Karnajit yumnam

North East Zone: Central Zone have advanced to the Duleep Trophy semi-finals on the basis of their first-innings lead over North-East Zone in their drawn quarter-final game at the BCCI CoE Ground 2 on Sunday. Central Zone will now face West Zone in the semi-final at the CoE from September 4.

In the morning, North East Zone began their pursuit of chasing an improbable 679 to win, after Central Zone declared their innings at 331/7 in 80.3 overs, with their lead standing at 678 runs. They managed to make 200/6 in 58 overs, before the game ended in a draw, with Jehu Anderson and R Jonathan making 64 and 60 respectively.

North East Zone’s chase began with Karnajit Yumnam and Techi Doria seeing off challenging bowling from Deepak Chahar and Khaleel Ahmed to share a 40-run opening partnership. The breakthrough for Central Zone came in the 14th over when left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey had Yumnam (17) caught by skipper Rajat Patidar at cover.