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Brilliant bowling by Shami and Mukesh, Tilak Verma scored a half-century, by the end of the third day South Zone lost 6 wickets at 242.
Samira Vishwas | September 9, 2026 11:24 AM CST

Duleep Trophy Final: The final match of Duleep Trophy 2026-27 being played between East Zone and South Zone has reached a very exciting turn. The play of the third day of this match has ended. Today i.e. after the end of the third day, South Zone has scored 242 runs after losing 6 wickets in 80 overs. On the third day, South Zone captain Tilak Verma gave a spectacular performance with the bat. On behalf of East Zone, Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar created a stir by bowling brilliantly.

Today South Zone started its innings and the team lost several wickets one after the other. For India, Ricky Bhui was out on the score of 10 runs after scoring 1 run. Whereas Narayan Jagadishan was out after scoring 32 runs. Whereas Sheikh Rashid 27
And Shreyas Gopal contributed 26 runs. Captain Tilak Verma saved the team's honour.

Tilak and Padikkal scored half centuries

Devdutt Padikkal performed brilliantly for South Zone and played a brilliant half-century. Padikkal scored 62 runs in 104 balls, in which he also hit 4 fours. Tilak Verma scored a half-century for the team and saved the team from being all out. He played an innings of 55 runs in 177 balls with 5 fours.

Smaran Ravichandran was out for the team after scoring 23 runs on 55 balls. Shreyas Gopal walked out after scoring 26 runs on 79 balls. At present Tilak is unbeaten on 56 runs and Chama Milind is unbeaten on 2 runs. Now on the fourth day of this match, both these batsmen will come forward to take the innings forward for the team.

Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar created a stir

Indian cricket team's fast bowlers Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar bowled brilliantly for East Zone and took two wickets each against South Zone. Shami took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 11 matches. Whereas Mukesh took 2 wickets for 36 runs in 12 overs.

Ishaan of East Zone played marathon innings

Ishan Kishan has scored a double century in the final of Duleef Trophy. Ishan Kishan completed 200 runs in 270 balls with 26 fours and 2 sixes. His strike rate during this innings was 74.91. Ishaan thrashed the South Zone bowlers badly. Mohammad Siraj was also present among them. Ishaan played a marathon inning of 270 runs for the team in 334 balls with 30 fours and 7 sixes.

The century came from the bat of Kumar Kushagra

Kumar Kushagra has also scored a century from East Zone. Batting at number 6, he scored a century by completing 100 runs in 128 balls. Kushagra also hit 8 fours and 5 sixes in his century innings. He was out after scoring 101 runs in 132 balls.

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