EZ vs SZ Highlights, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Ishan Kishan 111 not out as East Zone take Day 1 honours

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: That's it for Day 1. East Zone are firmly in control of the match. 384 runs. 79 overs. Three fifty-plus scores, one of which is a century. South Zone, on the other hand, seem without a plan at the moment.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Half an hour of play has been extended today, and the South Zone has bowled only 78 overs. It's 5 pm already, still 12 overs short. Seems like Day 1 is getting extended.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: What a knock! 10th first-class century for Ishan Kishan. It comes off 122 balls. This implies that the second fifty came off 51 balls. Gets to mark with a four down the ground against Gopal. His second Duleep Trophy hundred.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Poor delivery from Milind. Angled down to the leg side and Kushagra clobbers it over square leg for a six. That brings up his fifty.

East Zone 366/4 in 76 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: He moves on to 94 with a four crunched against Gopal. East Zone go past 350.

Meanwhile, play will be extended till 5pm IST as 90 overs need to be bowled. But doesn't seem there will be 90 overs today. South Zone has bowled just 73 overs so far.

East Zone 353/4 in 73 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: CV Milind back into the attack, the short-ball ploy remains and Ishan smashes two fours, both down square leg in the first three balls.

The fourth delivery summed up South Zone on Day 1. Short ball, pulled away in a similar manner, but this time gets stopped in the deep. The batters run two in the middle, but over throw causes four more runs.

East Zone 346/4 in 72 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: This is defensive bowling from South Zone, and the batters are capitalising on it. After a four from Ishan against Vijay, Kushagra hits him for four and six against him.

East Zone 327/4 in 70 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: After seven overs of pace from South Zone in the final session, Ricky Bhui, stand-in skipper for the side, bring in spinners Tripurna Vijay and Shreyas Gopal.

East Zone 307/4 in 68 overs

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: This has been quite a Day 1 for East Zone. Three fifties, one blazing 44 from Sooryavanshi, and a well-set Kushagra accompanying Ishan. 300 up for East Zone and this comprises three fifty-plus stands as well, including the current fifth-wicket stand.

East Zone 300/4 in 67 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Scoring at a strike rate of 70, Ishan brings up his fifty in 71 balls, comprising seven boundaries.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Anorther short ball from Siraj, errs in the line and Ishan tucks it behind down the leg side for a four and that's 4000 runs for him in first-class cricket. He averages 40, has 19 fifties and nine centuries in red-ball cricket. He is now just two runs away from his 20th fifty.

East Zone 277/4 in 60 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Should South Zone repeat the mistake, the commentator reminds that they will face a penalty of five runs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Umpires have cautioned South Zone team after the team took 24 minutes to bowl the last four overs. Umpires warn Ricky Bhui and Siraj is seen listening to the conversation.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Short ball from Siraj, angled down the leg and the line allowed Kushagra to pull it over square leg for a maximum. Commentators seem to can't get enough in criticising South Zone's short-ball ploy. They feel the bowlers should bring in more variety early on. Siraj changes bowling side, Kushagra treats him the same manner, this time pulling for a four.

“They are just losing the plot here,” says one of the commentators.

East Zone 226/4 in 58 overs

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: South Zone have stuck to their bowling plan. 10 per cent deliveries were short in the opening session, which was raised to 46 per cent in the second session. Ishan has continued to be attacked by the same bowling ploy after Tea. The East Zone captain has gotten more aggressive against the variety, scoring a boundary off a pull shot down backward square leg.

East Zone 258/4 in 56 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: And just like that the second session comes to an end. 113 runs were scored and the East Zone lost two more wickets.

East Zone 246/4.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mohammed Siraj is back into the attack and bowls a pitch-perfect bouncer to Ishan Kishan, catching the East Zone captain off guard. The duo have some words but it's all in good spirits.

East Zone 241/4.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Oh no! Shikhar Mohan loses his wicket against the run of play. The short ball ploy works yet again for the South Zone. Milind gets his second and Mohan walks back after scorin 85.

East Zone 241/4

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Ishan Kishan is also having some fun now. He is getting boundaries at will and moves into the 30s. Solid batting from East Zone.

East Zone 242/3

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shikhar Mohan is now toying around with the leg-spinner Shikhar Mohan. He once again goes aerial and this time the ball goes over the long-off fence for a maximum! Mohan moves to 79.

East Zone 222/3.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shreyas Gopal bowls it too full and Mohan dispatches it over the long-on fence for a maximum. The left-hander is now displaying full array of shots to move into the 70s.

East Zone 216/3.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shikhar Mohan is on the charge! Tripurana Vijay bowls it too full and the left-hander doesn't need a second invitation to belt it over extra cover.

East Zone 209/3.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Shikhar Mohan takes a calculated risk and is rewarded with a boundary for his effort. Mohan moves into the 60s. And with this, 200 runs come up for the East Zone.

East Zone 201/3.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: A 50-run stand comes up between Shikhar Mohan and Ishan Kishan for the fourth wicket. The duo are having no trouble, and runs are flowing freely for the duo.

East Zone 197/3 in 44 overs.

EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Tripurana Vijay bowls a long hop. The short delivery is dispatched to the boundary without a fuss by the East Zone captain Ishan Kishan. This is just poor bowling from the South Zone spinners. Kishan moves to 11.

East Zone 186/3.