Duleep Trophy Day 2 Live: Desperate South hunt wicket of Ishan Kishan

Download AppNewsSportsCricketDuleep Trophy Day 2 Live: Desperate South hunt wicket of Ishan KishanEast Zone vs South ZoneDuleep Trophy Final Live Day 2, East Zone vs South Zone: Ishan Kishan and Kumar Kushagra will begin Day 2 for East Zone in Chennai. A desperate South Zone will look to dust themselves and pick up their performance on the second day of the final.Duleep Trophy Final Live East Zone vs South Zone Day 2. (PTI Photo) Hello and welcome to India Today's highlights of the Duleep Trophy final. East Zone are playing South Zone in the summit clash, and we are ready to bring you the live updates on Day 2. Sep 7, 2026 09:27 ISTDuleep Trophy Final: Day 2 pitch reportAshok Malhotra and WV Raman are doing the pitch report. Malhotra says that it is an absolute road, and it will remain so throughout Day 2. The only way to survive in this pitch is to bend your back and hope to get lucky. Mohammed Siraj struggled throughout Day 1, conceding at 7 runs per over. He will need to come out and do better today. Sep 7, 2026 09:25 ISTDuleep Trophy Live: Tilak Varma under the pumpSouth Zone captain Tilak Varma was heavily criticised for his defensive captaincy on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy. Spooked by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhimanyu Easwaran, Tilak put up boundary riders from the 8th over of the match. This never really allowed South Zone to get into the match, and they remained behind the match throughout Day 1. Tilak will need to do a lot better on Day 2. Sep 7, 2026 09:18 ISTDuleep Trophy Live: East Zone dominate Day 1Ishan Kishan's East Zone dominated the proceedings on Day 1 of the contest. Abhimanyu Easwaran and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi got off to a terrific start. In fact, Abhimanyu beat Vaibhav to reach the first fifty of the match. After the dismissal of the duo, No.3 Shikhar Mohan and captain Ishan Kishan took over the scene and added another 94 runs between themselves. After Shikhar's dismissal at 85, Ishan took over the scene and aggressively scored 111* to guide East to a strong total. Sep 7, 2026 09:16 ISTHello and welcomeGood morning and welcome to the live coverage of the Duleep Trophy. I am Kingshuk Kusari and I am prepped and ready to bring you the live updates from Chennai. It is Day 2 in the final of the Duleep Trophy, and East Zone restart the match with 385 runs on board. Nearly every single batter from East Zone have batted well, and the team only lost 4 wickets on Day 1 of the summit clash. Action resumes at 9:20 am. Stay tuned.