Bengaluru, Sept. 14 -- Kumar Kartikeya's four-wicket haul sums up South Zone's second innings for 426, leading by 64 runs against Central Zone at the end of day four of the Duleep Trophy final at Bengaluru on Sunday.

Central Zone needs just 65 runs on the final day to clinch the Duleep Trophy 2025 title, having taken a 64-run lead despite three South Zone batters scoring half-centuries.

South Zone lost four wickets in the morning session but managed to extend the match into the final day, thanks to a crucial 192-run partnership between Ankit Sharma and Andre Siddarth C for the seventh wicket. Sharma fell short of a century, dismissed for 99 when trying to play a big shot off Kartikeya, and then the tail soon followed, with South Zone al...