The first two rounds of the Duleep Trophy held on the BCCI CoE grounds on the outskirts of the town meandered alongside with out a lot impetus.
Played with out fanfare behind closed doorways, in a legacy match struggling for relevance, the motion on batting-friendly pitches oftentimes fell flat.
Now set for the final between South Zone and Central Zone (commencing right here on Thursday), the absence of key gamers has taken the sheen away from what ought to have been a grand event.
On account of being picked for the India-A workforce to face Australia-A, batters N. Jagadeesan and Devdutt Padikkal will miss this outing for South Zone.
Central must make do with out pacers Khaleel Ahmed and Yash Thakur, and all-rounder Harsh Dubey. Manav Suthar, who was not a part of the XI within the semifinal towards West Zone, may even be away on India-An obligation.
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South skipper Mohammed Azharuddeen is more likely to don the wicketkeeping gloves rather than Jagadeesan. Azharuddeen, who made solely 11 within the high-scoring semifinal towards North Zone, acknowledged that he was completely satisfied that Jagadeesan and Devdutt have been rewarded for his or her consistency.
“I am really happy for them, because Jaggi (Jagadeesan) has been doing really well for the last two to three years,” Azharuddeen stated.
With the BCCI CoE Ground (1) yielding a complete of practically 2,300 runs within the two matches held so far, one other run feast is on the playing cards. Saddle up and rack up a mammoth rating – that is the easy plan of motion.
“We are playing with seven batters. This is an advantage because Bengaluru pitches always favour the batters. We want to keep it simple. Whether you bat first or second, we just want to put up a huge score,” Azharuddeen added.
