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For the 2 match series against Australia A, BCCI gave the command of India A to Shreyas Iyer. It is being considered important in the path of Iyer’s return for the last several months. But as soon as he got this responsibility, his bat became silent. Iyer, who was playing for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy 2025, also failed in the second innings of the semi -finals and was dismissed in just 14 balls. West Zone postponed his defeat but missed on reaching the finals.
In the semi -final match played in Bangalore, West Zone batting was seen in both innings. In the first innings, Rituraj Gaikwad scored a memorable century and brought the team to some match, but he could not do anything special in the second innings. But Iyer, who is expecting a return to the Test team, failed in both innings of this match. In the first innings, Iyer returned to the pavilion after scoring just 25 runs, while in the second innings also his bat disappointed.
Jaiswal moves in second innings
On the last day of the match on Sunday, September 7, the Central Zone finished his first innings with a big score of 600 runs and took a 162 -run lead in the West Zone and secured a place in the final. But still in the second innings, West Zone batsmen were expected to perform some strong performance and young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal definitely contributed some. After the first innings failure, Jaiswal (64) scored a half -century in this innings but the rest of the batsmen could not do so.
But Iyer failed again
However, in this innings, West Zone also gave some opportunity to some batsmen who were not part of the playing XI because it was already decided not to reach the final. In such a situation, Iyer landed for batting at number 7. But even on this number, he could not do anything special and returned to the pavilion after scoring only 12 runs in 14 balls. When West Zone scored 216 runs after losing 8 wickets, both teams agreed to finish the match on the draw. In this way, under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, the Central Zone made its place in the finals, where he will face South Zone.
