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.

Shubman Gill has become available for the Dilip Trophy 2025-26 and has been given the captaincy of the North Zone team. North Zone has announced its squad for the Dilip Trophy. This first-class tournament will be played from 28 August to 15 September. Under Gill’s captaincy, the Indian team has returned to India by drawing the Test series 2-2 in England. Now another challenge has arisen in front of Gill, where he will have to save the credibility of the 17 -time champion team North Zone in the Dilip Trophy.

In the last season Dilip Trophy, India A, India B, India C and India D team played, but this time the tournament is making a comeback in its zonal avatar. If we look at the squad of the North Zone, Arshdeep Singh has also been included in it, who did not get a chance to play a single match on the England tour. Anshul Kamboj and Harshit Rana will also be part of this team.

Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the North Zone team will take on the East Zone in the quarterfinal of Dilip Trophy. Let us know that Ishaan Kishan will be captaining the East Zone team and this match will start from August 28.

This is the first time Gill will be captaining the North Zone team. Last season, he captained India A team in a match. In both innings of that match, he scored 25 and 21 runs respectively, in the end his team had to taste the 76 -run defeat.

Shubman Gill is recently scoring 754 runs on England Tour. As a captain, he was praised for his great performance in the first series, while as an Indian captain, getting a series draw in England on his first tour was no less than a major achievement for him.

North Zone Squad for Dilip Trophy: Shubman Gill (captain), Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (Vice -captain), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhul, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sindhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Aukib Nabi, Kanhaiya Vadhavan

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