CZ vs EZ Match Prediction, Preview, Team News & Expert Analysis - 3rd TEST Match

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CZ vs EZ Match Previews and Cricket Tips

Central Zone vs East Zone Cricket Match Previews

Duleep Trophy 2026

CZONE 266/10 (80.1)

EZONE 266/10 (57)

CZONE 158/10 (50.2)

EZONE 162/6 (39.3)

Day 3: 3rd Session - East Zone won by 4 wkts

BatsmanRB4s6sSR
Mohammed Shami* 8520160
Ishan Kishan39414195.12
BowlersOMRWECO
Saransh Jain* 11.314513.91
Harsh Dubey1415343.79

Last Wicket:Sudip Kumar Gharami c Rajat Patidar b Saransh Jain 14(16) - 150/6 in 37.4 ov.

Today's Match Live Score

Central Zone vs East Zone

Duleep Trophy 2026 — TEST — 1st Semi-Final
Day 3: 3rd Session - East Zone won by 4 wkts

Central Zone — Innings 1 (266/10 in 80.1 overs)

BatsmanRB4s6sSR
Aman Mokhade
c Abhimanyu Easwaran b Abhijit K Sarkar
8291027.59
Aryan Juyal (wk)
c Kumar Kushagra b Mukesh Kumar
461136040.71
Kunal Chandela
lbw b Abhijit K Sarkar
6130046.15
Rajat Patidar (c)
b Mukesh Kumar
12411029.27
Yash Rathod
c Kumar Kushagra b Mohammed Shami
27684039.71
Rinku Singh
c Anukul Roy b Mukesh Kumar
60888068.18
Harsh Dubey
lbw b Md Kounain Quraishi
27384171.05
Saransh Jain
lbw b Md Kounain Quraishi
13201065
Aryan Pandey
c Vaibhav Sooryavanshi b Abhijit K Sarkar
22462047.83
Arshad Khan
c Virat Singh b Mohammed Shami
190011.11
Yash Thakur
batting
302660115.38
ExtrasLegByes: 2 | NoBalls: 10 | Wides: 2 | Total: 14
Total26610 wkts, 80.1 overs
Yet to Bat
BowlerOMRWEcon
Mohammed Shami1634222.6
Mukesh Kumar1605633.5
Abhijit K Sarkar16.163832.4
Anukul Roy2037904
Md Kounain Quraishi1214924.1

Partnerships

PlayersRunsBalls
Aman Mokhade & Aryan Juyal2852
Kunal Chandela & Aryan Juyal823
Rajat Patidar & Aryan Juyal2786
Yash Rathod & Aryan Juyal3675
Yash Rathod & Rinku Singh2634
Harsh Dubey & Rinku Singh5585
Saransh Jain & Rinku Singh2941
Aryan Pandey & Rinku Singh44
Aryan Pandey & Arshad Khan821
Aryan Pandey & Yash Thakur4560

Wickets

#BatsmanOverScore
1Aman Mokhade8.428
2Kunal Chandela12.336
3Rajat Patidar26.563
4Aryan Juyal39.299
5Yash Rathod44.6125
6Harsh Dubey59.1180
7Saransh Jain65.6209
8Rinku Singh66.4213
9Arshad Khan70.1221
10Aryan Pandey80.1266

East Zone — Innings 2 (266/10 in 57 overs)

BatsmanRB4s6sSR
Abhimanyu Easwaran
lbw b Aryan Pandey
691068065.09
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
c Arshad Khan b Harsh Dubey
928177113.58
Kumar Kushagra
c Aman Mokhade b Harsh Dubey
01000
Sudip Kumar Gharami
c (sub)Kunal Singh Rathore b Aryan Pandey
25485052.08
Virat Singh
c (sub)Kunal Singh Rathore b Aryan Pandey
5101050
Ishan Kishan (c) (wk)
c Kunal Chandela b Yash Thakur
16271059.26
Anukul Roy
st (sub)Kunal Singh Rathore b Harsh Dubey
16331048.48
Md Kounain Quraishi
c Rinku Singh b Yash Thakur
13143092.86
Mohammed Shami
not out
6120050
Abhijit K Sarkar
c (sub)Aayush Pandey b Harsh Dubey
260033.33
Mukesh Kumar
b Yash Thakur
370042.86
ExtrasByes: 13 | LegByes: 3 | NoBalls: 3 | Total: 19
Total26610 wkts, 57 overs
Yet to Bat
BowlerOMRWEcon
Aryan Pandey1314333.3
Yash Thakur1516634.4
Arshad Khan403007.5
Saransh Jain904505
Harsh Dubey1616644.1

Partnerships

PlayersRunsBalls
Easwaran & Vaibhav Sooryavanshi162153
Easwaran & Kumar Kushagra01
Easwaran & Gharami3877
Virat Singh & Gharami1012
Ishan Kishan & Gharami32
Ishan Kishan & Anukul Roy2958
Md Kounain Quraishi & Anukul Roy45
Md Kounain Quraishi & Mohammed Shami1420
Abhijit K Sarkar & Mohammed Shami38
Mukesh Kumar & Mohammed Shami37

Wickets

#BatsmanOverScore
1Vaibhav Sooryavanshi25.2161
2Kumar Kushagra25.3161
3Abhimanyu Easwaran38.2200
4Virat Singh40.2210
5Sudip Kumar Gharami40.4213
6Ishan Kishan50.2242
7Anukul Roy51.1246
8Md Kounain Quraishi54.3260
9Abhijit K Sarkar55.5263
10Mukesh Kumar56.6266

Central Zone — Innings 3 (158/10 in 50.2 overs)

BatsmanRB4s6sSR
Kunal Chandela
c Kumar Kushagra b Mukesh Kumar
2130015.38
Aman Mokhade
lbw b Mukesh Kumar
41894046.07
Aryan Juyal (wk)
c Abhimanyu Easwaran b Mohammed Shami
8211038.1
Rajat Patidar (c)
b Mukesh Kumar
5191026.32
Aryan Pandey
c Abhimanyu Easwaran b Abhijit K Sarkar
10231043.48
Yash Rathod
lbw b Mohammed Shami
5510100
Rinku Singh
c Kumar Kushagra b Md Kounain Quraishi
20322062.5
Harsh Dubey
c and b Mohammed Shami
24513047.06
Saransh Jain
c Kumar Kushagra b Mukesh Kumar
170014.29
Arshad Khan
c Sudip Gharami b Anukul Roy
25362169.44
Yash Thakur
not out
4140028.57
ExtrasByes: 2 | LegByes: 1 | NoBalls: 8 | Wides: 2 | Total: 13
Total15810 wkts, 50.2 overs
Yet to Bat
BowlerOMRWEcon
Mukesh Kumar1244443.7
Abhijit K Sarkar941812
Mohammed Shami1625633.5
Anukul Roy7.212313.1
Md Kounain Quraishi601412.3

Partnerships

PlayersRunsBalls
Kunal Chandela & Aman Mokhade629
Aryan Juyal & Aman Mokhade2350
Rajat Patidar & Aman Mokhade829
Aryan Pandey & Aman Mokhade2137
Yash Rathod & Aman Mokhade58
Rinku Singh & Aman Mokhade3449
Rinku Singh & Harsh Dubey06
Saransh Jain & Harsh Dubey29
Arshad Khan & Harsh Dubey4362
Arshad Khan & Yash Thakur1826

Wickets

#BatsmanOverScore
1Kunal Chandela4.56
2Aryan Juyal13.129
3Rajat Patidar17.637
4Aryan Pandey24.158
5Yash Rathod25.263
6Aman Mokhade33.195
7Rinku Singh34.195
8Saransh Jain35.497
9Harsh Dubey45.6140
10Arshad Khan50.2158

East Zone — Innings 4 (162/6 in 39.3 overs)

BatsmanRB4s6sSR
Abhimanyu Easwaran
c Rajat Patidar b Harsh Dubey
24550143.64
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
c Rajat Patidar b Yash Thakur
40433293.02
Virat Singh
c Aman Mokhade b Harsh Dubey
12361033.33
Kumar Kushagra
c Yash Thakur b Harsh Dubey
22402055
Ishan Kishan (c) (wk)
batting
39414195.12
Anukul Roy
b Harsh Dubey
01000
Sudip Kumar Gharami
c Rajat Patidar b Saransh Jain
14161087.5
Mohammed Shami
batting
8520160
ExtrasLegByes: 1 | Wides: 2 | Total: 3
Total1626 wkts, 39.3 overs
Yet to BatMd Kounain Quraishi, Abhijit K Sarkar, Mukesh Kumar
BowlerOMRWEcon
Saransh Jain11.314513.9
Aryan Pandey802603.2
Yash Thakur603716.2
Harsh Dubey1415343.8

Partnerships

PlayersRunsBalls
Easwaran & Vaibhav Sooryavanshi6185
Easwaran & Virat Singh427
Kumar Kushagra & Virat Singh2849
Kumar Kushagra & Ishan Kishan3137
Anukul Roy & Ishan Kishan01
Gharami & Ishan Kishan2630
Mohammed Shami & Ishan Kishan1211

Wickets

#BatsmanOverScore
1Vaibhav Sooryavanshi13.661
2Abhimanyu Easwaran18.365
3Virat Singh26.293
4Kumar Kushagra32.3124
5Anukul Roy32.4124
6Sudip Kumar Gharami37.4150

CZ vs EZ Match Prediction, Duleep Trophy 2026, Central Zone vs East Zone Match Preview, Probable Playing 11, Match winning Tips, Live Match Score, Pitch Report, Injury & Updates.

CZ vs EZ (Central Zone vs East Zone) Match Details

Match Central Zone vs East Zone (CZ vs EZ)
League Duleep Trophy 2026
Date Sunday, 30th August 2026
Time 09:30 AM (IST) - 04:00 AM (GMT)

CZ vs EZ Pitch Report and Today's Weather Report

CZ vs EZ Match Venue: BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1, Bengaluru, India

CZ vs EZ Pitch Report: Pitch is expected to be neutral with the help of pacers.

CZ vs EZ Weather Report: Weather during the match time in Bengaluru, IN will be rainy. The temperature is expected to around 24°C on the match day with 74% humidity and 24.9 km/h wind speed. And the visibility is 10 KM. There are 100% chances of precipitation during the game.

BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground Pitch Favour

50%
Pace Bowling
50%
Spin Bowling
BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground Pitch Favour 50%
Batting Pitch
50%
Bowling Pitch

CZ vs EZ (Central Zone vs East Zone) Playing 11

Central Zone (CZ) Possible Playing XI: 1. Kunal Singh Rathore(WK), 2. Aman Mokhade, 3. Kunal Chandela(C), 4. Rajat Patidar(C), 5. Rinku Singh(C), 6. Aryan Juyal(WK)(C), 7. Harsh Dubey(C), 8. Saransh Jain, 9. Aryan Pandey, 10. Zeeshan Ansari, 11. Yash Thakur

East Zone (EZ) Possible Playing XI: 1. Abhimanyu Easwaran, 2. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 3. Kumar Kushagra(WK), 4. Sudip Kumar Gharami, 5. Virat Singh, 6. Ishan Kishan(WK)(C), 7. Shahbaz Ahmed, 8. Anukul Roy, 9. Mohammed Shami, 10. Mukesh Kumar, 11. Abhijit K Sarkar

Central Zone vs East Zone (CZ vs EZ) Match Preview

CZ vs EZ Match Preview: Duleep Trophy 2026 will see Central Zone facing off against East Zone on Sunday, 30 August 2026 at 09:30 AM IST.

Central Zone (CZ) Team Updates

Opening Batters

  • Kunal Singh Rathore and Aman Mokhade will open the innings. Both are very talented players and played many attacking innings in previous matches.

One-Down Batter

  • Kunal Chandela will be the backbone of batting department, if early wickets falls, He settles the innings.

Middle-Order Batters

  • Rajat Patidar and Rinku Singh will strengthen the middle order for Central Zone.
  • Rinku Singh will lead the Central Zone as a Captain. He is also a good Batter

Wicketkeeper

  • Kunal Singh Rathore will do the Wicket Keeping for Central Zone.

Spin Bowlers

  • Saransh Jain and Zeeshan Ansari will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
  • Saransh Jain was the highest score points gainer in the previous match.

Pace Bowlers

  • Aryan Pandey and Yash Thakur will lead the pace attack of his team. He is having topmost good points in this series.

East Zone (EZ) Team Updates

Opening Batters

  • Abhimanyu Easwaran and Vaibhav Suryavanshi will open the innings. Both are very talented players and played many attacking innings.
  • Vaibhav Suryavanshi was the highest score points gainer in the previous match.

One-Down Batter

  • Kumar Kushagra will be the backbone of batting department, if early wickets falls, He settles the innings.

Middle-Order Batters

  • Sudip Kumar Gharami and Virat Singh will strengthen the middle order for East Zone.
  • Ishan Kishan will lead the East Zone as a Captain. He is also a good Wicket-Keeper

Wicketkeeper

  • Kumar Kushagra will do the Wicket Keeping for East Zone.

Spin Bowlers

  • Shahbaz Ahmed will take care of the spin bowling of the team.

Pace Bowlers

  • Denish Das and Mohammed Shami will lead the pace attack of his team. He is having topmost good points in this series.

Central Zone vs East Zone (CZ vs EZ) Cricket Match Prediction, Team and Tips

CZ vs EZ Match Prediction: East Zone looks in good form in recent matches, They are the favorites to win the match.

Toss Prediction, Who will Win the Toss Today?: According to the Possible11 expert toss prediction, EZ will win the toss and choose to Bat first.

CZ vs EZ Duleep Trophy 2026 Match Expert Advice: Aryan Pandey will be a top multiplier choice for the small leagues. Aryan Juyal will be a decent choice for the captaincy in the grand leagues.

CZ vs EZ Head to Head

CZ vs EZ Head to Head Records: Central Zone vs East Zone have faced each other in 0 matches in TEST. Out of these 0 games, Central Zone have won 0 whereas East Zone have won 0 Matches.

Match Played 0
CZ Won 0
EZ Won 0
Tie/NR 0
First-ever fixture
Most recent fixture

Live Telecast

The match will be live telecast on JioHotstar.

POINTS TABLE - Duleep Trophy 2026

NoTeamMWLTNRNRRPtsRecent Forms
1North East Zone
NR
2West Zone
NR
3East Zone
NR
4North Zone
NR
5Central Zone
NR
6South Zone
NR
M: Matches, W: Won, L: Lost, T: Tie, NR: No Result, NRR: Net Run Rate, Pts: Points, Q: Qualified, E: Eliminate
Recent Forms: W = Won, L = Lost, T = Tie, D = Draw, NR = No Result

Full Schedule: Duleep Trophy 2026 Schedule

Recent Forms:

EZ - N
CZ - N

CZ vs EZ Team Analysis & Player Performance

  1. Looking by the pitch behavior, Picking top order batters would be crucial here.
  2. Death-over bowlers are always excellent wicket-takers in last few overs, they can turn the game around at any time.
  3. In Wicket Keeping, Aryan Juyal is the best choice.
  4. Pacers may play major role on this pitch.

CZ vs EZ Winning Prediction

  1. East Zone team has the upper hand over Central Zone team. So try to pick more players from East Zone

CZ vs EZ Small League Must Picks:

CZ - Aryan Pandey [482 points], Aryan Juyal [227 points]
EZ - Denish Das [453 points], Ishan Kishan [250 points]

CZ vs EZ Grand League Risky Picks:

CZ - Zeeshan Ansari [0 points], Saransh Jain [0 points]
EZ - Subhranshu Senapati [0 points], Anukul Roy [0 points]

CZ vs EZ Death Over Bowlers:

CZ - Aryan Pandey
EZ - Denish Das, Mukesh Kumar

Central Zone (CZ) Key Players

  • Aman Mokhade [PTs: 0, CR: 8.0]
  • Yash Thakur [2W, 2W, 2W, 2W]
  • Harsh Dubey [PTs: 118, CR: 9.5]
  • Rajat Patidar [15, 93*, 11, 8, 61]
  • Aryan Juyal [15, ]

East Zone (EZ) Key Players

  • Abhijit K Sarkar [[36, 18], [3, 23], [14, 68], [26, 2], [12, 4], [28, 8],]
  • Sudip Kumar Gharami [7, 0, 8, 2, 49]
  • Abhimanyu Easwaran [[15, 11], [7, 30], ]
  • Mohammed Shami [2W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W]
  • Vaibhav Suryavanshi [81, 20, 50, 15, 13]
  • Virat Singh [12, 76*, 15, 56*, 32, ]

CZ vs EZ Captain and Vice-Captain Choices

  • Aman Mokhade [PTs: 0, CR: 8.0]
  • Vaibhav Suryavanshi [PTs: 158, CR: 8.5]
  • Rajat Patidar [PTs: 197, CR: 9.0]
  • Virat Singh [PTs: 223, CR: 9.0]
  • Aryan Juyal [PTs: 227, CR: 5.5]

CZ vs EZ Injury / Unavailability

Central Zone Cricket Team Injuries:

  • There are no injury updates as of now.

East Zone Cricket Team Injuries:

  • There are no injury updates as of now.

CZ vs EZ Live Stream

Where can I see CZ vs EZ Live Score?

You can see CZ vs EZ Live Score on Possible11, Cricbuzz, ESPNcricinfo, etc.

CZ vs EZ match will be live telecast on JioHotstar.

CZ vs EZ Cricket Match Highlights

You can watch CZ vs EZ match Live Streaming and highlights on JioHotstar

CZ vs EZ match prediction video in Hindi will be posted soon

Central Zone vs East Zone (CZ vs EZ) Squads

Central Zone (CZ) Squad: Yash Rathod, Yash Thakur, Rinku Singh(C), Aryan Juyal(WK)(C), Rajat Patidar(C), Harsh Dubey(C), Saransh Jain, Nachiket Bhute, Kunal Chandela(C), Aman Mokhade, Kunal Singh Rathore(WK), Zeeshan Ansari, Arshad Khan, Aryan Pandey, Aayush Pandey

East Zone (EZ) Squad: Anukul Roy, Mohammed Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Kishan(WK)(C), Virat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Abhijit K Sarkar, Kumar Kushagra(WK), Shikhar Mohan, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Denish Das, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Subhranshu Senapati

DISCLAIMER: This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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