North Zone will go head-to-head with the West Zone in the second quarter-final of Duleep Trophy 2026 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1 in Bengaluru, starting on Sunday, August 23.
North Zone made it to the semi-final last season, but failed to bag the first-innings lead against South Zone. They will be led by Kanhaiya Wadhawan this season. Meanwhile, West Zone failed to make it to the grand finale last season after they couldn’t secure the first-innings lead against the Central Zone in the semi-final.
North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2, Match Details
Match: North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2
Time & Date: 9:30 AM IST, August 23 to 26
Venue: BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1, Bengaluru
North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2 Probable XIs
North Zone
Kanhaiya Wadhawan (c)(wk), Ayush Badoni (vc), Sanat Sangwan, Qamran Iqbal, Yash Dhull, Ayush Doseja, Abdul Samad, Nishant Sindhu, Arshdeep Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Yudhvir Singh
West Zone
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Prithvi Shaw, Musheer Khan, Tanush Kotian, Harvik Desai (wk), Urvil Patel, Shams Mulani (vc), Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Atit Sheth, Mukesh Choudhary
North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2 Pitch Report
The pitch at this venue will be a decent one for batters throughout the game. However, spinners will also have their fair share in the middle overs of the contest. The captain, who won the toss, would love to bat first and put up a big total on the board.
North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2 Top Picks
Anshul Kamboj
Anshul Kamboj played five matches, taking 13 wickets with an average of 27 and an economy rate of 2.71 in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season.
Urvil Patel
Urvil Patel accumulated 4414 runs from 11 innings at an average of 41.4 with a century and two half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season.
North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2 Captain picks
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad amassed 410 runs from seven innings at an average of 82 with a century and three half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season.
Yash Dhull
Delhi top-order batter Yash Dhull racked up 424 runs from nine innings at an average of 48.22 with a century and three half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season.
North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2 Head to Head Dream11 team
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Yash Dhull, Prithvi Shaw, Musheer Khan, Tanush Kotian, Harvik Desai, Urvil Patel, Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh Choudhary, Anshul Kamboj (vc)
North Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy 2026, Quarter-Final 2 Grand League Dream11 team
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yash Dhull (c), Prithvi Shaw, Musheer Khan, Tanush Kotian, Harvik Desai, Urvil Patel (vc), Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh Choudhary, Anshul Kamboj
