Delhi Ranji captain Ayush Badoni, who was the captain of Virat Kohli’s last ball, has been a unmatched talent in the Indian domestic circle in recent times, as he proceeded to the next level of domination with a surprising double hundred in the Dalip Trophy match against the Eastern Zone.
The Duleep Trophy is the beginning of the domestic season for India in 2025-26 in 2025-26. The North Zone, East Zone, Central Zone and Northeast Zone were all built for a confrontation in the quarter -final competition, and both the winners would proceed to play against the south region and the West Zone, which are waiting for them in the semi -finals.
The north zone side was to be led by Skipar Shubman Gill; However, due to his unavailability, Haryana batsman Ankit Kumar adopted the role and excelled under the captaincy of his Dalip Trophy.
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Ayush Badoni has proposed to the North Region with a brave double-handrade in the Duleep Trophy semi-finals
North Zone took the East Zone in the Dalip Trophy encounter, as Ankit Kumar led him as rival captain in the quarter -finals with Ryan Parag. The first was sent to bat, the North Zone batsmen started, but could not turn them into some big, as Kanhaiya Vadhan and Ayush Badoni remained their top scorers with 76 and 63 runs respectively.
After earning 405 in the first innings, the eastern zones as Jammu and Kashmir Speedster Aukib Nabi Shon were all out for just 230 runs. Nishant Sindhu, Mayank Dagar, and Arshdeep Singh chose one wicket each, while Harshit Rana took 2 wickets.
In turn, coming into batting with the first innings, the north -region batsmen did not have to worry about winning the game, as they already had a winning factor under their control. Therefore, he looked innocent as Ankit Kumar missed a brilliant double hundred after being caught in mid-on for 198 runs.
Yash Dhul also got a brilliant hundred and was rejected for 133 runs from the bowling of the East Zone skipper, and then the showman Ayush came to Badoni. The Delhi captain shook everyone with the performance, as they scored 204* and batted till the end, two 150+ partnerships were placed with captain Ankit Kumar and later Nishant Sindhu, who also collected 68 made a well -made 68.
Why didn’t the north region go for a lump sum victory opportunity? Captain says
North Zone captain Ankit Kumar revealed to return the reason for his team to the outright victory and rather continued batting, which helped him to keep Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh as much as possible before the Asia Cup competition.
“If we wanted, we could go for the result because we had an upper hand. But we did not try because we were prominent in the first innings. We batted very well in the first innings and then bowling.
“But we made some wrong decisions, which we could not click in batting in the first innings. Otherwise, we could take more with the upper hand in the first innings,” Skipar said.
Central region reached the semi -finals under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar
Along with the North Zone Team, who qualified for the semi-finals of the Duleep Trophy 2025 and against the South region in Semi, other quarter-final winners, Central Zone, which was also the first innings on Northeastzone, worthy of the other end.
The Central Zone Squad was to be headed under the leadership of wicket-keeper Better Dhruv Jurlel, but since he was excluded due to injury, RCB captain Rajat Patidar, who was declared as deputy of Juril in the tournament, took over as the team’s skipper.
Patidar led a stunning hundred in the first innings and chased it with a surprising half a century in the second, handing over the Central Zone a comfortable walk in the Dalip Trophy Semis, where they would face the West Zone.
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