Duleep Trophy Final 2023, West Zone vs South Zone: The final match of Duleep Trophy 2023 is currently being played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. At the end of the second day’s play in the ongoing title match between West Zone and South Zone, South Zone had strengthened its hold. As against South Zone’s first innings score of 213 runs, West Zone had lost their 7 wickets till the score of 129 runs. However, from the West Zone side, opening batsman Prithvi Shaw got to see a half-century in difficult conditions with the bat.
Prithvi Shaw has been running out of the Indian team for the last 2 years. At the same time, no special performance has been seen from him with the bat during this period. In such a situation, this half-century from his bat in the Duleep Trophy final match can definitely boost his confidence before the upcoming domestic season.
Prithvi Shaw was not able to perform any special performance with the bat even in the semi-final match of Duleep Trophy. He managed to score only 26 and 25 runs in both the innings. However, now in the final, he has definitely given indications of returning to his form. Shaw faced 101 balls during his innings of 65 runs and also hit 9 fours. Vijaykumar Vaishak made him his victim.
from south zone Vidhwat Kaverappa showed excellent bowling on the second day
If we talk about the second day’s game, the team of South Zone was reduced to a score of 213 runs in their first innings. After this, Prithvi Shaw’s innings of 65 runs was definitely seen from the West Zone team, but other big players disappointed with their game. Sarfaraz Khan Jahan returned to the pavilion without opening an account. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav 8 and Cheteshwar Pujara returned to the pavilion after scoring only 9 runs. At the end of the day’s play, the West Zone team had lost their 7 wickets till the score of 129. Vidhwat Kaverappa took 4 wickets while Vijaykumar Vaishak took 2 wickets.
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