{"id":116531,"date":"2025-09-05T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/116531\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:47:08","slug":"duleep-trophy-2025-semifinals-live-updates-all-scores-and-updates-from-day-2-cricket-news-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/116531\/","title":{"rendered":"Duleep Trophy 2025 Semifinals, Live Updates: All Scores And Updates From Day 2 | Cricket News Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The semifinals of the 2025 Duleep Trophy<\/a> began on Thursday (September 4). Follow all the live updates from the two matches here.<\/p>\n

Duleep Trophy 2025: Which teams are playing the semifinals? <\/p>\n

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 \u2013 South and West \u2013 were given byes to the semifinals, while the other four teams contested the quarterfinals last week.<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 read the full quarterfinals round-up here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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: <\/p>\n

4 hours ago<\/p>\n

Fifty for Tanay Thyagarajan! <\/p>\n

The South Zone No.8 has been a thorn in the flesh for North Zone.<\/p>\n

4 hours ago<\/p>\n

Malewar departs for 76 <\/p>\n

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

5 hours ago<\/p>\n

Scores at tea, day two South Zone 476-7 vs North ZoneWest Zone 438 vs Central Zone 118-1 <\/p>\n

8 hours ago<\/p>\n

Jagadeesan run out on 197! <\/p>\n

Agony for the opener, who misses a double-century by just three runs.<\/p>\n

8 hours ago<\/p>\n

West Zone bowled out for 438 <\/p>\n

A solid effort, considering they were 10-2 and 137-4 at different points.<\/p>\n

West Zone 438 in 108 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 184, Harsh Duney 3-118) vs Central Zone.<\/p>\n

9 hours ago<\/p>\n

Kotian, Shardul dismissed in quick succession <\/p>\n

The Mumbai pair put on 84 for the seventh wicket, each scoring their 17th first-class half-century. Kotian made 76 and Shardul 64.\u00a0<\/p>\n

9 hours ago<\/p>\n

Fifty for Shardul Thakur! <\/p>\n

Coming in at No.8, the West Zone skipper gets there off 83 balls with back-to-back boundaries.<\/p>\n

10 hours ago<\/p>\n

Jagadeesan crosses 150 <\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n

10 hours ago<\/p>\n

Kamboj strikes early! <\/p>\n

South Zone are now four down as Kamboj gets rid of skipper Mohammed Azharuddeen.<\/p>\n

11 hours ago<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Gaikwad misses his double! <\/p>\n

The Mahasrashtra batter is out stumped for 184, 16 short of what would have been his maiden double hundred.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Fifty for Tanush Kotian! <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Gaikwad takes Khaleel to the cleaners <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Padikkal departs for 57 <\/p>\n

Anshul Kamboj has the left-hander caught behind.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Century for Jagadeesan! <\/p>\n

He gets there off 184 balls, with eight fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Hundred for Jagadeesan; fifty for Padikkal <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Devdutt Padikkal off to a brisk start <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Gaikwad reaches 100! <\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Fifty for Jagadeesan! <\/p>\n

The South Zone opener gets there off 124 balls.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Khaleel gets Shreyas Iyer to leave West four down <\/p>\n

Iyer goes for 25, as Khaleel breaks through his defence. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad continues to hold the innings together.<\/p>\n

West Zone 168-4 in 41 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 84*, Khaleel Ahmed 2-38) vs Central Zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Sindhu breaks through <\/p>\n

North Zone get their first wicket, as Tanmay Agarwal is bowled for 43.<\/p>\n

South Zone 105-1 in 31.2 overs (N Jagadeesan 43*, Nishant Sindhu 1-22) vs North Zone.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Half-century for Ruturaj Gaikwad! <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Vs Saransh: 35 (28)
Vs Others: 15 (44)<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

South Zone openers put on 50 <\/p>\n

A solid start for South Zone as Tanmay Agarwal and N Jagadeesan lay the platform, helped by 16 extras.<\/p>\n

South Zone 52-0 in 15.1 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 22*, N Jagadeesan 14*) vs North Zone.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Deepak Chahar strikes! <\/p>\n

He gets rid of Harvik Desai \u2013 West Zone’s openers are both dismissed for single-digit scores. Ruturaj Gaikwad is in at No.4.<\/p>\n

West Zone 32-2 in 11 overs (Aarya Desai 18*, Ruturaj Gaikwad 7*) vs Central Zone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Playing XIs: South Zone vs North Zone <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Four and out: Khaleel hits back at Jaiswal <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

West Zone 10-1 in 3 overs (Harvik Desai 1*, Aarya Desai 5*) vs Central Zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Still no Jurel for Central Zone <\/p>\n

The designated captain of the zonal team, India international Dhruv Jurel did not play the quarterfinal, and is not part of the semifinal either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

Playing XIs: West Zone vs Central Zone <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

South vs North delayed by wet outfield <\/p>\n

There has been significant rain across Bengaluru particularly in the evenings, causing a delay at the COE Ground 1.<\/p>\n

1 day ago<\/p>\n

What are the semifinal fixtures? <\/p>\n

The lineup for the semifinals is as follows:<\/p>\n

South Zone vs North Zone, BCCI COE GroundWest Zone vs Central Zone, BCCI COE Ground 2\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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