad b A Kamboj
Vidhwath Kaverappa	c A Samad b Arshdeep Singh	0	1	0	0	0.00
c A Samad b Arshdeep Singh
MD Nidheesh	runout ( (sub AP Sharma ))	0	1	0	0	0.00
runout ( (sub AP Sharma ))
Kavuri Saiteja	b A Mushtaq	13	21	3	0	61.90
b A Mushtaq
Extra	22 (b 9, w 1, nb 3, lb 9)
Total	312/10 (100.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Arshdeep Singh	22	6	59	2	2.68
Anshul Kamboj	24	7	58	2	2.42
Gurnoor Singh Brar	23	2	88	4	3.83
Abid Mushtaq	14.3	2	41	1	2.83
Nishant Sindhu	11	1	27	0	2.45
Ayush Badoni	6	0	21	0	3.50

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (RK Bhui - 14.5 ov), 2-39 (S Rasheed - 17.2 ov), 3-42 (N Jagadeesan - 19.5 ov), 4-79 (Smaran-R - 30.3 ov), 5-80 (K Himateja - 30.4 ov), 6-255 (S Gopal - 86.2 ov), 7-268 (T Thyagarajan - 89.6 ov), 8-269 (Vidhwath Kaverappa - 90.3 ov), 9-270 (MD Nidheesh - 90.5 ov), 10-312 (K Saiteja - 100.3 ov)

North Zone 2nd InningNZ 2nd Inning297/10 (72.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Qamran Iqbal	st N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja	4	27	0	0	14.81
st N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja
Sanat Sangwan	c Smaran-R b MD Nidheesh	76	148	8	0	51.35
c Smaran-R b MD Nidheesh
Ayush Doseja	c N Jagadeesan b Vidhwath Kaverappa	52	76	5	0	68.42
c N Jagadeesan b Vidhwath Kaverappa
Ayush Badoni	c N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja	31	37	4	0	83.78
c N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja
Abdul Samad	lbw b S Gopal	14	11	0	2	127.27
lbw b S Gopal
Kanhaiya Wadhawan(WK/C)	c S Rasheed b MD Nidheesh	14	14	1	1	100.00
c S Rasheed b MD Nidheesh
Nishant Sindhu	Not out	35	72	2	1	48.61
Not out
Abid Mushtaq	c Smaran-R b S Gopal	1	6	0	0	16.67
c Smaran-R b S Gopal
Anshul Kamboj	b MD Nidheesh	36	29	4	2	124.14
b MD Nidheesh
Gurnoor Singh Brar	b MD Nidheesh	7	7	0	1	100.00
b MD Nidheesh
Arshdeep Singh	b MD Nidheesh	12	9	1	1	133.33
b MD Nidheesh
Extra	15 (b 5, w 3, nb 0, lb 7)
Total	297/10 (72.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Vidhwath Kaverappa	12.1	0	25	1	2.05
MD Nidheesh	16.3	2	56	5	3.39
Kavuri Saiteja	11	2	57	2	5.18
Tanay Thyagarajan	11	2	50	0	4.55
Shreyas Gopal	20	1	86	2	4.30
N. Tilak Varma	2	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Q Iqbal - 11.5 ov), 2-129 (Ayush Doseja - 34.4 ov), 3-175 (A Badoni - 46.3 ov), 4-190 (A Samad - 49.2 ov), 5-192 (S Sangwan - 50.6 ov), 6-205 (K Wadhawan - 52.3 ov), 7-209 (A Mushtaq - 55.4 ov), 8-269 (A Kamboj - 68.4 ov), 9-279 (G Brar - 70.4 ov), 10-297 (Arshdeep Singh - 72.4 ov)

South Zone 2nd InningSZ 2nd Inning182/3 (43.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricky Bhui	c A Kamboj b G Brar	42	53	7	0	79.25
c A Kamboj b G Brar
Narayan Jagadeesan(WK)	st A Samad b A Mushtaq	43	83	4	0	51.81
st A Samad b A Mushtaq
Shaik Rasheed	b A Mushtaq	1	3	0	0	33.33
b A Mushtaq
N. Tilak Varma(C)	Not out	51	79	8	0	64.56
Not out
Smaran-R	Not out	32	42	4	1	76.19
Not out
Extra	13 (b 12, w 0, nb 1, lb 0)
Total	182/3 (43.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Arshdeep Singh	7	1	34	0	4.86
Anshul Kamboj	5	1	22	0	4.40
Gurnoor Singh Brar	7	1	22	1	3.14
Abid Mushtaq	16	2	55	2	3.44
Ayush Badoni	2	0	11	0	5.50
Nishant Sindhu	4	0	15	0	3.75
Ayush Doseja	2	1	7	0	3.50
Qamran Iqbal	0.1	0	4	0	24.00

Fall of wickets: 1-64 (RK Bhui - 15.1 ov), 2-65 (S Rasheed - 16.2 ov), 3-102 (N Jagadeesan - 28.2 ov)

Man of the Match

N. Tilak Varma

Date

2026-08-30 09:30 AM

Venue

BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground B, Bengaluru

Toss

North Zone elected to bat

Umpires

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