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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
EZ vs SZ LIVE Score, Day 3, Duleep Trophy 2026 Final: Mukesh now drifts onto the pads and Jagadeeshan just flicks him for yet another four.
South Zone 8/0 in 2 overs.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.