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Duleep Trophy 2025 Live Score: Rain interrupts strong Central Zone progress
After Patidar’s dismissal, Malewar found support in Vidarbha teammate Yash Rathod, with the pair adding an unbroken 85 runs for the third wicket.
Rathod remained unbeaten on 32 when rain brought an abrupt end to play.
Central Zone, riding on Malewar’s unbeaten 198 and Patidar’s explosive 125, hold complete control heading into Day 2.
Central Zone vs North East Zone Live Score: Match-turning partnership
The turning point of the day was the blistering 199-run stand between Malewar and Patidar for the second wicket in just over 28 overs.
The duo came together after opener Aryan Juyal, who had scored 60, was forced to retire hurt following a blow to the abdomen.
Their aggressive approach left North East Zone bowlers without answers as boundaries flowed consistently.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Live Score: Patidar’s counter-attacking hundred
Patidar, fresh from leading RCB to their maiden IPL title earlier this year, played the more aggressive role. His 96-ball 125 featured 21 fours and three sixes.
He entered the 90s with three consecutive reverse sweeps off part-timer Rongsen Jonathan and completed his 14th First-Class century with a stylish cover drive.
He eventually perished while attempting a sweep against pacer Pheiroijam Jotin, caught at deep square leg.
Central Zone vs North East Zone Live Score: Malewar’s career-best knock
The 21-year-old Malewar, who had scored a big hundred in last season’s Ranji Trophy final, produced a career-best 198 not out.
Closing in on his maiden double hundred, he struck 35 fours and a six, and also inched towards the 1,000-run mark in just his 10th First-Class game.
His third century in the format was filled with fluent strokes, the 20th boundary taking him to three figures.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Live Score: Malewar and Patidar dominate North East Zone
Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy hero Danish Malewar and experienced batter Rajat Patidar toyed with a lacklustre North East Zone attack, hammering centuries as Central Zone piled up 432 for 2 in 77 overs before rain halted play on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final on Thursday.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Live Score: Danish Malewar produced a career-best knock as Central Zone piled up a commanding 432 for 2 against North East Zone on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final in Bengaluru on Thursday. The 21-year-old Vidarbha batter, already a Ranji Trophy hero, was unbeaten on 198 at stumps, closing in on his maiden first-class double hundred. He struck 35 fours and a six in his innings. Partnering him was the in-form Rajat Patidar, who smashed a fluent 125 off 96 balls with 21 boundaries and three sixes.
The pair came together after opener Aryan Juyal retired hurt on 60, and added 199 runs in just over 28 overs, dominating a listless North East bowling attack. Patidar completed his 14th first-class ton before being dismissed by pacer Pheiroijam Jotin. Malewar later added an unbroken 85-run stand with Yash Rathod (32*), extending Central Zone’s grip before rain halted play.
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