The first two days of the Duleep Trophy semifinals between West Zone and Central Zone were exciting and action-packed. A total of 23 wickets fell across the two days, Prithvi Shaw dazzled with a half-century and century with West Zone taking the crucial first-innings lead.
The third day’s play on Saturday was less intense in comparison as West pressed home its advantage in its second innings and set Central a humongous target of 501.
At stumps on a penultimate day at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground, Central was 33 for two and barring a miracle on the final day, West have all but sealed a place in the final.
