North Zone vs East Zone Prediction, Duleep Trophy 2025-26, Quarter-Final 1, Match Winner, Team, Playing XI and Pitch Report

North Zone will cross swords with East Zone in the first quarter-final of the Duleep Trophy 2025-26 campaign at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, Bengaluru, starting on Thursday, August 28.

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While the North Zone is likely to be led by Ankit Kumar in Shubman Gill’s absence, the East Zone will be captained by Ishan Kishan. It’s important to note that South Zone and West Zone have already qualified for the semi-finals as the finalists of the previous edition.

North Zone vs East Zone, Duleep Trophy 2025-26, Match Details

Match: North Zone vs East Zone, Duleep Trophy 2025-26, Quarter-Final 1

Time & Date: 9:30 AM IST, August 28 to August 31

Venue: BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, Bengaluru

North Zone vs East Zone, Duleep Trophy 2025-26 Pitch Report

The surface at this venue is expected to assist batters and bowlers equally. While it’s going to be a bit tough for batters to survive the initial few overs against the new ball, they will get their fair share once they get settled on the crease.

North Zone vs East Zone, Duleep Trophy 2025-26 Probable XIs

North Zone

Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (c), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Mayank Dagar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj.

East Zone

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Ishan Kishan (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vc), Sandeep Patnaik, Virat Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Riyan Parag, Utkarsh Singh, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Shami.

North Zone vs East Zone, Duleep Trophy 2025-26 Winner Prediction

Match Winner: Match draw (East Zone likely to take first innings lead)

Though the North Zone is expected to miss Shubman Gill, who is suffering from illness, they still have a strong depth in their squad. On the other hand, the East Zone has decent enough experience in both batting and bowling line-ups.

On that note, we can expect the game to end in a draw. However, East Zone, led by Ishan Kishan, might take up the first innings lead and make their way to the semi-final.

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