East Zone will battle with South Zone in the grand finale of the Duleep Trophy 2026 campaign at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, starting on Sunday, September 6.
East Zone stunned Central Zone by four wickets in the first semi-final to advance to the grand finale. On the other hand, South Zone bagged a comfortable seven-wicket win over North Zone in the second semi-final to make it to the final.
East Zone vs South Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Final, Match Details
Match: East Zone vs South Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Final
Time & Date: 9:30 AM IST, September 6 to 10
Venue: MA Chidambaram, Chennai
East Zone vs South Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Final Pitch Report
The MA Chidambaram surface is expected to assist batters and bowlers equally. The new ball bowlers will have lateral movement on offer in the initial overs. However, batters are expected to do well once they settle down.
East Zone vs South Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Final Probable XIs
East Zone
Abhimanyu Easwaran, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Kumar Kushagra, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Ishan Kishan (c) (wk), Virat Singh, Md Kounain Quraishi, Anukul Roy, Abhijit K Sarkar, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar
South Zone
Ricky Bhui/Shaik Rasheed, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Tilak Varma (c), Smaran Ravichandran, Kodimela Himateja, Shreyas Gopal, Tanay Thyagarajan, Mohammed Siraj, Vidhwath Kaverappa, MD Nidheesh
East Zone vs South Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Final Winner Prediction
Match Winner: South Zone
South Zone, led by Tilak Varma, looks like the better-equipped squad on paper. With the inclusion of Devdutt Padikkal and Mohammed Siraj, we can expect them to come out on top comfortably in this five-day fixture and lift the silverware
