Duleep Trophy selection watch: nine players building a red-ball case
The quarter-finals produced dominant wins and the semi-finals started with bowlers in control. These are the performances worth carrying forward—not promises of an India call-up.
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Why it matters
A useful selection watch separates what players have actually done from the speculation that traditionally surrounds domestic red-ball cricket.
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What changed
East advance emphatically
East Zone beat North East Zone by an innings and 210 runs after big hundreds from Shahbaz Ahmed and Sudip Gharami.
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North Zone defend their position to beat West Zone by 52 runs, with Abid Mushtaq taking nine wickets in the match.
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Central Zone make 266 against East; North are dismissed for 195 before reducing South to 40 for two.
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What to carry forward
- Abid Mushtaq's nine-wicket quarter-final is the strongest complete-match bowling case so far.
- Abhijit Sarkar has carried wicket-taking form from the quarter-final into the semi-final.
- Shahbaz Ahmed and Sudip Gharami supplied East Zone's defining first-innings volume.
- Anshul Kamboj is contributing in both disciplines across different match states.
- These are form signals, not selection guarantees.