West Zone thrashed South Zone by means of 294 runs to win the 2022 Duleep Trophy right here on Sunday, finishing the formalities sooner than lunch at the 5th and remaining day’s play.
Set a fantastic goal of 529 runs for an outright win, South Zone had been bowled out for 234 in 71.2 overs, with left-arm Shams Mulani (4 for 51) choosing up 3 of the 4 wickets to fall at the ultimate day.
Resuming at 154 for 6, South batters Ravi Teja and R Sai Kishore defied the West assault for just about two hours. Lots of the South Zone’s skilled batters failed and fell to the tempo duo of Atit Sheth and Jaydev Unadkat at the fourth night, leaving the staff in a hopeless state of affairs.
𝗖. 𝗛. 𝗔. 𝗠. 𝗣. 𝗜. 𝗢. 𝗡. 𝗦! 🏆
Congratulations to West Zone on successful the Duleep Trophy 👏 👏 #DuleepTrophy | #Ultimate | #WZvSZ | @mastercardindia
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/NAjd4WfQDJ percent.twitter.com/AquEv8ngXM
— BCCI Home (@BCCIdomestic) September 25, 2022
Teja (53) batted with get to the bottom of and was once neatly supported by means of lanky Sai Kishore, who stored the bowlers at bay for 82 deliveries for his seven.
The duo added 57 runs in 157 deliveries, dealing with the West bowlers with circumspection. Whilst Teja were given 3 limitations and hit a six, Kishore was once content material in protecting and spending time within the center.
Medium-pacer Chintan Gaja broke via with the rating at 203 when he had Kishore stuck by means of Priyank Panchal.
Karnataka off-spinner Okay Gowtham who joined Teja made certain the West bowlers had been made to paintings onerous for extra luck. They added 23 runs and threatened to increase the sport previous the lunch damage.
What a excitement it’s been to steer the West Zone to a super sequence win 🏆 🙏 percent.twitter.com/JZzgIpNz0B
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) September 25, 2022
Mulani trapped Ravi Teja leg sooner than wicket after he had scored a half-century.
Basil Thampi (0) was once the following to move, stuck by means of Sarfaraz Khan off Mulani sooner than Tanush Kotian had Gowtham (17) to finish South’s resistance.
West Zone had gathered 585 for 4 sooner than mentioning of their 2d innings after conceding a 57-run first-innings result in their warring parties.
Prolific run-scorer Sarfaraz Khan recorded a nice, unbeaten century (127 off 178 balls) whilst Yashasvi Jaiswal made a enormous 265 in the second one innings to lend a hand set the sport up for the Ajinkya Rahane-led West Zone.
Kerala Opener Rohan Kunnummal waged a lone struggle, scoring 93, in South’s 2d innings.
In the meantime, West captain Rahane made up our minds to invite Jaiswal to depart the sector after opposition batsman Teja complained of sledging, which had resulted in a few warnings.
“The way in which everybody contributed was once magnificent. Simply taking a look to play one recreation at a time, now not pondering an excessive amount of for the long run. Interested by the season forward, first complete season after Covid, taking a look ahead to enjoying for Mumbai,” successful captain Rahane stated.
The Duleep Trophy returned to the zonal structure this season after an experiment with 3 groups for a couple of years.
“I believe zonal cricket is essential for the ones avid gamers who’ve been doing neatly for his or her states – Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy are crucial for choosing out Take a look at cricketers for India one day,” Rahane added.
Transient Ratings: West Zone 270 and 585/4 declared in 128 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 265, Shreyas Iyer 71, Sarfaraz Khan 127; R Sai Kishore 2/157, Okay Gowtham 2/235) beat South Zone 327 and 234 in 71.2 overs (Rohan Kunnummal 93; Ravi Teja 53, Shams Mulani 4/51, Jaydev Unadkat 2/28, Atit Sheth 2/29).
