Multi-dayMenUpset 41

South Zone v North Zone

South Zone won by 7 wickets

Duleep Trophy, Match 230 August 2026 to 2 September 2026BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2, Bengaluru

North Zonebatted first

195 & 29772.4 ov

South Zone

312 & 182/343.1 ov

North Zone won the toss and chose to bat

NZNorth Zone innings

19559.1 ov

North Zone batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Qamran Iqbal	c N Jagadeesan b V Kaverappa	76	182	10	1	41.8
Sanat Sangwan	c & b MD Nidheesh	10	19	2	0	52.6
Ayush Doseja	c N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja	23	30	5	0	76.7
A Badoni	st N Jagadeesan b Tanay Thyagarajan	2	6	0	0	33.3
Abdul Samad	c R Smaran b S Gopal	16	19	2	1	84.2
K Wadhawan	b Tanay Thyagarajan	35	63	3	0	55.6
N Sindhu	c N Jagadeesan b V Kaverappa	5	11	0	0	45.5
Abid Mushtaq	c RK Bhui b V Kaverappa	1	8	0	0	12.5
A Kamboj	c MD Nidheesh b V Kaverappa	2	11	0	0	18.2
Gurnoor Brar	b MD Nidheesh	0	5	0	0	0.0
Arshdeep Singh	not out	10*	2	1	1	500.0
Extras	b 9, lb 5, nb 1	15
Total	all out, 59.1 overs, run rate 3.30	195

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-18 Sanat Sangwan2-71 Ayush Doseja3-78 A Badoni4-95 Abdul Samad5-161 K Wadhawan6-174 N Sindhu7-180 Abid Mushtaq8-184 A Kamboj9-185 Qamran Iqbal10-195 Gurnoor Brar

Bowling to North Zone
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
V Kaverappa	15	3	66	4	4.40	62	11	1	0
MD Nidheesh	11.1	4	36	2	3.22	50	5	1	0
Tanay Thyagarajan	18	7	31	2	1.72	85	2	0	0
K Saiteja	5	0	24	1	4.80	17	4	0	0
S Gopal	10	0	24	1	2.40	45	1	1	1

SZSouth Zone innings

312100.3 ov

South Zone batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Bhui	b A Kamboj	5	39	0	0	12.8
N Jagadeesan	b Gurnoor Brar	36	63	6	0	57.1
SK Rasheed	leg before wicket	0	8	0	0	0.0
Tilak Varma	not out	116*	250	9	0	46.4
R Smaran	b Gurnoor Brar	27	35	4	0	77.1
KM Himateja	c K Wadhawan b Gurnoor Brar	0	2	0	0	0.0
S Gopal	c Abdul Samad b Arshdeep Singh	87	169	11	0	51.5
Tanay Thyagarajan	c Abdul Samad b A Kamboj	6	17	0	0	35.3
V Kaverappa	c Abdul Samad b Arshdeep Singh	0	1	0	0	0.0
MD Nidheesh	run out	0	1	0	0	0.0
K Saiteja	b Abid Mushtaq	13	21	3	0	61.9
Extras	b 9, lb 9, w 1, nb 3	22
Total	all out, 100.3 overs, run rate 3.10	312

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-34 RK Bhui2-39 SK Rasheed3-42 N Jagadeesan4-79 R Smaran5-80 KM Himateja6-255 S Gopal7-268 Tanay Thyagarajan8-269 V Kaverappa9-270 MD Nidheesh10-312 K Saiteja

Bowling to South Zone
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
Arshdeep Singh	22	6	59	2	2.68	97	7	1	0
A Kamboj	24	7	58	2	2.42	107	6	0	0
Gurnoor Brar	23	2	88	3	3.83	98	14	0	3
Abid Mushtaq	14.3	2	41	1	2.83	58	4	0	0
N Sindhu	11	1	27	0	2.45	44	1	0	0
A Badoni	6	0	21	0	3.50	19	1	0	0

NZNorth Zone innings

29772.4 ov

North Zone batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Qamran Iqbal	st N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja	4	27	0	0	14.8
Sanat Sangwan	c R Smaran b MD Nidheesh	76	148	8	0	51.4
Ayush Doseja	c N Jagadeesan b V Kaverappa	52	76	5	0	68.4
A Badoni	c N Jagadeesan b K Saiteja	31	37	4	0	83.8
Abdul Samad	leg before wicket	14	11	0	2	127.3
K Wadhawan	c SK Rasheed b MD Nidheesh	14	14	1	1	100.0
N Sindhu	not out	35*	72	2	1	48.6
Abid Mushtaq	c R Smaran b S Gopal	1	6	0	0	16.7
A Kamboj	b MD Nidheesh	36	29	4	2	124.1
Gurnoor Brar	b MD Nidheesh	7	7	0	1	100.0
Arshdeep Singh	b MD Nidheesh	12	9	1	1	133.3
Extras	b 5, lb 7, w 3	15
Total	all out, 72.4 overs, run rate 4.09	297

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-25 Qamran Iqbal2-129 Ayush Doseja3-175 A Badoni4-190 Abdul Samad5-192 Sanat Sangwan6-205 K Wadhawan7-209 Abid Mushtaq8-269 A Kamboj9-279 Gurnoor Brar10-297 Arshdeep Singh

Bowling to North Zone
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
V Kaverappa	12.1	0	25	1	2.05	51	1	0	1
MD Nidheesh	16.3	2	56	5	3.39	73	7	1	1
K Saiteja	11	2	57	2	5.18	38	4	3	1
Tanay Thyagarajan	11	2	50	0	4.55	39	8	0	0
S Gopal	20	1	86	1	4.30	67	3	4	0
Tilak Varma	2	0	11	0	5.50	7	2	0	0

SZSouth Zone innings chasing 181

182/343.1 ov

South Zone batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Bhui	c A Kamboj b Gurnoor Brar	42	53	7	0	79.2
N Jagadeesan	st Abdul Samad b Abid Mushtaq	43	83	4	0	51.8
SK Rasheed	b Abid Mushtaq	1	3	0	0	33.3
Tilak Varma	not out	51*	79	8	0	64.6
R Smaran	not out	32*	42	4	1	76.2
Extras	b 12, nb 1	13
Total	3 wickets, 43.1 overs, run rate 4.22	182

Did not batKM Himateja, S Gopal, Tanay Thyagarajan, V Kaverappa, MD Nidheesh, K Saiteja

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-64 RK Bhui2-65 SK Rasheed3-102 N Jagadeesan

Bowling to South Zone
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
Arshdeep Singh	7	1	34	0	4.86	27	5	0	0
A Kamboj	5	1	22	0	4.40	17	3	0	0
Gurnoor Brar	7	1	22	1	3.14	29	2	0	1
Abid Mushtaq	16	2	55	2	3.44	70	7	1	0
A Badoni	2	0	11	0	5.50	7	2	0	0
N Sindhu	4	0	15	0	3.75	15	2	0	0
Ayush Doseja	2	1	7	0	3.50	8	1	0	0
Qamran Iqbal	0.1	0	4	0	24.00	0	1	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Duleep Trophy
Toss: North Zone, chose to bat
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Amit Rana
Match referee: Sreekumar Nair
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 33 / 20°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 34 / 20°C, dry
Day 3: 34 / 20°C, dry
Day 4: 35 / 21°C, 0.2 mm rain

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