Bengaluru, Sept. 7 -- Wicketkeeper-batter Narayan Jagadeesan's prowess with the bat powered South Zone to the finals of the Duleep Trophy following a draw against North Zone in their semifinal match at Bengaluru on Sunday.

South Zone made it to the title clash on the basis of their first innings lead and will be meeting Central Zone in the title clash at Bengaluru on September 11.

North Zone elected to field first on winning the toss. Jagadeesan's 352-ball 197, with 16 fours and two sixes led the spotlight, while half-centuries came from Devdutt Padikkal (57 in 71 balls, with seven fours), Ricky Bhui (54 in 131 balls, with three fours and two sixes) and Tanay Thyagarajan (58 in 116 balls, with four boundaries) as South Zone posted 536 r...