South Zone vs Central Zone Prediction, Duleep Trophy 2025-26, Final, Match Winner, Team, Playing XI and Pitch Report

South Zone will cross swords with the Central Zone in the grand finale of the Duleep Trophy 2025-26 campaign at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, Bengaluru, starting on Thursday, September 11.

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While the South Zone will be led by Mohammed Azharuddeen, the Central Zone will be captained by Rajat Patidar. South Zone advanced to the final after taking the first innings lead over North Zone in the first semi-final. On the other hand, Central Zone bagged the first innings lead over West Zone in the second semi-final to propel them to the grand finale.

South Zone vs Central Zone, Final, Match Details

Match: South Zone vs Central Zone, Duleep Trophy 2025-26, Final

Time & Date: 9:30 AM IST, September 11 to September 15

Venue: BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, Bengaluru

South Zone vs Central Zone, Final Pitch Report

The surface at this venue is expected to assist batters comparatively, and they would be aiming to score some quick runs in the middle overs once the ball gets old. New ball bowlers will get good assistance on this surface. 

South Zone vs Central Zone, Final Probable XIs

South Zone

Tanmay Agarwal, Sheikh Rasheed, Mohammed Azharuddeen (c & wk), Ricky Bhui, Smaran Ravichandran, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, M Nidheesh, Vasuki Kaushik.

Central Zone

Aayush Pandey, Upendra Yadav (wk), Danish Malewar, Rajat Patidar (c), Yash Rathod, Shubham Sharma, Saransh Jain, Aditya Thakare, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Kumar Kartikeya Singh.

South Zone vs Central Zone, Final Winner Prediction

Match Winner: Central Zone

Both the South Zone and the Central Zone had exceptional semi-finals recently. We can expect a tough contest between these two sides in the five-day affair. However, the Central Zone seems to be less affected as most of the players haven’t moved out of their squad. We can expect them to come out on top and lift the title.

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