EZ vs SZ Highlights, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tilak Varma fights a lone battle as he runs out of partners

EZ vs SZ Highlights, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: South Zone end Day 3 at 242/6. Tilak Varma is fighting a lone battle for his team, remaining unbeaten on 53.

EZ vs SZ Highlights, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tilak Varma grinding it out for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy final. (PTI)

EZ vs SZ Highlights, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: South Zone were left with a mountain to climb at the end of Day 3, reaching 80 overs in response to East Zone's massive 708 at Chepauk. Devdutt Padikkal provided the most substantial resistance with a fluent 62, while Narayan Jagadeesan made 32 and Shail Rasheed contributed 27. South had recovered to 115/2 at lunch, but East Zone seized control immediately after the interval, with Mohammed Shami removing Rasheed before Mukesh Kumar dismissed the well-set Padikkal. Ravichandran Smaran's 23 was also ended by Shami as South Zone slipped to 176/5 by tea....Read More

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• 8 Sept 2026, 05:03:37 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: End of Day 3

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: So, that is the end of Day 3. Tilak Varma stays unbeaten on 56, while Chama Milind has joined him in the middle.

  South Zone - 242/6

• 8 Sept 2026, 04:58:04 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: WICKET!!!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Finally!!! East Zone get the wicket. Shreyas Gopal plays the ball back to Qureshi, who makes no mistake.

  South Zone - 240/6

• 8 Sept 2026, 04:54:29 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tilak Varma goes past his half-century

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: A great knock from the South Zone skipper under pressure. He has gone past his half-century and is still grinding it hard.

  South Zone - 238/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 04:45:35 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Ishan Kishan with the ball

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: This time Ishan Kishan takes the ball and delivers.

  South Zone - 228/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 04:44:37 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: East Zone's grind continues

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: After the fifth wicket, the East Zone bowlers have not found a way through. Ishan Kisnan and his men continue their grind as they look to secure the title.

  South Zone - 227/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 04:31:09 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tilak Varma continues his fight

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: This partnership is frustrating the East Zone. Tilak Varma looks resilient and fixated on staying there as long as possible.

  South Zone - 220/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 04:06:37 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Ishan Kishan into the attack

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Ishan Kishan decides to roll his arm over. He is looking to break this partnership somehow. OH!! WAIT!!! He has called Sooravanshi and handed him the ball instead.

• 8 Sept 2026, 04:06:06 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: East Zone looking for the sixth wicket

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tilak Varma and Shreyas Gopal are showing great resistance here.

  South Zone - 206/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 03:45:02 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: A chance goes begging

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Back of a length delivery at the off stump. Gopal pushes at it and the ball goes off the outside edge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi at first slip. The young man fails to hold on. Mukesh Kumar does not look happy.

  South Zone - 200/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 03:31:07 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Gopal and Tilak show resistance

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shreyas Gopal and Tilak Varma are looking to offer some resistance for South Zone and stick together a fighting partnership.

  South Zone - 192/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 03:12:04 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shami into the attack

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shami is bowling a probing line and length. He is continuing from where he left before the break.

  South Zone - 178/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 03:08:27 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Sooryavanshi with the first over after tea

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The first over comes from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. A decent over.

  South Zone 178/5

• 8 Sept 2026, 03:05:20 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Welcome back

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: So, we are back for the final session. The East Zone have really taken control of the match.

• 8 Sept 2026, 02:43:35 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Time for Tea!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: South Zone enter the tea interval with half the side back in the hut. The Tilak Varma-led side are staring down the barrel and the captain really needs to step up if the South Zone are to have any chance of surviving at Chepauk.

  South Zone 176/5 in 56 overs.

• 8 Sept 2026, 02:38:39 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Sooryavanshi in the attack!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi introduces himself into the attack so that Mohammed Shami is able to bowl one more over from the other end before the tea interval.

  South Zone 176/5.

• 8 Sept 2026, 02:34:24 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: REVIEW! Shami strikes!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mohammed Shami strikes, gets his second and Ravichandran Smaran walks back for 23. The pacer went past the outside edge and it prompted both Shami and Kumar Kushagra to launch a huge appeal. However, the umpire stood his ground. After a lot of deliberation, Sooryavanshi decided to go for the review and the replays showed a spike when the ball was next to the bat.

  South Zone 174/5.

• 8 Sept 2026, 02:28:17 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tilak, Smaran hold fort!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tilak Varma and Smaran have started to rotate the strike at will and the duo are forming a crucial fifth wicket stand for the South Zone. Tea is around the corner and safe to say, that the duo are playing for the break in play.

  South Zone 174/4.

• 8 Sept 2026, 02:02:41 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Runs hard to come by!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Both Tilak Varma and Ravichandran Smaran are biding their time and runs are not flowing freely. Both batters are looking just to survive for now.

  South Zone 159/4.

• 8 Sept 2026, 01:43:22 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Skipper Tilak in the middle!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: South Zone hopes now rely on skipper Tilak Varma, who is in the middle alongside Ravichandran Smaran! This is a crucial partnership for the South Zone.

  SZ 145/4

• 8 Sept 2026, 01:13:27 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: What have you done Padikkal? WICKET!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Oh god! Terrible shot from Padikkal off a nothing delivery. Mukesh Kumar drops it on the pads and the left-hander looks to go aerial and only finds the substitute fielder Denish Das in the deep. Padikkal throws his wicket away on 62. East Zone are now firmly on top.

  South Zone 129/4.

• 8 Sept 2026, 01:04:47 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shami strikes!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mohammed Shami gets the breakthrough. Rasheed walks back for 27. The right-hander is wrapped on the pads and the on-field umpire doesn't think twice before raising his finger. The first wicket for Shami in the final.

  South Zone 126/3.

• 8 Sept 2026, 12:55:21 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Poor ball and punished!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Poor delivery from Quraishi. Rasheed just times the ball to backward square leg and is rewarded with a boundary. The right-hander moves on to 26.

  South Zone 123/2.

• 8 Sept 2026, 12:47:59 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The ball is keeping low!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The pitch is finally showing some signs of some wear and tear. The ball has started to keep low and this will bring the East Zone spinners into the mix.

  South Zone: 119/2

• 8 Sept 2026, 12:43:24 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The second session begins!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: We are back live. The players are out there in the middle for the second session. Padikkal and Rasheed would hope to continue from where they left off in the first session.

• 8 Sept 2026, 12:03:07 PM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: That's lunch!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The first session is done and dusted on the third day. Devdutt Padikkal and Shaik Rasheed are in the middle for the South Zone, unbeaten on 58 and 22, respectively.

  South Zone 115/2.

• 8 Sept 2026, 11:26:53 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Padikkal hits ahalf-century

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Devdutt Padikkal continues from where he left off in the series against Sri Lanka. The elegant left-hander from Karnataka gets to his half-century off just 65 balls.

  South Zone 92/2 in 23.1 overs.

• 8 Sept 2026, 11:08:34 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: WICKET! Jagadeesan falls!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shikhar Mohan gets his man as Narayan Jagadeesan plays a loose shot and throws away his wicket. Simple catch for Abhimanyu Easwaran. The right-hander walks back for 32.

  South Zone 70/2.

• 8 Sept 2026, 11:04:43 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Perfect timing!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Md Kounain Quraishi bowls a long-hop and Jagadeesan just strides forward and places the ball for a boundary towards cover.

  South Zone 67/1.

• 8 Sept 2026, 10:53:20 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: FOUR!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Abhijit Sarkar drops it short and Padikkal just rocks back and times the ball to perfection. The ball races towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary! Padikkal moves onto 28.

  South Zone 52/1.

• 8 Sept 2026, 10:45:12 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: FOUR!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Devdutt Padikkal plays it too close and the deft touch lands him a four. The ball was close to the stumps and the bat came down just in time.

  South Zone 45/1.

• 8 Sept 2026, 10:41:34 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shami back on the park!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mohammed Shami who had gone off the field, is back and is fielding in the deep. He's signing some autographs for the fans and keeping them happy.

  South Zone 37/1.

• 8 Sept 2026, 10:27:44 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Padikkal survives!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Devdutt Padikkal charges down the track but is wrapped on the pads. Loud appeal but the umpire doesn't raise his finger. Kishan goes for the review and the replays show that the ball was missing the stumps. East Zone lose a review.

  South Zone 31/1.

• 8 Sept 2026, 10:21:20 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Padikkal in full flow!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Devdutt Padikkal looks in supreme touch and has quickly moved onto 13 off 15 balls. The left-hander recently smashed two centuries on the tour of Sri Lanka and is continuing on with his good form.

  South Zone 27/1.

• 8 Sept 2026, 10:04:07 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Sooryavanshi! Wow!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mukesh Kumar strikes! Ricky Bhui walks back to the hut. The umpire gave it not out but Vaibhav Sooryavanshi convinced skipper Kishan to for the review and the replays prove that the youngster was right.

  Mukesh's delivery jagged back in from a length before drifting down the leg side. Ricky Bhui tried to help it fine and only managed to clip the ball to the wicketkeeper Kumar Kushagra.

  South Zone 11/1

• 8 Sept 2026, 09:55:03 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Commentators go gaga over Shami

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Ashok Malhotra continues to go gaga over Mohammed Shami. He compares the pacer to Kapil Dev, calling him a true workhorse. Shami has just given away one run in his three overs.

  South Zone 10/0 in 5 overs.

• 8 Sept 2026, 09:40:25 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Poor delivery!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mukesh now drifts onto the pads and Jagadeesan just flicks him for yet another four.

  South Zone 8/0 in 2 overs.

• 8 Sept 2026, 09:39:16 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Up and running!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Narayan Jagadeeshan gets South Zone off the mark. Mukesh Kumar bowls a probing delivery and the right-hander just glides it to deep backward point for a boundary.

  South Zone 4/0

• 8 Sept 2026, 09:36:06 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Play begins!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The third day of the Duleep Trophy final is underway. Mohammed Shami bowled the opening over of the day. Ricky Bhui negotiates it safely. However, South Zone are yet to get off the mark.

• 8 Sept 2026, 09:02:11 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: What South Zone needs to do?

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The easy way for South Zone to win the tournament is to keep batting and batting. If they surpass the 708-run mark, they will win the title on the basis of the first innings lead. Fair to say, a result looks unlikely here taking the conditions into account and it will all boil down to the first innings lead.

• 8 Sept 2026, 08:46:31 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Ishan Kishan shatters records

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: The East zone captain led from the front, playing a knock of 270 to power his team to a mammoth score of 708. The left-handed batter battled cramps, and was retired hurt at one point. However, he returned later on in the final session and eventually lost his wicket for 270.

• 8 Sept 2026, 08:30:42 AM IST

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Hello and welcome!

  EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third day of the Duleep Trophy final. The third day is known as moving day and finally East Zone bowlers will have a bowl in the middle. 708 runs on the board. Expect Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar to crank it up.