West Zone batters built on the good work done by their bowlers on the second day against Central Zone as the defending champion took control of the Duleep Trophy semifinal at the Alur (I) Cricket Ground in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Suryakumar Yadav and Cheteshwar Pujara scored half-centuries as a free-stroking West ended with a 241-run lead after it had bundled out Central for 128, with Arzan Nagwaswalla claiming a five-wicket haul.
After earning a 92-run first-innings lead, West started strongly with Prithvi Shaw striking some nonchalant boundaries.
