Duleep Trophy: Mohammed Shami shines on 'flat pitch', 4 maiden overs; So many wickets

September 08, 2026 ABP Live

The final of the 2026 Duleep Trophy is being played between East Zone and South Zone at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In the first innings, the pitch of the field looked completely flat. East Zone scored 708/10 runs in the first innings of the match. But Mohammed Shami's brilliance was seen on this flat pitch. Shami, playing for East Zone, bowled amazing on the third day of the match.

On the first 2 days of the match, East Zone batted. On the third day, South Zone came out to bat. During this time, Shami's havoc was seen. He bowled 11 overs till the end of the day, in which there were 4 maidens. During this time he spent only 17 runs. He has also taken 2 wickets. Where the bowlers of the South Zone were seen struggling on the pitch of Chepauk, Shami troubled the batsmen with his golden arm.

By the end of the third day, South Zone has scored 242 runs for 6 wickets. For the team, captain Tilak Varma returned to the pavilion on 56 runs and Chama V Milind on 02 runs. At the same time, Devdutt Padikkal played the biggest innings of 62 runs for the team so far, which included 4 fours. With this, the team is behind by 466 runs. Now it will be interesting to see what the team does on the fourth day.

Shami's brilliant bowling continues in the Duleep Trophy;

There is a consistent great bowling from Shami in the tournament. Shami took 5 wickets in the semi-final played against the Central Zone. He took 2 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings.

After this performance, once again the discussion of bringing Shami back to Team India has intensified. He played the last match for India as the 2025 Champions Trophy final. At the same time, he played the last match in the Test in June 2023. Now it will be interesting to see if Shami returns to Team India again or not.

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