The 2023 edition of the Duleep Trophy has entered its final leg, with West Zone taking on South Zone in the summit clash on Wednesday, 12 July. Team India’s West Zone full of bad players qualified for the final for the first time. An innings lead in the semi-final against Central Zone while South Zone pulled off a thrilling win against North Zone in a rain-affected match.
Monsoon has been rampant in India in the past few days and the final is bound to be affected by rain in Bengaluru. However, since it is a four-day game, the result is fixed. South Zone will be confident as they are coming off a win, but their bowlers will have to rise to the challenge against a strong batting line-up.
West Zone, on the other hand, will be hoping that their openers including skipper Priyank Panchal can do well Prithvi Shaw Started and got out cheaply. If the top order can get the big runs for them, the South Zone will be under pressure. Although there is a chance of rain, the team winning the toss is expected to bat first as there is a possibility of a first innings lead.
When and where to watch the Duleep Trophy final between West Zone and South Zone in India?
Since the broadcast deal for India’s domestic matches is yet to be done, the Duleep Trophy was not broadcast at all. However, the Duleep Trophy final between West Zone and South Zone, starting at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, will be streamed live on the official website of the BCCI – bcci.tv. Unfortunately, the match cannot be seen on TV as there is no official broadcaster.
squads
South Zone: Mayank AgarwalSai Sudarshan, Ravikumar Samarth, Hanuma Vihari (c), Ricky Bhui (wk), Tilak Verma, Washington Sundar, Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore, KV Sasikanth, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Vidyath Kaverappa, Pradosh Paul, N Jagadeesan, Sreekar Bharat, Darshan Misal, Sachin Baby
West Zone: Prithvi Shaw, Priyank Panchal (Captain), Cheteshwar PujaraSuryakumar Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Het Patel (wk), Atit Sheth, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chintan Gaja, Arjan Nagwaswala, Yuvraj Singh Dodiya, Shams Mulani, Chetan Sakaria, Harvik Desai, Tushar Deshpande, Arpit Vasavada