Let us inform that in this final match of Duleep Trophy, West Zone team defeated South by a huge margin of 294 runs. West Zone had set a huge target of 529 runs in front of South but the team was reduced to just 234 runs.
Had a successful double century
Yashasvi Jaiswal played an important role in West Zone’s victory in the final of the Duleep Trophy. In the match, he played an excellent innings of 265 runs for the bat. During this, he faced 323 balls and hit 30 fours and four sixes. Apart from Yashasvi, Sarfaraz Khan also played an unbeaten 127 for West Zone. It was due to these two players that West Zone declared the innings by scoring 585 runs for four wickets in their second innings.
In the final match of Duleep Trophy, West Zone team won the toss and elected to bat first. The team scored 270 runs in its first innings. In response, South Zone’s team took a lead of 57 runs after scoring 327 runs, but in the second, West did not give a strong comeback and South did not get a chance to recover.
The match referee spoke to Yashasvi
After winning the title, young West Zone batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal was adjudged the player of the match. After the match, it was seen that the match referee Narayanankutty was explaining to him with a hand on his shoulder. In such a situation, it is expected that no major action will be taken against Yashasvi, but what he did on the ground cannot be considered a good example at all.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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