The result of the Duleep Trophy match between West Zone and East Zone at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, may have been expected

Central Zone could not have been too disappointed with their bowling effort on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match against South Zone, but their batting on the third day at Jaipur certainly left something to be desired

West Zone may have virtually sealed the Duleep Trophy in their favour by notching up 526 in the first two days, but overnight rain further confirmed their imminent victorious status.

For the second day running, West Zone kept piling on the runs in the Duleep Trophy match against East Zone at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata

After a rainy first day, play finally got underway on the second day of the Central Zone, South Zone encounter being played at the KL Saini Ground, Jaipur

West Zone, knowing what they had to do to lift the Duleep Trophy, reached 274 for one at the end of the first day's play against East Zone at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Tuesday.

Rain and damp conditions reduced the fourth day of the Duleep Trophy match between South Zone and East Zone to mere batting practice, with South Zone picking five points from the drawn encounter at Bangalore.

A target of 137 was never going to overly tax North Zone on the final day of their Duleep Trophy encounter against Central Zone, and Akash Chopra, the first-innings centurion, played a star turn again to take his team to victory.

South Zone, riding on some solid middle-order batting, took a slender first-innings lead over East Zone in their Duleep Trophy encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on Thursday.