Yash Rathod added heft to his fame as a reliable red-ball batter with a fluent 194 towards South Zone within the Duleep Trophy last on the BCCI CoE Floor (1) right here on Saturday.
The Central Zone southpaw carried on seamlessly from his in a single day rating of 137. Rathod’s huge knock took his facet to a mammoth 511, leaving South with no hope of creating a comeback.
South ended the third day on 129 for 2, needing 233 extra runs to make Central bat once more.
Rathod, a classical batter blessed with persistence, timing and charm, cashed in on a listless South assault.
Having made his First Class debut in 2023, Rathod has taken to the lengthy format like fish to water. The best run-scorer of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season, Rathod got here near recording his maiden double hundred. A pointy indipper from left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh breached his defence, bringing an finish to Rathod’s eight hour keep.
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A uncommon failure, within the semifinal, lit the hearth underneath Rathod. “I’ve all the time finished nicely within the semifinals. However this 12 months I didn’t carry out on this Duleep Trophy semifinal. I had a really robust perception that I used to be going to get runs within the last. I even informed one or two of my pals earlier than this match that I used to be going to get huge runs within the last. The arrogance was there,” the 25-year-old mentioned.
Rathod discovered good firm in Saransh Jain, who labored laborious for his 193-ball 69. Saransh was lucky early in his essay, when the South crew didn’t attraction regardless of the ball brushing the bat on the way in which to the wicketkeeper Upendra Yadav. When the replay was flashed on the massive display screen an over later, the bowler Ankit Sharma and Upendra cursed the celebrities.
Gurjapneet was the choose of the bowlers, recording figures of 4 for 124.
Revealed on Sep 13, 2025