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In the final match of Duleep Trophy 2026, East Zone captained by Ishan Kishan and West Zone led by Tilak Verma are face to face. In this match being played at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai, East Zone captain Ishan Kishan has won the toss and decided to bat first. There is a change in East Johnny's team. Shikhar Mohan is playing in place of Virat Singh. All-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed is not completely fit. In such a situation, he is out of the title match also.

There have been many changes in the South Zone team. Vidwat Kawerappa Kawerappa and Kodimela Himteja had to go out for Mohammed Siraj and Devdutt Padikkal. T Vijay and Chama Milind are playing in place of Tanay Thiagarajan and Kavuri Saiteja.

Will Vaibhav Suryavanshi shine?

Young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi is part of the East Zone team. He will open the innings with Abhimanyu Easwaran. Vaibhav played a explosive inning of 92 runs in the semi-finals. After this, he scored 40 runs in the chase of 159 runs to take East Zone to the threshold of the final. Vaibhav is now slowly gaining a foothold in red ball cricket. He would like to leave his impact on a big stage like the Duleep Trophy final.

Where will the Duleep Trophy final be seen?

The final of Duleep Trophy will be shown on Star Sports Network on TV. Live streaming of this match is being done on JioHotstar app and website. To enjoy Vaibhav Suryavanshi's batting on mobile, you will have to go to JioHotstar app.

Playing XI of both the teams

East Zone – Abhimanyu Easwaran, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kumar Kushagra, Sudeep Gharami, Ishan Kishan (captain, wicketkeeper), Shikhar Mohan, Anukul Roy, MD Kounain Qureshi, Mohammed Shami, Abhijeet K Sarkar, Mukesh Kumar.

South Zone – N Jagadeesan (wk), Ricky Bhui, Devdutt Padikkal, Tilak Verma, Sheikh Rashid, R Smrana, Shreyas Gopal, Chama Milind, T Vijay, MD Nidhish, Mohammed Siraj.