Shami is over the moon after pulling off a brilliant return catch to send back Harsh.
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For a second game running, East Zone wrapped up victory inside three days, beating Central Zone by four wickets to enter the Duleep Trophy final at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here on Tuesday.Set 159 to win, East rode on another high-impact knock from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (40, 43b, 3x4, 2x6) before skipper Ishan Kishan (39 n.o., 41b, 4x4, 1x6) carried the team home.Sooryavanshi was not as aggressive as in the first essay, taking 37 balls to reach 22. But in the 14th over, he took off, hitting Yash Thakur for three fours and a six.The maximum was also his best shot of the innings — a lofted drive over mid-off, with the 15-year-old holding his pose like a top-draw fashion icon.It took a superb diving catch from Rajat Patidar — in the same Yash Thakur over — to end Sooryavanshi’s innings, with the Central Zone captain running more than 25 yards sidewards from mid-on.
Patidar comes up with a spectacular catch to cut short Sooryavanshi’s innings.
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