The semifinals of the 2025 Duleep Trophy began on Thursday (September 4). Follow all the live updates from the two matches here.

The semifinals of the 2025 Duleep Trophy began on Thursday (September 4). Follow all the live updates from the two matches here.

Duleep Trophy 2025: Which teams are playing the semifinals?

The two semifinals of the tournament are West Zone vs Central Zone and South Zone vs North Zone. Since this is a six-team tournament, two sides – South and West – were given byes to the semifinals, while the other four teams contested the quarterfinals last week.

In quarterfinal one, North Zone drew with East Zone, qualifying for the next round on the basis of their 175-run first innings lead. In the second match, Central Zone also drew with North East Zone and qualified after taking a 347-run first innings lead. The star performers of the round came mostly from the two teams that qualified, and included double-centurions, a hat-trick hero and a first-class world record – read the full quarterfinals round-up here.

Duleep Trophy semi-final: West Zone vs Central Zone, live score Duleep Trophy semi-final: South Zone vs North Zone, live score Duleep Trophy 2025 semifinals day two, live updates:

4 hours ago

Fifty for Tanay Thyagarajan!

The South Zone No.8 has been a thorn in the flesh for North Zone.

4 hours ago

Malewar departs for 76

It continues a prolific run of form for the Vidarbha batter, but West Zone have a second breakthrough. Central Zone are 160-2.

5 hours ago

Scores at tea, day two South Zone 476-7 vs North ZoneWest Zone 438 vs Central Zone 118-1

8 hours ago

Jagadeesan run out on 197!

Agony for the opener, who misses a double-century by just three runs.

8 hours ago

West Zone bowled out for 438

A solid effort, considering they were 10-2 and 137-4 at different points.

West Zone 438 in 108 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 184, Harsh Duney 3-118) vs Central Zone.

9 hours ago

Kotian, Shardul dismissed in quick succession

The Mumbai pair put on 84 for the seventh wicket, each scoring their 17th first-class half-century. Kotian made 76 and Shardul 64. 

9 hours ago

Fifty for Shardul Thakur!

Coming in at No.8, the West Zone skipper gets there off 83 balls with back-to-back boundaries.

10 hours ago

Jagadeesan crosses 150

The Tamil Nadu opener gets to the mark for the first time in first-class cricket. His career best of 321 is still a ways off, though…

10 hours ago

Kamboj strikes early!

South Zone are now four down as Kamboj gets rid of skipper Mohammed Azharuddeen.

11 hours ago

1 day ago

Gaikwad misses his double!

The Mahasrashtra batter is out stumped for 184, 16 short of what would have been his maiden double hundred.

1 day ago

Fifty for Tanush Kotian!

The Mumbai all-rounder continues his form from last season with a fifty for West Zone from No.7. His partnership with Gaikwad is already worth 145.

1 day ago

Gaikwad takes Khaleel to the cleaners

Ruturaj Gaikwad has just smashed Khaleel Ahmed for 22 runs in an over – hitting four fours and a six, as he nears what could be a rapid double hundred.

1 day ago

1 day ago

Padikkal departs for 57

Anshul Kamboj has the left-hander caught behind.

1 day ago

Century for Jagadeesan!

He gets there off 184 balls, with eight fours and two sixes.

1 day ago

Hundred for Jagadeesan; fifty for Padikkal

The South Zone duo have taken their team to a position of dominance. Jagadeesan has reached his 11th first-class hundred, while Padikkal is batting on 50. The team score reads 213-1.

1 day ago

Devdutt Padikkal off to a brisk start

The left-handed batter came out to bat at No.3 with South Zone’s scorecard reading 103-1. He has raced away to 32 off 36 balls, hitting five boundaries so far.

1 day ago

Gaikwad reaches 100!

Ruturaj Gaikwad has converted his start into an eighth first-class hundred. He had also scored a hundred recently for Maharashtra in the Buchi Babu tournament. 

1 day ago

Fifty for Jagadeesan!

The South Zone opener gets there off 124 balls.

1 day ago

Khaleel gets Shreyas Iyer to leave West four down

Iyer goes for 25, as Khaleel breaks through his defence. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad continues to hold the innings together.

West Zone 168-4 in 41 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 84*, Khaleel Ahmed 2-38) vs Central Zone. 

1 day ago

Sindhu breaks through

North Zone get their first wicket, as Tanmay Agarwal is bowled for 43.

South Zone 105-1 in 31.2 overs (N Jagadeesan 43*, Nishant Sindhu 1-22) vs North Zone.

1 day ago

Scores at Lunch, Day 1 South Zone 79-0 (Tanmay Agarwal 33*, Nishant Sindhu 0-8) vs North Zone.West Zone 116-3 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 55*, Khaleel Ahmed 1-11) vs Central Zone.

1 day ago

Half-century for Ruturaj Gaikwad!

Coming in at 10-2 in the fourth over, he reaches the mark off 72 balls. Gaikwad has been particularly severe on the off-spinner Saransh Jain.

Vs Saransh: 35 (28)
Vs Others: 15 (44)

1 day ago

South Zone openers put on 50

A solid start for South Zone as Tanmay Agarwal and N Jagadeesan lay the platform, helped by 16 extras.

South Zone 52-0 in 15.1 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 22*, N Jagadeesan 14*) vs North Zone.

1 day ago

Deepak Chahar strikes!

He gets rid of Harvik Desai – West Zone’s openers are both dismissed for single-digit scores. Ruturaj Gaikwad is in at No.4.

West Zone 32-2 in 11 overs (Aarya Desai 18*, Ruturaj Gaikwad 7*) vs Central Zone.  

1 day ago

Playing XIs: South Zone vs North Zone

South Zone: Tanmay Agarwal, N Jagadeesan (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, RIcky Bhui, Mohammed Azharuddeen (c), Salman Nizar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Mohit Kale, Nidheesh MD, Vasuki Koushik, Gurjapneet Singh.

North Zone: Ankit Kumar (c), Shubham Khajuria, Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Auqib Nabi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Anshul Kamboj.

1 day ago

Four and out: Khaleel hits back at Jaiswal

In a battle between two national team players, Yashasvi Jaiswal hit the first ball of the match for four, but Khaleel trapped him lbw two balls later.

West Zone 10-1 in 3 overs (Harvik Desai 1*, Aarya Desai 5*) vs Central Zone. 

1 day ago

Still no Jurel for Central Zone

The designated captain of the zonal team, India international Dhruv Jurel did not play the quarterfinal, and is not part of the semifinal either. 

1 day ago

Playing XIs: West Zone vs Central Zone

West Zone: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harvik Desai (wk), Aarya Desai, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Shardul Thakur (c), Tushar Deshpande, Arzan Nagwaswalla.

Central Zone: Ayush Pandey, Danish Malewar, Rajat Patidar (c), Shubham Sharma, Yash Rathod, Upendra Yadav (wk), Harsh Dubey, Saransh Jain, Deepak Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Thakur. 

1 day ago

South vs North delayed by wet outfield

There has been significant rain across Bengaluru particularly in the evenings, causing a delay at the COE Ground 1.

1 day ago

What are the semifinal fixtures?

The lineup for the semifinals is as follows:

South Zone vs North Zone, BCCI COE GroundWest Zone vs Central Zone, BCCI COE Ground 2 

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