Great shot by Kumar Kushagra. Picks up the length and hammers a delivery by Shaik Rasheed for 4, through square-leg. That brings up the 200-run mark for East Zone! 

Quraishi then slams a superb cover drive on the final ball of the 50th over for 4.

East Zone 206/5 (50)

Fiery start by Md Kounain Quraishi. He reverse-sweeps Tripurana Vijay for a boundary through third-man, then launches a big hit over long-off for 6! East Zone nearing the 200-run mark.

East Zone 187/5 (45)

South Zone take a DRS for caught behind, after a loud appeal by wicket-keeper N Jagadeesan is turned down by the umpire. Kushagra tries to play a ball by Tripurana Vijay that is drifting down leg side, but Jagadeesan believes he has edged it.

UltraEdge shows a flat line. Kushagra survives.

East Zone 161/5 (41)

Sudip Kumar Gharami departs, run out! He hit it straight to cover and charged for a single, but was sent back by non-striker Kushagra. While trying to return to his crease, Gharami had a small slip and ultimately fell short.

East Zone 160/5 (39.4)

Right after completing his fifty, Shikhar Mohan departs. Part-timer Shaik Rasheed is brought into the attack by Tilak Varma, and he strikes with his very first delivery. Mohan is caught LBW, he takes a review but hawkeye shows three reds.

East Zone 154/4 (37.1)

Another half-century for Shikhar Mohan. He gets there with a boundary. After a knock of 85 in the first innings, the young left-hander notches up one more fifty. A patient knock today, being the perfect foil to Ishan Kishan's explosiveness.

East Zone 153/3 (36.2)

Had Ishan Kishan made a hundred in the second innings, he would've become the first player ever to make a double hundred and another hundred in a Duleep Trophy final.

Ishan Kishan has been dismissed! The East Zone captain departs for 80. Looking to go big, he ends up skying it, and a simple catch for Padikkal. Wicket for MD Niddhesh. 

A total of 350 runs in the Duleep Trophy final for Kishan. 270 in the first innings, 80 in the second.

East Zone 139/3 (33.3)

Ishan Kishan has gone absolutely berserk! The southpaw smashes spinner Tripurana Vijay for four big hits in a row, and picks up 21 runs off a single over. He is now past the 70-run mark, and East Zone have crossed 100!

Is another century loading?

East Zone 120/2 (26)

A FIFTY from the East Zone skipper. Ishan Kishan continues from where he left off in the first innings, reaching the 50-run mark in 66 balls. East Zone are tyoing with South Zone at the moment, with the title triumph a mere formality.

Shreyas Gopal has proved to be quite expensive in the second innings, conceding runs at a rate of over 7 in the 5 overs he has bowled so far. Ishan, meanwhile, is just one boundary away from reaching a half-century. That's also TEA for Day 4.

EZ 95/2 (23 overs)

20 overs complete in the East Zone innings. After a cautious start, Ishan Kishan appears to have entered his groove again. He is up to 37, and fast approaching another half-century. Shikhar Mohan has provided good support at the other end; he is on 23.

East Zone 73/2 (20)

Ishan Kishan steps out and smashes a six against Tripurana Vijay. Lovely timing. That takes him to 32 in the second innings, and his total runs in the Test crosses 300, after his 270 in the first innings.

East Zone 63/2 (17.1)

After the early dismissals of Easwaran and Sooryavanshi, Shikhar Mohan and Ishan Kishan have stabilised East Zone's ship. 50 comes up in the 15th over.

East Zone 50/2 (15)

First boundary for Ishan Kishan, and East Zone's lead goes past the 400-run mark! Kishan steps out and slams it through mid-wicket for 4. 

East Zone 32/2 (12)

Mohammed Siraj has bowled a fiery spell with the new ball. He bowls another maiden over, this time with Ishan Kishan facing. After conceding 140 runs in 25 overs and going wicketless in the first innings, he has come with renewed vigour second time around.

East Zone 22/2 (9)

The Duleep Trophy's on-air commentator states that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi must learn to be patient in order to improve as a batter in the longer format of the game. 

Tripurana Vijay dismisses Vaibhav Sooryavanshi! The teenager is tempted to step out and play a big shot, but he ends up misjudging the flight of the ball. In the end, it's an easy stumping for N Jagadeesan. Sooryavanshi is gone for just 8. 

Two wickets in five balls.

East Zone 13/2 (5.1)

Mohammed Siraj strikes! First wicket for South Zone in East Zone's second innings. Abhimanyu Easwaran departs for just 3, caught by Devdutt Padikkal. 

East Zone 13/1 (4.4)

Close call! Sooryavanshi survives an LBW scare. After slamming a boundary, he is trapped on the pads by Tripurana Vijay. Big appeal turned down by the umpire. South Zone take the review, and hawkeye shows umpire's call! 

East Zone 12/0 (4)

East Zone have not enforced the follow-on on South Zone; they will bat again. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhimanyu Easwaran are out to open. Mohammed Siraj will open the bowling for South Zone.

Siraj starts off with a maiden to Sooryavanshi!

East Zone 0/0 (1)

Mukesh Kumar ended up as East Zone's highest wicket-taker in the final, with three scalps. Mohammed Shami, Md Kounain Quraishi and Shikhar Mohan took two each. 

We are yet to have any confirmation whether Ishan Kishan will enforce a follow-on on South Zone, or choose to send East Zone to bat again. If East Zone do bat, all eyes will be on 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi again!

Time for Lunch on Day 4. The first hour and half of play went really well for South Zone as Tilak Varma and Chama Milind showed resistance. However, the floodgates opener for East Zone once Milind fell, with the last four wickets falling in the space of 18 runs. Agony in the end for Tilak as he fell for 99.

With just over a day and a half remaining in the match, East Zone have taken the crucial first innings lead. Remember, if the match ends in a draw, then the team with the first innings lead wins the game. After posting 708 batting first, East Zone have now bowled out South Zone for less than half of that!

Tilak Varma misses out on his century by 1 run! He ends up slicing it straight back to the bowler Md Kounain Quraishi, caught and bowled. The South Zone captain misses out on tons in back-to-back games. 

A lead of 372 runs for East Zone!

South Zone 336 all out (107.3)

LBW! Lovely inswinging yorker from Mukesh Kumar, and Mohammed Siraj has no answer. The umpire raised his finger straight away. Siraj went for a DRS review, but hawkeye shows three reds. Tilak is on 99 at the other end! One wicket remains.

South Zone 336/9 (106.3)

Outside edge, 4! Tilak Varma moves up to 98. The ball zips past the fielder at short third and runs away for a boundary. He takes a single on the next ball to move up to 99.

South Zone 336/8 (106.2)

South Zone captain Tilak Varma is nearing an elusive Duleep Trophy final ton, having entered the nineties. However, it's the support from the other end that he continues to lack. Mohammed Siraj has to try to keep the skipper on strike as much as possible as South Zone still trail by over 350 runs.

SZ 326/8 (104 overs)

Big mix-up between Tilak Varma and Tripurana Vijay, and the latter falls short of his ground! Tilak wanted to take a single, Tripurana was in two minds. Ultimately they did try to run but Tripurana couldn't make it to the crease in time.

South Zone 322/8 (102)

100 overs completed in the South Zone innings. They've batted well so far on Day 4. Chama Milind departed after a fluent 43, while Tilak is still going strong on 86*.

South Zone 321/7 (100)

With the partnership broken, the ball has been handed back to Mohammed Shami. And the veteran pacer makes his presence felt immediately, with a sharp bouncer to Tripurana Vijay. Appeal for caught-behind from Shami, but the umpire says not out. No review taken either.

South Zone 321/7 (99.1)

A breakthrough at last for East Zone! Chama Milind is gone! Shikhar Mohan picks up his second wicket of the innings. Brilliant, sharp catch by Sudip Kumar Gharami at forward short-leg. A 78-run stand comes to an end.

South Zone 318/7 (98.3)

There is going to be a change of ball. Looks like the umpires are unhappy with the condition of the second new ball despite it being only 16 overs old. The previous ball fails the ring test, and now a new one is being handed to East Zone. They'll hope this does the trick after a difficult start to proceedings today.

South Zone 311/6 (96)

Tilak Varma is just 20 runs away from a century. The South Zone captain has looked really composed. After scores of 116* and 51* in the semi-final against North Zone, another hundred is on the cards for the southpaw.

South Zone 306/6 (95)

The 300-run mark comes up for South Zone, as their excellent start to Day 4 continues. Tilak is anchoring the innings nicely, and Chama Milind has played some great shots too. 58 runs added today without the loss of a wicket.

South Zone 300/6 (92)

Chama Milind is trapped on the pads by left-arm spinner Shikhar Mohan, but the umpire signals not out. After some hesitation, East Zone skipper Ishan Kishan takes the review. Hawkeye shows impact outside off, Milind survives.

South Zone 296/6 (91)

90th over complete in the South Zone innings. 10 overs done on Day 4, 52 runs added with ten boundaries from Tilak and Milind. Tilak started off the day with two fours in Shami's first over, but Milind has since hit more boundaries than his captain!

South Zone 294/6 (90)

Just four overs of Shami with the second new ball, and now Md Kounain Quraishi comes into the attack. Five dots to start, but then Milind slams another on-drive for 4, bringing up the 50-run partnership!

South Zone 291/6 (89)

Mukesh Kumar and Mohammed Shami have not been able to make an impact with the second new ball. Tilak and Milind have slammed nine boundaries already today. South Zone have a mountain to climb but this is an encouraging start.

South Zone 287/6 (88)

Chama Milind has made an excellent start to Day 4, providing Tilak with the ideal support. Despite Shami and Mukesh having the new ball, the two left-handers have dealt with the threat very well. Milind picks up a third boundary, slamming a graceful backfoot punch off Shami's bowling.

And make that a fourth boundary! Milind picks his gap beautifully, slams 4 over extra cover. One bounce and into the fence!

South Zone 280/6 (87)

Another boundary for Tilak! The South Zone captain continues his positive start to Day 4. This one's the best shot of the day so far, lovely timing for 4 through the covers. But Mukesh comes back well and finishes the over with five consecutive dots.

South Zone 263/6 (84)

Now Chama Milind gets into the act! Mukesh Kumar enters the attack from the other end, but two more boundaries follow. First it's 4 leg-byes as the ball comes off the thigh-pad and goes to the fence down the leg-side. A few deliveries later, Mukesh pitches it wide, and Milind slams it through the covers for 4!

South Zone 258/6 (82)

What a start to Day 4! Mohammed Shami takes the new ball, Tilak Varma on strike. Four dots to start, but then Tilak hammers two boundaries in a row! The first one is a lovely flick, the second a glorious on-drive. 250 up for South Zone.

South Zone 250/6 (81)

We are about five minutes away from the start of play on Day 4 of the Duleep Trophy final between East Zone and South Zone. A mouth-watering battle awaits us, with Tilak Varma set to face off against veteran pacer Mohammed Shami with the new ball.

Tilak Varma will resume Day 4's play alongside Chama V Milind, who is a handy batter with a first-class average of 25. Tripurana Vijay, who plays for Delhi Capitals in the IPL, is up next, and he is also a decent bat, with a first-class average of 16.

The final two batters for South Zone will be senior India pacer Mohammed Siraj and fellow seamer MD Niddhesh.

East Zone captain and wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan laid the foundation for their dominant position on the first two days of the final, slamming a sensational 270. He received excellent support from the likes of Kumar Kushagra (101), Shikhar Mohan (85) and Abhimanyu Easwaran (72), as well as good contributions from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Anukul Roy and Md Kounain Quraishi.

Not a single South Zone batter has even managed to score more than Easwaran, so far.

If the match ends in a draw, the team holding the first innings lead will win the game. For South Zone to take the lead, captain Tilak Varma will have to put up one of the best innings of his cricket career, as they have just four wickets left and still need 467 runs to cross East Zone's first innings score of 708.

With the second new ball only a few overs away from being due, East Zone could run riot in the morning session at Chepauk. However, it would be interesting to see if skipper Ishan Kishan enforces the follow-on on South Zone or decides to bat for the second time. Remember, even in case of a draw, East Zone will win the Duleep Trophy title if they manage to claim a first-innings lead.

Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar have been exceptional in the first innings for East Zone, picking up two wickets each. The two are expected to start the proceedings with the ball on Day 4 too, hoping to make use of the early morning conditions at Chepauk and put the game to bed.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 4 of the Duleep Trophy 2026-27 final at Chepauk. Chasing East Zone's first innings total of 708 runs, South Zone were reduced to 242/6 by stumps on Day 3. Skipper Tilak Varma's unbeaten knock of 56 off 133 balls has kept South Zone in the fight, though only marginally. Chama V Milind in company, South Zone have a mountain to climb on Day 4.