Watch: Kumar Kartikeya Cleans Mohammed Azharuddeen with absolute beauty in the Duleep 2025 final trophy
In the confrontation of the Duleep Trophy Summit 2025, Central Zone Spinner Kumar Kartikeya Produced an amazing delivery to reject the captain of the southern zone Mohammed Azharuddeen. The bowling in the middle and legs stump, Kartikeya’s delivery turned out suddenly and crashed at the top of the stump, leaving Azharuddeen amazed and giving the tone to the domination of the central zone at the BCCI Center of Excellence, Bengaluru.
Kumar Kartikeya and Saransh Jain break the backbone of the southern zone striker unit
By opting for the first time after winning the draw, the central zone took advantage of the rotation of the left arm of Kartikeya and the pointed turn. He claimed four crucial – MOHD counters. Azharuddeen, opener Mohit Bale,, Ravichandran Smaran And Gurjapneet Singh – Disassembly of the upper and intermediate order of the southern zone.
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Absolute beauty 😮
Kumar Kartikeya produced a cracker to reject the captain of the South Mohd area. Azharuddeen 👌
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Nothing but the pressure was not fed while Sransh Jain, another spinner of the left arm of the central area, joined the party. Weekly breakthroughs came when he withdrew Ricky Bhui, Salman Nizar, Ankit Sharma, Andre Siddarth And Nothyhesh Further deepening the difficult situation in the southern zone and placing the central zone in a dominant position.
South Zone did everything for a meager 150 in its first sleeves.
Also look: Rajat Patidar takes a capture without sight in the Duleep 2025 final between the southern zone and the central zone
South and central zone: Road to the Duleep Trophy 2025 Final
South Zone, led by Azharuddeen, had shown resilience in their semi -final, overcoming the northern zone thanks to a first advance of 175 points – enough to reach the final despite the match ending with a draw.
The central area has also moved to the final with a first lead over the western area, giving them momentum and confidence to deploy their bowling assault.
The decision of Central Zone of Field first has already paid dividends. Their heavy attack, led by Kartikeya and supported by Jain, framed a collapse that the southern zone failed to counter. With the ball that suddenly turns on the surface of Bengaluru, these quisors have exploited the conditions in an expert manner. The dismissal of Azharuddeen was symbolic of intelligent tactics of the central zone.
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