South Zone Clinch 9th Deodhar Trophy Title, Beat East Zone By 45 Runs In Final

After opener Rohan Kunnummal smacked a sensational century — a 75-ball 107 with four sixes and 11 fours — to set the ball rolling for his side, there was no stopping the South Zone who piled up 328 for eight in the summit clash batting first.

South Zone’s impressive bowling line-up then made life miserable for the East Zone batters, whose top order crumbled to reach 75 for four after 16 overs and were left staring at a mountain to climb.

It was not for the first time in the Deodhar Trophy that East Zone pinned all their hopes on the pair of Riyan Parag and Kumar Kushagra, who delivered yet again with a 105-run stand for the sixth wicket, but their effort was just not enough.