Siraj, Padikkal add star power as South Zone and East Zone clash for Duleep Trophy title
Rahul unavailable for South Zone while Kishan, Sooryavanshi and Shami will again hold key for East Zone
06/09 - 05:00 AM BST
Final, Duleep Trophy at Chennai, Sep 6-10 2026
06/09 - 05:00 AM BST
Final, Duleep Trophy at Chennai, Sep 6-10 2026
Match Centre Ground time: 21:30
Squad
| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Ishan Kishan (c) † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Top-order batter |
| Denish Das † | |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | Top-order batter |
| Sudip Kumar Gharami | Top-order batter |
| Suraj Jaiswal | |
| Kumar Kushagra † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Mohammed Shami | Bowler |
| Shikhar Mohan | |
| Mukesh Kumar | Bowler |
| Anukul Roy | Allrounder |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Allrounder |
| Abhijit Sarkar | Bowler |
| Subhranshu Senapati | Top-order batter |
| Virat Singh | Top-order batter |
Match Details
Series
Season
Match days
6,7,8,9,10 September 2026 (5-day match)
Players To Watch - Batsmen
- 3MAT
- 212RUNS
- 42.40AVG
- 69.05SR
![Abhimanyu Easwaran]( "Abhimanyu Easwaran")
Abhimanyu EaswaranEZ- 3MAT
- 119RUNS
- 23.80AVG
- 60.10SR
![Tilak Varma]( "Tilak Varma")
Tilak VarmaSZ- 3MAT
- 281RUNS
- 70.25AVG
- 51.94SR
- 5MAT
- 241RUNS
- 26.77AVG
- 48.88SR
Head To Head
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EZEZ |  | 84 & 62 (f/o) | lost to | 264 |  | SZSZ | 22/10/14 | Duleep Trophy |
| EZEZ | | 267 & 215 | drew with | 244 & 85/8 | | SZSZ | 14/10/12 | Duleep Trophy |
| EZEZ | | 313 & 163 | beat | 204 & 204 | | SZSZ | 03/02/08 | Duleep Trophy |
| EZEZ | | 388 & 216/9d | drew with | 331 & 7/0 | | SZSZ | 14/02/04 | Duleep Trophy |
| EZEZ | | 398 & 141/3 | drew with | 419 | | SZSZ | 02/04/02 | Duleep Trophy |
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