PREVIEW
A little bit underneath a yr in the past, West Zone overcame a first-innings deficit to defeat South Zone within the ultimate of the Duleep Trophy at Coimbatore. The two groups meet as soon as once more within the match’s summit conflict, with South Zone eager to settle scores this time.
It is not going to be a simple job towards the power-packed West batting line-up. It will take a terrific effort from South to subdue the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Cheteshwar Pujara, Prithvi Shaw, Priyank Panchal and Sarfaraz Khan. Pujara, again to home duties after being dropped from the India Test squad, got here good with a sometimes measured 133 towards Central Zone within the semifinal.
Suryakumar confirmed a glimpse of his damaging skills with a 58-ball 52 in that outing.
The bowling assault is spearheaded by left-arm pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla, who picked up 5 wickets within the Central Zone first innings.
South entered the ultimate on the again of a tense two-wicket win over North Zone within the semifinal held on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. South captain Hanuma Vihari was happy that the ultimate is being held on the identical venue. “The conditions here are completely different from what we faced in the final against West at Coimbatore last year. The pitch for the semifinal this year was beautiful. I hope it stays the same for the final,” Vihari stated.
The South new ball pair of Vyshak Vijaykumar and Vidwath Kaverappa – each of whom recorded five-fors towards North – are finest suited to capitalise on the seamer-friendly circumstances and can pose a stiff problem to the loaded West top-order.
Mayank Agarwal, who made 76 and 54 within the earlier match, Tilak Varma and Vihari kind the core of South’s batting.
South opener Sai Sudharsan and wicketkeeper-batter Pradosh Ranjan Paul is not going to be obtainable for choice, as they’ve been picked to compete within the The ACC Emerging Players Asia Cup.
Goa and Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketer Suyash Prabhudessai and Karnataka pacer V. Koushik have been named as their replacements.
PREDICTED 11
South Zone: Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Tilak Varma, R Samarth, Ricky Bhui, Suyash Prabhudessai Washington Sundar, R Sai Kishore, KV Sasikanth, Vidwath Kaverappa, V Vyshak
West Zone: Priyank Panchal (c), Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suryakumar Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Het Patel (wk), Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Atit Sheth, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya
LIVE STREAMING INFO
The Duleep Trophy ultimate between West Zone and South Zone will begin at 9:30 PM on Wednesday, July 12.
The stay streaming of the ultimate shall be obtainable on BCCI’s official cell app and the bcci.television web site.
WEATHER FORECAST
The semifinals of the Duleep Trophy – in each Alur and Bengaluru – had been continuously interrupted by rain and unhealthy gentle. The forecast is anticipated to be comparable in the course of the ultimate too.
Here are the temprature and precipitation probabilities for the 5 days of the ultimate:
| Day | Max Temperature | Min Temperature | Precipitation Chances | Conditions |
| Day 1 – July 12 | 28° | 20° | 50% | Scattered Thunderstorms |
| Day 2 – July 13 | 27° | 20° | 80% | Scattered Thunderstorms |
| Day 3 – July 14 | 28° | 20° | 80% | Scattered Thunderstorms |
| Day 4 – July 15 | 28° | 20° | 60% | Scattered Thunderstorms |
| Day 5 – July 16 | 29° | 20° | 20% | Partly Cloudy |
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com