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Will the feared Indian batter, who has scored 19 thousand runs and 60 hundreds, be able to respond to the selectors?

 Will the feared Indian batter, who has scored 19 thousand runs and 60 hundreds, be able to respond to the selectors?


Will the feared Indian batter, who has scored 19 thousand runs and 60 hundreds, be able to respond to the selectors?



Final for the Duleep Trophy in 2023: The Duleep Trophy final begins on July 12. The Indian team will begin playing Test matches against the West Indies as of today. The team's seasoned batsman running out would like to react to the selectors in this scenario by dominating the first class competition.




Bangalore. Starting on Wednesday, the Duleep Trophy final will pit players from the South Zone and West Zone against one another. Cheteshwar Pujara is given special attention. In the semifinals, he hit a fantastic century. Despite the fact that he was dismissed from the Indian Test team. Pujara, who is 35 years old, has a stellar first-class cricket career. On the basis of 60 centuries, he has amassed more than 19000 runs. In addition, by performing well, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, and Sarfaraz Khan hope to catch the selectors' attention.


The West Zone has a strong tournament record. The group has won the competition 19 times and is the defending champion. South Zone, on the other side, has 14 times won the Duleep Trophy. Under Ajinkya Rahane's leadership, West Zone defeated South Zone by 294 runs in the season's championship game. Some participants also want to accomplish personal objectives in the grand finale. Consider Cheteshwar Pujara as an illustration. He contributed significantly to the team's triumph by pitching a crucial 133 run inning in the semi-finals.


Keep a watch on Prithvi and Sarfaraz, South Zone Vice-Captain Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, who has often been passed over by the selectors, and the disfavored Prithvi Shaw aspires to match his performance from the previous Ranji season. Sarfaraz and Prithvi were unable to walk during the semi-final match versus North Zone despite Mayank scoring two half-centuries. Hanuma Vihari and Washington Sundar's performances will also be watched closely.


Vihari was absent for a while as well.

Sundar participated in the white-ball series against Sri Lanka earlier this calendar year, but Hanuma Vihari last played for India in the Birmingham Test against England in 2022. Tilak Verma, who played in the T20 team against the West Indies, wants to demonstrate his abilities in the


Hanuma Vihari (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Sai Sudarshan, Ricky Bhui, R Samarth, Washington Sundar, Sachin Baby, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sai Kishore, V Kaverappa, V Visakh, KV Shashikant, Darshan Misal, and Tilak Verma are the members of both teams from the South Zone.

Priyank Panchal (Captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Suryakumar Yadav, Harvik Desai, Prithvi Shaw, Hate Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Arpit Vasavada, Atit Seth, Shams Mulani, Kedar Jadhav, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Chintan Gaja, and Arjan Nagwaswala make up the West Zone.



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