West Zone vs South Zone, Final at Chennai, Feb 05 2009 - Playing XI

RESULT

Final, Chennai, February 05 - 09, 2009, Duleep Trophy

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459 & 417/8d

(T:678) 199 & 403

West Zone won by 274 runs

	South Zone	West Zone
1	Robin Uthappa batter	Parthiv Patel † wicketkeeper batter
2	Murali Vijay opening batter	Wasim Jaffer (c) top-order batter
3	S Badrinath (c) middle-order batter	Ajinkya Rahane top-order batter
4	Rahul Dravid top-order batter	Cheteshwar Pujara top-order batter
5	Marripuri Suresh	Bhavik Thaker
6	Dinesh Karthik † wicketkeeper batter	Abhishek Nayar allrounder
7	Arjun Yadav batter	Siddharth Trivedi bowler
8	Ravichandran Ashwin bowling allrounder	Kedar Jadhav batting allrounder
9	Shadab Jakati bowler	Rajesh Pawar bowler
10	Sreesanth bowler	Ramesh Powar bowler
11	Vinay Kumar bowler	Dhawal Kulkarni bowler
Bench
12	VVS Laxman (c) top-order batter	Ajitesh Argal
13	Lakshmipathy Balaji bowler	Azhar Bilakhia
14	Saurabh Bandekar allrounder	Samad Fallah bowler
15	Abhinav Mukund top-order batter	-
16	Anoop Pai	-

Match Coverage

Powar takes seven as West lift title

A seven-wicket haul by Ramesh Powar helped West Zone lift the Duleep Trophy with a massive 274-run win in Chennai

Powar takes seven as West lift title

South make brave progress in impossible chase

South Zone have to bat a day with seven wickets in hand to save the match, having all but lost the Duleep Trophy to West Zone after conceding a first-innings lead

South make brave progress in impossible chase

Rahane shines for dominant West Zone

West Zone took complete control of the Duleep Trophy final on the third day in Chennai. Despite S Badrinath's unbeaten century, West's bowlers shut out South for 199 in the first session, giving a first-innings lead of 260

Rahane shines for dominant West Zone

Late wickets give West the edge

West Zone capped a good day in the field, first boosted to 459 by Ajinkya Rahane's 165 and stubborn stands by the lower order and then snapping three wickets before stumps

Late wickets give West the edge

Late wickets take sheen off Rahane ton

A couple of late strikes by Sreesanth helped South Zone claw back after West Zone - led by Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 109 - held the initiative for most of the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai

Late wickets take sheen off Rahane ton

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