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The Duleep Trophy final 2023 between West Zone and South Zone is heading to an exciting finale. Set to chase a challenging 298 in the fourth day of the Summit Showdown at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, West Zone cruised at stumps at 182/5. They need another 116 runs for victory on the final day, while South Zone need to claim their remaining five wickets.
West Zone got off to a disastrous start in the chase, losing their first two wickets for 18 runs. Prithvi Shaw is cleaned by Vasuki Koushik (3/28) for 7, while Harvik Desai is trapped lbw by Vijaykumar Vyshak (1/26) for 4.
Skipper Priyank Panchal (92* out of 205) and Cheteshwar Pujara (15) added 57 runs for the third wicket. However, Kaushik hit a double by deflecting and then trapping Suryakumar Yadav (4) lbs.
On 79/4, South Zone looked in command of the Duleep Trophy 2023 final. However, Panchal’s challenge along with Sarfaraz Khan’s resistance led to tremendous fighting in Western Zone.
The pair added a valuable 98 runs for the fifth wicket. Just when it looked like Western Province could run away with the chase, Sarfaraz was bowled by Sai Kishore with 48 off 76 balls, a strike that included five balls and a six.
At stumps on the fourth day of the 2023 Duleep Trophy final, Panchal was eight short of what would have been remarkable, a battling 11 fours in which he hit fours. He’ll have to do the bulk of the scoring on Day 5 if West Zone is to chase 298. Of course, he’ll need support from the lower order as well.
Jadeja scores 5 but South Zone after 230 in Round 2 in Duleep Trophy 2023 Final
Earlier in the day, Southern had resumed their second innings at 181/7 and stretched to 230. Washington Sundar, unbeaten in 10 on the night, continued by scoring 37. Vishak (23) and Kishore (16) also came with a useful cameo.
For West Zone, left-arm Dharmendrasinh Jadeja claimed all three South Zone wickets in the fourth day of the 2023 Duleep Trophy final to finish with figures of 5/40. After dismissing Sundar and Vyshak, he had last man caught Koushik for a duck.
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