Duleep Trophy Final 2022: Ajinkya Rahane-led West Zone crew defeated the Hanuma Vihari-led South Zone on Sunday by 294 runs to win the Duleep Trophy for a document 19th time. The Rahane-led crew wrapped the competition as they bowled out Vihari’s crew on 234 at SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore. The match noticed West Zone dominating after making a comeback into the sport as they trailed within the first innings. Notably, West Zone’s Yashasvi Jaiswal has been adjudged because the Player of the match, whereas his team-mate Jaydev Unadkat has been awarded the Player of the sequence award.
Batting first, West Zone put a goal of 270 runs with Het Patel and Unadkat scoring 98 and 47 runs, respectively. They have been in bother as they misplaced early wickets till Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan stabilised the ship after which Patel and Unadkat took the crew to a aggressive whole. For South Zone, Sai Kishore scalped 5 wickets. Coming out to bat, South Zone displayed some tremendous cricket with Indrajith topping the scoring sheets with a 118-run knock. The gamers contributed however nobody else crossed the fifty-run mark and South Zone couldn’t take an enormous lead as they obtained bowled out for 327. For West Zone, Unadkat took 4 wickets.
In the second innings, the pendulum was almost within the center. However, the Rahane-led facet confirmed sensible cricket. Jaiswal notched up a double ton with a rating of 265, whereas Sarfaraz additionally scored an unbeaten 127. This is the place South Zone was in all probability pushed out of the match. With 529 runs required within the closing innings to win the ultimate, South Zone saved dropping wickets. Rohan Kunnummal scored a valiant 93 whereas Ravi Teja additionally saved the battle going but it surely was all an excessive amount of for them. On the ultimate day of the match, West Zone bowled South Zone on 234 runs.Â
With this, West Zone has change into probably the most profitable crew within the Duleep Trophy match as they’ve gained document 19 titles. They have been earlier tied with North Zone at 18 wins. Â
