- Match: South Zone vs North Zone
- Date- 5th July 2023
- Match Format- 4-day game
- Venue- M.A. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Time- 9:30 AM (IST)
- Weather Forecast- Scattered Thunderstorms, 24℃
South Zone vs North Zone Today Match Prediction Preview:
Welcome to the SZ vs NZ Today Prediction curated by Kheltalk cricket experts. In the 1st semi-final of the Duleep Trophy 2023, South Zone will be locking horns with North Zone.
As South Zone was one of the finalists of the previous edition, they had directly earned a place in the semi-finals. They will be up against North Zone who steamrolled past North East Zone by 511 runs.
North Zone are the 2nd most successful team in the history of the Duleep Trophy with 18 titles under their belt.
South Zone would be looking to win their 13th Duleep Trophy and would be looking to perform well in this semi-final in Bengaluru.
Top Batsmen for SZ vs NZ
- Hanuma Vihari (South Zone)- 8600 runs in 113 first-class matches
- Mayank Agarwal (South Zone)- 6846 runs in 91 first-class matches
- Nishant Sindhu (North Zone)- Scored 150 runs in the 1st innings in the quarter finals
Top Bowlers for SZ vs NZ
- Siddharth Kaul (North Zone)- 269 wickets
- Washington Sundar (South Zone)- 6 wickets in Tests
- Harshit Rana (North Zone)- 23 wickets in first-class cricket
SZ vs NZ Today Match Prediction Scenarios
Scenario 1- If SZ bats first
- First Innings score prediction- SZ is expected to score above 400
- Result prediction- SZ will win the match by 200 runs
Scenario 2- If NZ bats first
- First Innings score prediction-NZ is expected to score 250-300
- Result prediction- SZ will win the match by 4 wickets.
SZ vs NZ Today Match Prediction, 1st Semi-Final Who Will Win the Match?
South Zone to win
The star-studded South Zone team will have an edge over North Zone in the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2023. Players like Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Washington Sundar and Sachin Baby will be key players in the team.
That being said, North Zone won’t be pushovers as they are in good form. Led by Jayant Yadav, North Zone defeated North East Zone by a huge margin of 511 runs in the quarter finals.
Team Update/Players Availability/Injury News
There are no injury news as of now. We will update if there are any updates.
South Zone vs North Zone Probable Playing 11
SZ Playing XI
Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Tilak Verma, Ricky Bhui, Washington Sundar, Sai Sudarshan, D Misal, KS Bharat, R Sai Kishore, V Vijaykumar, V Kaverappa
NZ Playing XI
Dhruv Shorey, Prashant Chopra, Cheteshwar Pujara, Prabhsimran Singh, Ankit Kumar, Nishant Sindhu, Jayant Yadav, Pulkit Narang, Harshit Rana, Siddharth Kaul, Baltej Singh
Squad for South Zone vs North Zone
South Zone Squad
Hanuma Vihari (captain), Mayank Agarwal (vice-captain), Sai Sudharsan, Ricky Bhui (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), R Samarth, Washington Sundar, Sachin Baby, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sai Kishore, V Kaverappa, V Vyshak, KV Sasikanth, Darshan Misal, Tilak Varma.
North Zone
Mandeep Singh (captain), Prashant Chopra, Dhruv Shorey, Manan Vohra, Prabhsimran Singh, Ankit Kumar, AS Kalsi, Harshit Rana, Abid Mushtaq, Jayant Yadav, Pulkit Narang, Nishant Sandhu, Sidharth Kaul, Vaibhav Arora, Baltej Singh.
