Centuries from Yash Rathod (137 batting, 188b, 11×4, 1×6) and Rajat Patidar (101, 115b, 12×4, 2×6) took Central Zone to a robust place towards South Zone on the second day of their Duleep Trophy closing on the BCCI CoE Floor (1) right here on Friday.
Rathod and Patidar shut South out of the competition with a 167-run fourth-wicket stand. Central completed the day on 384 for 5, with a 235-run innings lead.
Vidarbha batter Rathod, the very best run-scorer of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season, blunted spinners Ankit Sharma and Ricky Bhui. Fast to identify the size and rock again, Rathod picked the gaps with ease.
Within the night session, Rathod and Saransh Jain (47 batting) fully deflated South with an unbroken 118-run stand.
Patidar’s superb type continued, with the skipper notching up his fifteenth First Class hundred. Patidar was at his greatest towards pacers Gurjapneet Singh, V. Koushik and M.D. Nidheesh, presenting the complete face with pleasing straight drives.
Patidar displayed vary of strokes when off-spinner Bhui got here on. An enormous hit over mid-wicket, sweeps and a lower left Bhui looking for solutions.
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Patidar acquired a reprieve on 44, when he supplied no shot to left-arm spinner Ankit and was adjudged leg-before. Replays, nonetheless, confirmed that Ankit had overstepped.
The 32-year-old was lastly trapped by a bouncer from Gurjapneet, tickling a hook to the wicketkeeper.
Koushik gave South hope at the beginning of the day by eradicating Akshay Wadkar. The opener shouldered arms to a ball which pitched outdoors off, however moved in sharply to hit the stumps.
Wadkar’s companion Danish Malewar (53, 120b, 5×4) continued to impress. The 21-year-old, who solely made his senior debut final season, displayed commendable fortitude to see off the brand new ball.
Printed on Sep 12, 2025