Rajat Patidar's Central Zone win battle of nerves, beat South to win Duleep Trophy

Overall, Central Zone captain Patidar topped the batting charts with 382 runs in five innings, at an average of 76.40, Rathod was close behind with 374 runs at an average of 124.66. Young opener Danish Malewar impressed with a run of 352 runs at 70.40.

But they have been doing well in the Ranji Trophy too. Rathod was the highest run-getter in the Ranji Trophy last season with 960 runs (average 53.33), Malewar got 783 runs (52.20) while Patidar amassed 529 runs (48.09).

The South Zone attack they got runs against in the Duleep Trophy consisted of Gurjapneet Singh, Vasuki Koushik, MD Nidheesh, Ankit Sharma and Ricky Bhui.