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Published 27 August 2026
What happened
India pacer Arshdeep Singh took four wickets as North Zone beat West Zone by 52 runs. Red-ball cricket, he said, rarely comes his way. He had trained specifically with the red ball, and afterwards he talked about patience, tactical bowling and the grind of domestic cricket as the things that ready a bowler for the longer format. Alongside him, J&K left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq took nine wickets to carry North Zone into the semi-finals. The full zone card sits on 99Exch.
How the day unfolded
The West Zone tail did not last. Abid Mushtaq and Nishant Sindhu, both left-arm spinners, needed only 6.3 overs to finish it, and the 52-run result was wrapped up inside the first hour of the final day. East Zone were ruthless in the other half of the draw, beating North East Zone by an innings and 210 runs. Shahbaz Ahmed built the platform with 167 off 244 balls, seventeen fours and four sixes, walking in after his side had slipped to six down and finishing with the highest score of the match. Anukul Roy took five wickets and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi chipped in with a couple. Mohammed Shami had a match to forget. Kishan, a white-ball specialist, led that side and spoke of enjoying the switch back to red-ball cricket. Away from the Duleep Trophy, India piled up 503 for 9 against Sri Lanka, who have one innings closed at 290 all out and another running at 229 for 6. Vida Kovai Kings posted 183 for 5 in the Tamil Nadu Premier League; Trichy Grand Cholas were 99 for 10. You can watch those totals move on 99Exch as the boards refresh.
What it means next
North Zone and East Zone have booked their semi-final places. For Arshdeep, the four wickets do the talking to the Test selectors. Two fixtures are still to begin. Hyderabad Kingsmen Academy and Nepal are yet to bat, neither side has taken the field in Pakistan's tour of England, and in Sri Lanka the Test is still going with a result some way off. How those results land, and how the fresh games open once play starts, is the sort of thing you can follow through 99Exch.