Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Tilak Varma’s Unbeaten Ton Puts South Zone Ahead of North
North Zone scored 195 runs in their first innings.
South Zone then batted and found themselves in trouble at 80 for five.
Tilak Varma and Shreyas Gopal played carefully and helped South recover.
Together, they added 175 runs for the sixth wicket.
Gopal scored 87 runs before being dismissed.
Varma stayed unbeaten on 106 runs.
South finished on 285 for nine, 90 runs ahead.
The reports differ on whether this score came at the end of the first day or Day II.
Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten 106 as South Zone reached 285 for nine.
South Zone lead North Zone by 90 runs after North were dismissed for 195.
Shreyas Gopal made 87 and shared a 175-run sixth-wicket partnership with Varma.
Gurnoor Brar took four wickets for 70 runs as North initially reduced South to 80 for five.
The reports identify the match stage differently, calling it either the first day or Day II.
- Who
- South Zone, led by Tilak Varma, played North Zone in a Duleep Trophy semifinal.
- What
- South Zone reached 285 for nine after North Zone were bowled out for 195, taking a 90-run first-innings lead.
- When
- Monday; one report describes the score at the end of the first day, while another labels it the end of Day II.
- Where
- Bengaluru.
- Why
- Varma’s unbeaten century and his 175-run partnership with Shreyas Gopal helped South recover from 80 for five and move ahead.
- Competition
- Duleep Trophy semifinal
- North Zone score
- 195 all out
- South Zone score
- 285/9
- South Zone lead
- 90 runs
- Top scorer
- Tilak Varma: 106 not out off 225 balls, with seven fours
- Key partnership
- Tilak Varma and Shreyas Gopal added 175 runs for the sixth wicket
- North Zone leading bowler
- Gurnoor Brar: 4/70
