f63050	North Zone v South Zone
	Duleep Trophy 2025/26 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Board of Control for Cricket in India Centre of Excellence Ground 1, Bangalore on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th September 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North Zone won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (South Zone won on first innings)
Umpires	P Joshi, A Totre
Referee	R Seth
Close of play day 1	South Zone (1) 297/3 (Jagadeesan 148*, Azharuddeen 11*; 81 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Zone (1) 536 all out
Close of play day 3	North Zone (1) 278/5 (Khajuria 128*, Lotra 1*; 79 overs)

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South Zone first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TD Agarwal	b Sindhu	43	99		5	-
+N Jagadeesan	run out (Sindhu)	197	352		16	2
DB Padikkal	c Wadhawan b Kamboj	57	71		7	-
MR Kale	c Wadhawan b Sindhu	15	35		2	-
*M Azharuddeen	c Sindhu b Kamboj	11	36		-	-
RK Bhui	c Ankit Kumar b Sindhu	54	131		3	2
S Nizar	c Kamboj b Lotra	29	69		4	-
T Thyagarajan	c Wadhawan b Dagar	58	116		4	-
Gurjapneet Singh	c Yudhvir Singh b Sindhu	29	81		2	1
V Koushik	c Ankit Kumar b Sindhu	11	26		2	-
MD Nidheesh	not out	2	16		-	-
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 16 nb, 2 w)	30
Total	(all out, 169.2 overs)	536
Fall of wickets:
1-103 (Agarwal, 31.3 ov), 2-231 (Padikkal, 59.2 ov), 3-260 (Kale, 67.6 ov), 4-298 (Azharuddeen, 81.2 ov), 5-385 (Jagadeesan, 113.2 ov), 6-421 (Bhui, 123.1 ov), 7-453 (Nizar, 134.6 ov), 8-516 (Gurjapneet Singh, 159.3 ov), 9-528 (Thyagarajan, 164.3 ov), 10-536 (Koushik, 169.2 ov)

North Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kamboj	24	3	67	2	-	4
Nabi	24	2	71	0	-	4
Yudhvir Singh	24	1	95	0	2	7
Sindhu	47.2	6	125	5	-	-
Dagar	19	2	71	1	-	-
Lotra	27	1	81	1	-	1
Badoni	4	0	14	0	-	-

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North Zone first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Khajuria	b Koushik	128	252		20	1
*Ankit Kumar	lbw b Gurjapneet Singh	6	9		1	-
Y Dhull	b Gurjapneet Singh	14	13		2	-
A Badoni	lbw b Nidheesh	40	57		5	-
N Sindhu	c sub (SK Rasheed) b Gurjapneet Singh	82	148		9	1
+K Wadhawan	run out (Azharuddeen)	0	3		-	-
S Lotra	b Nidheesh	19	31		2	-
M Dagar	b Nidheesh	31	40		5	-
A Nabi	c Jagadeesan b Gurjapneet Singh	10	24		1	-
Yudhvir Singh	c Kale b Thyagarajan	7	13		1	-
A Kamboj	not out	11	14		-	1
Extras	(10 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 100.1 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Ankit Kumar, 5.1 ov), 2-38 (Dhull, 7.6 ov), 3-101 (Badoni, 26.3 ov), 4-272 (Sindhu, 75.6 ov), 5-272 (Wadhawan, 77.3 ov), 6-279 (Khajuria, 80.3 ov), 7-326 (Lotra, 90.3 ov), 8-328 (Dagar, 92.2 ov), 9-339 (Yudhvir Singh, 95.6 ov), 10-361 (Nabi, 100.1 ov)

South Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nidheesh	19	4	82	3	-	-
Gurjapneet Singh	24.1	2	96	4	-	-
Koushik	19	6	62	1	-	2
Thyagarajan	32	5	85	1	-	1
Bhui	6	0	26	0	-	-

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South Zone second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TD Agarwal	b Nabi	13	29		2	-
+N Jagadeesan	not out	52	69		6	-
DB Padikkal	not out	16	54		1	-
*M Azharuddeen	did not bat
MR Kale	did not bat
RK Bhui	did not bat
S Nizar	did not bat
T Thyagarajan	did not bat
Gurjapneet Singh	did not bat
MD Nidheesh	did not bat
V Koushik	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(1 wicket, 24.4 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Agarwal, 7.5 ov)

North Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kamboj	3	1	11	0	-	-
Nabi	7	1	23	1	1	2
Yudhvir Singh	5	0	27	0	-	2
Sindhu	5	0	15	0	-	-
Dagar	4	1	10	0	-	-
Ankit Kumar	0.4	0	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> T Thyagarajan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> N Jagadeesan (1) 50 in 124 balls with 3 fours
--> N Jagadeesan (1) 100 in 184 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> N Jagadeesan (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 127
--> DB Padikkal (1) 50 in 64 balls with 7 fours
--> RK Bhui (1) 50 in 122 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes
--> S Nizar (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> T Thyagarajan (1) 50 in 94 balls with 4 fours
--> Gurjapneet Singh (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> V Koushik (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> S Khajuria (1) 50 in 107 balls with 9 fours
--> S Khajuria (1) 100 in 205 balls with 16 fours and 1 six
--> N Sindhu (1) 50 in 94 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> N Jagadeesan (2) 50 in 60 balls with 6 fours

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