Tilak Varma’s 106 gives South Zone a lead in Duleep semi-final

Tilak Varma and Shreyas Gopal added 175 for the sixth wicket after South Zone slipped to 80 for five against North Zone.

Key points

Tilak Varma is unbeaten on 106 after South slipped to 80 for five.
Tilak and Shreyas Gopal added 175 for the sixth wicket before South closed 285 for nine, 90 ahead.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 92 as East matched Central Zone's first-innings 266.
Central then slipped to 45 for three, leaving the first semi-final open.
Both semi-finals remained in balance at stumps.