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East Zone in Final of Duleep Trophy : The team of Ishan Kishan and Vaibhav Suryavanshi has reached the final of East Zone Duleep Trophy 2026. In the semi-final-1 of Duleep Trophy, the match was played between East Zone and Central Zone. Chasing the target of 159 runs in this match, East Zone defeated Central Zone by 4 wickets and secured its place in the final. With this, East Zone has become the first team to reach the final by winning the semi-final. Who are the players who took the team to the finals i.e. the 5 heroes of East Zone's victory? Let us know about these players.

In this match, 5 players for East Zone performed brilliantly in the entire match. These include the names of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Abhimanyu Easwaran. All these players have performed brilliantly in both the innings. In this match, Central Zone got all out for 266 runs in the first innings and in response, East Zone also got all out for 266 runs in the first innings. Central Zone was able to score 158 runs in the second innings and while chasing the target of 159 runs, Central Zone won the match by scoring 162 runs for 6 wickets in 39.3 overs.

1 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Indian cricket team's 15 year old young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made an important contribution in the victory of the East Zone team. East Zone vice-captain Vaibhav Suryavanshi played excellent innings in both the innings of this match and made an important contribution in taking the team to the final. In the first inning, Vaibhav played an important inning of 92 runs in 81 balls with 7 fours and 7 sixes and in the second inning he played an important inning of 40 runs in 43 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes.

2- Ishan Kishan

East Zone captain and explosive wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team Ishan Kishan made an important contribution in the team reaching the final. He performed well for the team not only with the bat but also with his captaincy. Ishan Kishan showed amazing performance even behind the wicket. In the first inning of this match, Ishaan played an inning of 16 runs in 27 balls with 1 four and in the second inning he played an unbeaten match-winning inning of 39 runs in 41 balls with 4 fours and 1 six.

3- Mohammed Shami

Indian cricket team's experienced fast bowler Mohammed Shami made an important contribution in this match. He performed brilliantly with the ball in both the innings. Shami contributed significantly to the victory of East Zone and was the hero of the victory. He took 2 wickets for 34 runs in 16 overs in the first innings. In the second innings, he took 3 wickets for 56 runs in 16 overs. He took a total of 5 wickets in the entire match.

4 – Mukesh Kumar

Mukesh Kumar also made an important contribution in the victory of East Zone. In the first innings he took 3 wickets for 56 runs in 16 overs, while in the second innings he took 4 wickets for 44 runs in 12 overs.

5 – Abhimanyu Easwaran

Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran also made an important contribution in taking East Zone to the final. In the first innings, he played an inning of 69 runs in 106 balls with 8 fours. In the second innings, he made an important contribution of 24 runs with 1 six in 55 balls.

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