It's stumps here; Central Zone have ended up at 44/3. What a cracking game of cricket we have on our hands. Whatever they get, it will be direct runs to be chased by East Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Stumps
Follow Vaibhav Sooryavanshi live in action in Duleep Trophy semifinal. (SCL)Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has departed for 92 after being caught on deep midwicket while trying to go for a big one in East Zone’s Duleep Trophy semi-finals against Central Zone on Monday. When Sooryavanshi got out, East Zone had already managed to reduce their first innings deficit to 105 runs against Central Zone, thanks to the opening partnership of 161 runs between Sooryavanshi and Abhimanyu Easwaran. Harsh Dubey, who get the wicket of Sooryavanshi, immediately picked up Central Zone’s second wicket on the next ball, sending back Kumar Kushagra.
The Duleep Trophy 2026-27 semifinals are into their second day, with defending champions Central Zone and last year’s runners-up South Zone looking to take control of their respective matches. Central, who earned a direct entry to the last four, are up against a confident East Zone side that stormed into the semifinals with a crushing innings-and-210-run win over North East Zone. Meanwhile, South Zone face a North Zone team riding high on momentum after their 52-run quarterfinal victory over West Zone.
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At the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1 in Bengaluru, all eyes were on 15-year-old East Zone vice-captain Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, though his first-class numbers (215 runs from 13 innings at 16.53) coming into this game suggested he still has plenty to prove. He almost did that by scoring a century, before throwing away his wicket eight runs from the three-figure mark. The teenage prodigy took over the captaincy baton for a brief period when Ishan Kishan left the field on day 1.
On the opening day of the semifinals, East Zone won the toss and elected to bowl against defending champions Central Zone. The decision paid off as Central were bundled out for 266 in 80.1 overs, with Rinku Singh top-scoring with a counter-attacking 60 off 88 balls. Abhijit Sarkar (3/38) and Mukesh Kumar (3/56) led the East Zone bowling attack. In the other semifinal, North Zone chose to bat first but were restricted to 195 all out, thanks to Vidwath Kaverappa’s four-wicket haul. In reply, South Zone ended the day at 40/2, still trailing by 155 runs.
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Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Shami gets one
Mohammed Shami has picked up the wicket here. Wicket of Aryan Jayal. It was a good delivery which went straight to Eshwaran. Central Zone has lost two wickets in no time here.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Shami first change
Mohammed Shami has come in as the first change here in the game. Finger spinner Anukul Roy has been brought into the attack early in the piece in the game.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: One down
Mukesh Kumar has picked up Kunel Chandela. Well, wickets continue to tumble in this game. Mukesh is very good with the new ball; he tends to get the right swing and seam movement.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Scores level
Well, what a turnaround this has been from Central Zone. They looked shattered when the Sooryavanshi-Eeshawaran partnership was going on, but they made a terrific comeback here.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Wickets fumble
Well, what a turnaround in this game. Yash Thakur has come in and picked up a couple of wickets here, and what looked like a promising passage has turned around pretty quickly here in the game.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Three quick wickets
Aryan Pandey has picked up three wickets in quick succession. This is the sort of turnaround Central Zone needed in this game. It will give them a fighting chance from here on, but they need to keep chipping away at it.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: New batter
Virat Singh is the new batter who has walked in. East Zone has a batter pretty well here. They have already eaten away at the total of the Central Zone and are looking in a pretty good position.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Wicket falls
Aryan Pandey has picked up Eeshwaran. The bowler delivered well; the batter was trapped in front of the wicket. Eeshwaran, after getting a start, has wasted it here.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Harsh Dubey breakthroughs
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Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Good partnership
A good partnership is blooming between Eeswaran and Sudip Kumar here. Eeswaran has been a stalwart in domestic cricket for a long time, and he is playing a fine knock here.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: GONE
The young phenom, Sooryavanshi, throws away his wicket as Harsh Dubey gets a breakthrough in his fourth over! Sooryavanshi departs on 92 while trying to hit a six, but getting caught on the ropes at deep midwicket! East Zone lose their first wicket with 161 runs on board, a deficit of 105 runs against Central Zone.
And right after Sooryavanshi, Kumar Kushagra also throws away his wicket, edging the ball from the spinner to the second slip! Gharami, the player who scored a century in the previous game for East Zone, is out in the middle to prevent Dubey's hat-trick!
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: 50 up for Sooryavanshi
A half century for Sooryavanshi off just 42 balls against Central Zone. And just before he gets there, he tries an audacious reverse sweep that flies past the keeper and ends up in the boundary ropes.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Sooryavanshi bearing down on 50
Sooryavanshi batting on 40 off 28 balls as east Zone reach 81/0 in 12 overs. A 50 is coming up for the 15-year-old who could not deliver with the bat in the Duleep Trophy quarter-finals.
Sooryavanshi was dropped earlier in the day when batting on 40 by Rathod. After top-edging the ball, Sooryavanshi had already started to walk off without waiting for the catch to be completed.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: 50 up for East Zone
Arshad Khan is handed the ball by Central Zone captain Rajat Patidar. And he's welcomed to the crease with two fours, one by each opening batter. At the end of 8 overs, Sooryavanshi is batting on 31 off 21 balls and 50 is up for East Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: The Sooryavanshi show
Sooryavanshi has some trouble on the first ball of the fourth ball, before driving the ball past the bowler for a four on the second ball. He leaves a couple of balls alone after that, before smashing the fifth ball over the bowler's head for a six!
VVS Laxman and RP Singh, sitting in the stands watching the game, seem to have enjoyed the shot.
As the commentator points out, till Sooryavanshi is in the middle, every ball is an event in itself.
Sooryavanshi is 21 runs off 14 balls. East Zone are 31/0 after 4 overs.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: East Zone 20/0 after 3
Easwaran gets into the act, smashing a boundary in the third over to race to 9 runs off 10 balls. Sooryavanshi is on 10 off 8 balls.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Sooryavanshi in the mood
Sooryavanshi is certainly in the mood for some blood tonight! The second ball he faces, he swings his bat at it, and it takes an edge but the ball does not carry to the keeper! Yash Thakur is disappointed. On the second ball, Thakur almost gets another edge off Sooryavanshi after the 15-year-old steps out and throws his bat at the ball, but does not connect.
Sooryavanshi finally decides to defend a ball, before crunching the fourth ball through the covers. he's not done yet. the final ball of the over is also thumped to the ropes!
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: What has happened in the game thus far?
East Zone vs Central Zone (CoE Ground 1): Central Zone were bundled out for 266 after being invited to bat first on day 1. Batting in the second innings, the 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be at the crease and the main attraction of the day.
North Zone vs South Zone (CoE Ground 2): South Zone are trailing by 155 runs in their first innings against North Zone. After bowling out North Zone for 195, South Zone had reached 40 for 2 at the end of Day 1. They will resume their innings with Narayan Jagadeesan (34) and Tilak Varma (1) at the crease.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Semifinals Live Updates, Day 2: Hello!
Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy semifinals!
After a dramatic opening day where 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi briefly took over the captaincy from an injured Ishan Kishan, all eyes will now be on the young vice-captain as he walks out to bat for East Zone. Can the teenage sensation back up his leadership cameo with a big knock at the crease?
Shaik Rasheed, the 21-year-old being groomed to replace Kohli and Rohit at No. 3
Shaik Rasheed begins the new season with renewed hope that he remains among the top-order batsmen selectors are watching closely. (SLC)
At the BCCI Centre of Excellence, Shaik Rasheed has just taken a blow to the ribs. It’s enough to floor him, force a short break, an ice pack, a moment to sit. When he gets back on his feet and returns to the nets, he asks the throwdown specialist to send the same delivery that troubled him. For the next 30-odd minutes he works through it, his back-foot cover drives the pick of the lot by the end.
It’s the influence of Joe Root in him, a batsman whose videos he watches constantly, idolises enough to have the same “66” on the back of his T-shirt. “I watch a lot of Root’s videos,” Rasheed tells The Indian Express. “I really like his back-foot punch cover drive because it is my favourite shot. When I see his batting, I learn a lot. I can connect with him. When I watch him play, I feel I’m playing. I want to learn from him how he constructs his innings in different conditions.” (READ MORE)
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