Well-deserved: Atit Sheth, who top-scored for West within the first innings, was named the participant of the match.
| Photo Credit: File photograph: Okay. PICHUMANI
West Zone marked its date with historical past because it entered a record-extending 34th Duleep Trophy final after surging previous Central Zone by advantage of its first-innings lead on a rain-marred final day of the semifinal on the Alur (1) cricket floor right here on Saturday.
A win within the final subsequent week will take the defending champion West to 19 titles and provides it the only lead for most Duleep Trophy titles, transferring it previous North Zone.
Earlier within the morning, West’s second innings didn’t final lengthy as Saransh Jain dismissed Yuvrajsinh Dodiya for his fourth wicket of the innings.
Central hopes of chasing down West’s mammoth goal had been quashed because it misplaced its openers early.
Himanshu Mantri was the primary to depart after he edged Arzan Nagwaswalla to Sarfaraz Khan at gully. First-change bowler Atit Sheth then had left-handed batter Vivek Singh caught behind.
Dhruv Jurel, who got here in at three, appeared assured in opposition to the West pacers. He left the ball judiciously and wasn’t afraid to deliver out the pull shot after they attacked him with brief balls.
The Central batter, although, gave away his wicket after he tried to take on Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, solely to be stumped by wicketkeeper Het Patel,
Rinku Singh, who got here in subsequent, gave some life to the innings. The southpaw performed some expansive photographs as he raced to 40 off 30 balls earlier than lunch. But, his blitzkrieg ended the primary ball of the second session as his tried large hit off Dodiya didn’t clear Nagwaswalla at mid-on.
Upendra Yadav and Amandeep Khare had been out within the center for Central, when the sky opened up, resulting in tea being taken early. Soon sufficient handshakes had been exchanged as each groups agreed on a draw, granting West a passage to the final.
The scores:
West Zone — 1st innings: 220.
Central Zone — 1st innings: 128.
West Zone — 2nd innings: Prithvi Shaw b Yash 25, Priyank Panchal b Saurabh 15, Cheteshwar Pujara run out Saransh 133, Suryakumar Yadav c Khare b Saurabh 52, Sarfaraz Khan c Upendra b Saurabh 6, Het Patel c Khare b Saransh 27, Atit Sheth lbw b Saransh 9, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja c Rinku b Saransh 9, Chintan Gaja c Jurel b Saurabh 4, Arzan Nagwaswalla (not out) 1; Extras (b-3, lb-1, w-6, nb-1): 11; Total (in 93.2 overs): 297.
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-40, 3-135, 4-150, 5-197, 6-213, 7-245, 8-266, 9-292.
Central bowling: Shivam Mavi 10-0-57-0, Avesh Khan 14-2-61-0, Yash Thakur 12-3-35-1, Saurabh Kumar 29-4-84-4, Saransh Jain 28.2-10-56-4.
Central Zone — 2nd innings: Himanshu Mantri c Sarfaraz b Nagwaswalla 4, Vivek Singh c Patel b Sheth 9, Dhruv Jurel st. Patel b Jadeja 25, Amandeep Khare (not out) 27, Rinku Singh c Nagwaswalla b Dodiya 40, Upendra Yadav (not out) 18; Extras (lb-5): 5; Total (for 4 wkts. in 35 overs): 128
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-17, 3-55, 4-101.
West Zone bowling: Nagwaswalla 8-2-21-1, Gaja 8-2-24-0, Sheth 8-1-32-1, Jadeja 7-0-31-1, Dodiya 4-0-16-1.
PoM: Atit Sheth.
