Overview
- The two Duleep Trophy semi-finals will be played in Bengaluru on Sunday, August 30, with Central Zone facing East Zone on CoE Ground 1 and South Zone meeting North Zone on CoE Ground 2.
- North Zone have added India pacer Gurnoor Brar to their squad and are widely expected to play him, while Sanat Sangwan is set to return to the XI after being left out of the quarter-final.
- Yash Dhull is doubtful for the semi-final because of a suspected grade-two hamstring strain and Uday Saharan has been named as cover, and Ayush Badoni is recovering from a recent fever.
- Quarter-final form lines heading into the semis include Abid Mushtaq’s match figures of 9/99 for North and East Zone’s innings-and-210-run quarter-final win led by Shahbaz Ahmed and Sudip Gharami.
- The Duleep Trophy has returned to the inter-zonal format, Central are the defending champions, the final is scheduled for September 6 in Chennai, and both semis will be broadcast live on JioHotstar and Star Sports.