South Zone Recovers in Duleep Trophy Semifinal Against North Zone

South Zone secured a first-innings lead in the Duleep Trophy semifinal after a 175-run partnership between Tilak Varma and Shreyas Gopal rescued the team from 80/5.

Tilak Varma scored a century while Shreyas Gopal contributed 88 runs, helping South Zone overcome North Zone's first-innings total of 195 runs.

In the other semifinal, East Zone collapsed to 203 all out after losing their final 8 wickets for 66 runs, leaving Central Zone at 43/3 in their second innings.