By Admin 
The semi -final matches of the Dalip Trophy have started today, both of them are running at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. The second semi -final is being played between the West Zone and the Central Zone. West Zone, who batted first after winning the toss, did not start well, his opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 4 runs in the first over. After this, the second opener Harvik Desai was dismissed by Deepak Chahar. South Zone and North Zone are face to face in the second semi -finals.
Khalil dismissed Jaiswal
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was included in the West Zone, captained by Shardul Thakur, was a victim of Khalil Ahmed on the third ball of the first over. Earlier, Yashasvi hit a four. Harvik Desai started the innings with him, he was caught out on the first ball of the fourth over. He was dismissed by Deepak Chahar. Till the news was written, West Zone has scored 72 runs after losing 2 wickets after 20 overs. Arya Desai 32 and Rituraj Gaikwad are unbeaten on 32 runs. These two are expected to share a good partnership.
Shreyas Iyer will be watching
Shardul Thakur and Shreyas Iyer are yet to bat in the West Zone. Everyone’s eyes will also remain on Shreyas Iyer. He has been the subject of discussion since he was ignored in the Asia Cup.
West Zone playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harvik Desai (wicketkeeper), Arya Desai, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur (Captain), Shreyas Iyer, Tanush Kotion, Shams Mulani, Dharmendra Singh Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arjan Nagwaswala.
Central Zone playing 11: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Yash Rathad Rathore, Danish Malewar, Ayush Pandey, Shubham Sharma, Upendra Yadav (wicket -keeper), summary Jain, Harsh Dubey, Deepak Chahar, Khalil Ahmed, Yash Thakur.
South and North face to face in the first semi-finals
The first semi -final is being played between South Zone, captained by Mohammad Azharuddin and North Zone captained by Ankit Kumar. In this match, North has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Till the news was written, South Zone has scored 34 runs in 10 overs without losing wickets. Tanmay Agarwal 16 and Narayan Jagadisin are unbeaten by scoring 9 runs.
South Zone playing 11: Tanmay Aggarwal, Narayan Jagadisin (wicket -keeper), Mohammad Azharuddin (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Ricky Bhui, Salman Nizar, Tanay Tyagarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, MD Nidhish, V Kaushik.
North Zone playing 11: Ankit Kumar (captain), Shubham Khajuria, Yash Dhul, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Kanhaiya Wadhavan (wicket -keeper), Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Aquib Nabi, Yudhvir Singh, Anshul Kamboj.