North zone score up to lunch 139/3 (34)
The North East Zone, who came out to bat first, returned after losing 3 wickets in the initial session and took the score to 139 runs. Ayush Bodni 36 while Nishant Sindhu was playing 1 run. Manishi took all three wickets for the East Zone. He took 3 wickets for 40 runs in 7 overs. Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar did not get any wicket.
Captains chose bowling after winning the toss
Gill has been out of the tournament due to sickness, in his absence, North Zone will be captained by vice-captainment Ankit Kumar. At the same time, due to the injury of Ishaan Kishan, Abhimanyu Ishwar will captain the East Zone in his place. Ishwaran was on the bench during the five Test tour of England and now he will be desperate to go on the field and score runs. Virat Singh has been given a place in the East Zone. In the last few years, he showed a very good game. He would like to influence the selector with his performance.

34 -year -old Shami did not participate in the tours of Australia and England and last played the Test in 2023. Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana, who are part of the Asia Cup team, hope that they will be seen playing in the initial matches and then they will join the T20 team going to the UAE. Dhruv Jurael, the captaincy of the Central Zone, will be seen playing silver in this team.
Duleep Trophy teams for 2025 matches
North Zone Team: Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar, Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhul, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sandhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Akib Nabi, Kanhaiya Wadwan.
North East Zone Team: Jonathan Rongsen, Akash Kumar Chaudhary, Tichi Doria, Yumanam Karnjit, Seedzhali Rupero, Ashish Thapa, Hem Bahadur Chhetri, Jehu Anderson, Arpit Subhash Bhatevara, Ferozam Jotin Singh, Paljor Tamang, Paljor Tamang, Ankur Malik, Bishwajit Singh Konthaujam, Lamabam Ajay, Lamabam Ajay Lion.