Duleep Trophy 2025 Final: After IPL, Rajat Patidar now won the Duleep Trophy, Central Zone defeated South Zone

South Zone vs Central Zone, Final: In the final of Duleep Trophy, Central Zone defeated South Zone by 6 wickets. The final was played at BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground where Rajat Patidar's team won.

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In the final of Duleep Trophy, Central Zone performed brilliantly and defeated South Zone by 6 wickets. With this, it won the Duleep Trophy. Duleep Trophy needed only 65 runs to win, which it achieved by losing 4 wickets. Yash Rathod was the hero of the victory of Duleep Trophy, who played a brilliant innings of 194 runs. Rajat Patidar has once again shown his captaincy. Under his captaincy, RCB won the IPL and now he has made the team champion in Duleep Trophy.

Amazing performance of Central Zone

In the final match played at BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, South Zone's team was all out for just 149 runs in the first innings. Spinner Saransh Jain took 5 wickets and Kumar Karthikeya took 4 wickets to ensure Central Zone's victory on the first day itself. After this, Central Zone's batsmen sealed the victory, who took their team to 511 runs in the first innings. Captain Rajat Patidar scored a brilliant 101 runs. Yash Rathod played an innings of 194 runs. Saransh Jain also showed his prowess with the bat and scored 69 runs. Opener Danish Malewar also played an innings of 53 runs. In the second innings, South Zone made a comeback in the match by scoring 426 runs. Ankit Sharma scored 99, Andre Siddharth scored 84 runs but in the end Central Zone's team won the match easily.

Yash Rathod, Saransh Jain became heroes

Yash Rathod, who missed a double century in the first innings, was chosen as the Player of the Match. Central Zone's all-rounder Saransh Jain was chosen as the Player of the Series. Saransh Jain scored 136 runs in this tournament and also took 16 wickets. Captain Rajat Patidar also dominated the tournament, scoring 382 runs in 3 matches at an average of over 76. The special thing about Rajat was that his strike rate was also over 96. Yash Rathod scored 374 runs in the tournament at an average of over 124. Danish Malewar also scored 352 runs in 3 matches at an average of over 70.