EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final Day 1: Sooryavanshi misses 50; Ajit Agarkar in attendance in Chennai

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Now it’s time for Lunch break! East Zone go into the interval at 133/2 with Shikhar Mohan and Sudip Kumar Gharami unbeaten on 16 and 0.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The chairman of the selection committee Ajit Agarkar is in the house and is watching the proceedings closely. He had earlier missed BCCI’s review meeting earlier this week.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Oh no no no! What has Easwaran done here? He goes off for a single but the partner at the other end says no at the last minute and he’s stranded in the middle. The wicketkeeper wastes no time in dislodging the bails and Easwaran falls for 72.

East Zone 133/2

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: It has taken more than two hours for South Zone to bowl a maiden in Chennai. Tripurana Vijay concedes no runs in the 21st over.

East Zone 125/1.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Abhimanyu Easwaran is showing no mercy and is scoring run-a-ball. The right-hander has quickly moved onto 64 and is joined by S Mohan in the middle.

East Zone 119/1 in 18.1 overs

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Chama V Milind bowls it short and Sooryavanshi decides to take it on, only to find the fielder in the deep. The youngster falls for 44.

East Zone 100/1

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Abhimanyu Easwaran gets to his half-century and East Zone are dominating the South Zone left, right and centre. The right-hander flicks the low full toss through mid-wicket, and the batters run a couple of runs.

East Zone 94/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Abhimanyu Easwaran, the seasoned Bengal batter is moving towards his fifty. He is now on 48 and the two East Zone batters are hammering the bowlers all around the park.

East Zone 91/0 in 13 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: South Zone captain Tilak Varma has now started sledging and chirping at Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The stump mic picks him saying, “Kya yaar yeh vice-captain? (What is this vice-captain).”

East Zone 85/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The rush of blood nearly cost Sooryavanshi dearly. He dances down the track but fails to get any sort of timing. But the ball lands beyond the reach of the fielder at backward point.

East Zone 70/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Easwaran dances down the track off the bowling of Tripurana Vijay and goes over the top for a massive six! Both the openers are hammering the bowlers all around the park. Easwaran is changing his colours watching Sooryavanshi at the other end, and is now matching the youngster stroke for stroke.

East Zone 67/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mohammed Siraj decides to bowl a short deliveries and Easwaran just rocks back and plays the pull shot to perfection for two consecutive boundaries. The scoreboard is moving along quite nicely.

East Zone 60/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Once again Vaibhav Sooryavanshi just launches the ball straight down the ground and once again the ball goes for a boundary. Siraj concedes 14 runs in the seventh over. The left-hander moves to 34.

East Zone 45/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is making the most of Tilak Varma’s defensive captaincy. The field is all opened up and the youngster is just piercing the gaps with precision. He first times the ball for a boundary and then goes aerial for a massive six off the bowling of Mohammed Siraj. The crowd is going crazy at Chepauk.

East Zone 41/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi just makes room for himself and goes over the fielder at point. Second boundary of the over and the left-hander is slowly coming into his groove.

East Zone 30/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Nidheesh drops it short and Sooryavanshi just rocks back to time the ball past the extra cover fielder. The ball races towards the ropes and the left-hander is firmly up and running.

East Zone 26/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Despite an early start, the turnout at Chepauk is quite good and fair to say, that the most of the audience has come to watch Sooryavanshi bat.

East Zone 18/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Now Abhimanyu Easwaran gets his first boundary of the game. Siraj bowls one on the pads and the right-hander just nudges the ball away for a boundary.

East Zone 16/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi just times the ball and it races towards the boundary fence. Mohammed Siraj dishes out a loosener and the youngster just glides the ball through backward point.

East Zone 11/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: It’s just the second over of the game but South Zone captain Tilak Varma has opened the field up for Sooryavanshi. There’s just one slip in place and the left-hander has no trouble in picking up yet another single. He is now on 2 off as many balls.

East Zone 5/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi goes for a big booming drive but gets an inside edge off the bowling of Mohammed Siraj. The left-hander is off the mark.

East Zone 4/0

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Abhimanyu Easwaran takes strike while Mohammed Siraj has the ball in his hand. Let’s go! The Duleep Trophy final begins.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Both the captains have gotten what they wanted to do. After Ishan chose to bat, Tilak Varma revealed that he was anyways looking to bowl first. The South Zone made four changes to their playing XI while the East Zone just replaced one player from their semi-final victory.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: According to Vijay Dahiya and Chetan Sharma, the pitch would be a good one for batting and there are no demons. The duo reckon that the openers need to see out the first hour and then make merry.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Here are the full lineups of both the teams:

East Zone: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shikhar Mohan, Sudip Gharami, Ishan Kishan (captain), Kumar Kushagra, Anukul Roy, Kounain Quraishi, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar and Abhijit Sarkar.

South Zone: Ricky Bhui, Shaik Rasheed, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Smaran, Narayan Jagadeesan, Tilak Varma (captain), Chama Milind, Shreyas Gopal, Dineshan Nidheesh, Mohammed Siraj and Tripurana Vijay.