Having served as the South Zone captain which lost the Duleep Trophy final to West Zone in the previous edition, Hanuma Vihari entered this fixture with a point to prove. He pulled out all the stops to ensure that South prevailed in this rematch.
“It is nice to get one back against West Zone. They dominated us last year, although we got the first innings lead. We again got the innings lead in this match, so I reminded the boys of what happened last year,” Vihari said.