It’s semi-final time at the Duleep Trophy where West Zone are all set to take on Central Zone. It should be a good game with Shardul Thakur, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Khaleel Ahmed and Deepak Chahar in action.
The news from Ground B of the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru is that West Zone have won the toss and elected to bat. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Harvik Desai are walking out to the middle, with Khaleel Ahmed having the new ball.
Grey skies overhead, conditions ripe for a fast bowler. It has rained relentlessly for the last two weeks and close to six hours on the eve of the semi-final. There is rain expected on all four days of the semi-final as well.
Teams
West Zone: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Harvik Desai (wk), 3 Aarya Desai, 4 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Shardul Thakur (capt), 7 Shams Mulani, 8 Tanush Kotian, 9 Tushar Deshpande, 10 Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, 11 Arzan Nagwaswala
Central Zone: 1 Aayush Pandey, 2 Danish Malewar, 3 Shubham Sharma, 4 Rajat Patidar (capt), 5 Upendra Yadav (wk), 6 Yash Rathod, 7 Deepak Chahar, 8 Harsh Dubey, 9 Saransh Jain, 10 Yash Thakur, 11 Khaleel Ahmed