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NEW DELHI: Hanuma Vihari demonstrated that captaincy does not burden him as he guided South Zone to the Duleep Trophy title victory, and he sweetened the situation by contributing 105 runs in two innings.

South Zone clinch Duleep Trophy title for 14th time after defeating West Zone by 75 runs. Sai Kishore and Vasuki Koushik share 7 wickets for South. Vidwath Kaverappa adjudged man of match. Priyank Panchal's sole fight kept West in the hunt

A little under a year ago, West Zone overcame a first-innings deficit to defeat South Zone in the final of the Duleep Trophy at Coimbatore. The two teams meet once again in the tournament final, with South Zone keen to settle scores in this rematch.

BENGALURU: Ignominiously dropped for the two-Test series against the West Indies, Cheteshwar Pujara decided to do what he usually does — hunker down and grind it out in domestic cricket.

North Zone takes the advantage with a narrow three-run first-innings lead over South Zone. Vaibhav Arora and Jayant Yadav triggered a collapse to give North Zone a narrow three-run first-innings lead over South Zone on the second day of their Duleep Trophy semifinal.

...But South fail to seize initiative as top batters flop

NEW DELHI: Having found guilty of chopping and changing far too many times, Punjab Kings will be relying on World Cup winning coach Trevor Bayliss and new skipper Shikhar Dhawan to shed their perennial underachievers tag this IPL season.

BENGALURU: Two captains, both double centurions, but a world of difference. While Mayank Agarwal (249) rescued Karnataka after his top-order batters failed, his Saurashtra counterpart Arpit Vasavada's (202; 406b; 21x4; 1x6) knock ensured his team took a step closer to the final. The crucial trick the home team missed was…

BENGALURU: Skipper Arpit Vasavada hit a double century as Saurashtra took a crucial 120-run first innings lead against Karnataka to put one foot in the Ranji Trophy final, here Saturday.