Shreyas iyer in duleep trophy semifinal: There was a lot of discussion about Shreyas Iyer’s name in Dilip Trophy. But these players could not perform anything special in the semi -final match. The semi -finals of this tournament are being played between the West Zone and the Central Zone. In this match, West Zone won the toss and decided to bat first. Shreyas Iyer came to bat at number five from the team, but he could not last long.

Shreyas Iyer’s flop show in Dilip Trophy

Shreyas Iyer could not score a big score in the first innings of the semi -finals for the West Zone in the Dilip Trophy. Iyer was dismissed for 25 runs in 28 balls. In this small innings, Iyer hit four fours. Iyer came down to batting stormy in this match, but this player could not understand Khalil Ahmed’s ball and became clean bold.

Asia Cup team did not find space

Shreyas Iyer was not selected in the team for the Asia Cup 2025. At the time of the team’s announcement, Chief selector Ajit Agarkar was asked about Iyer, then he said that there is no fault of Shreyas in this, but we are also forced. Iyer should wait for some time.

Shreyas Iyer also batted brilliantly while captaining Punjab Kings in IPL 2025 and took the team to the IPL playoff after 11 years. Iyer missed the Punjab team only on winning the final. This time the Asia Cup is being played in T20 format, but even after a strong performance in the IPL, this player was not taken into the team. Now Iyer’s bat has been silent in the Dilip Trophy semi -finals before the Asia Cup.

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Rituraj Gaikwad has scored a century against the Central Zone in the Dilip Trophy. In the semi -finals, Gaikwad won the West Zone from trouble by hitting a century in difficult situations. He has not played any match for Team India after July 2024, but on the basis of this century, he has caught the attention of the selectors. However, Shreyas Iyer could not score a big score. Khalil Ahmed made him a clean bold at the score of 25 runs.

Rituraj Gaikwad, who captained the CSK team in the Indian Premier League, came to bat on number-4 for the Gaikwad West Zone. The team had lost 2 wickets for just 10 runs, when Gaikwad took one end and made a very important partnership of 82 runs with Aryan Desai. Desai was dismissed for 39 runs. He then added 42 runs with Shreyas Iyer.

Rituraj Gaikwad becomes One Man Army

Rituraj Gaikwad, who captained the CSK team in the Indian Premier League, came to bat on number-4 for the Gaikwad West Zone. The team had lost 2 wickets for just 10 runs, when Gaikwad took one end and made a very important partnership of 82 runs with Aryan Desai. Desai was dismissed for 39 runs. He then added 42 runs with Shreyas Iyer.

The 2 -match domestic Test series is coming near against the West Indies in October. After that Team India has to play Test series against South Africa. Gaikwad continued well in the Dilip Trophy, so his return to India is possible.

Anyway, the Indian Test team needs a good batsman of number-3. In the series against England, both Karun Nair and Sai Sudarshan were flopped on number-3. Gaekwad has the experience of batting in the top order.

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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.