Central Zone tightened the noose around Bangladesh Cricket Board XI by bowling out the visitors for 146 in the first innings.
Replying to Central Zone's first innings of 351, the visitors were precariously placed in the Duleep Trophy match.
South Zone managed 327 for 9 by the lose of play on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match against North Zone.
Syed Abbas Ali compiled a strokeful 122 as Central Zone made 248 for three on the first day against the visiting Bangladesh team.
Selection committee chairman Kiran More said the ace batsman will play in the February 22 Duleep Trophy match in Hyderabad.
North, who bowled their rivals for 201, suffered a dramatic collapse and were bundled out for 196 in the Duleep Trophy match.
The Indian captain will lead a 15-member East Zone team for the Duleep Trophy match against North Zone.
The Mumbai off-spinner said his ability to score runs in crunch situations down the order won him selection to the India one-day team.
Venugopal Rao hit an unbeaten 228 as South Zone won the Duleep Trophy match by six wickets.
J P Yadav took 5 for 26 as North Zone were bowled out for a paltry 104 in their first innings on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final.
Nayan Mongia will be the wicketkeeper for the four-day league match against Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy.
Yuvraj scored 60 with seven boundaries and four sixes to lead North Zone to a seven wicket win over South Zone.
Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra claimed four wickets each to put North Zone on the brink of victory in the Duleep Trophy match.
An unbeaten century by opener Satyajit Parab gave West Zone a nine-wicket victory over South Zone in a Duleep Trophy match.
East Zone defeated Bangladesh XI by an innings and 149 runs in their Duleep Trophy match in Nagpur.
The big three of Indian middle-order-- Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman failed to make an impact in the Duleep Trophy match.
Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, trailing East Zone by 312 runs in the first innings were reduced to 123 for 8 in the second.
The West Zone spinner claimed 7 wickets for 44 runs to dismiss South Zone for 187 on the opening day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match.
"Sachin is not declining. In fact, he is in his prime," coach John Wright told reporters.
Suresh Raina and Abbas Ali shared a 55-run stand for the fourth wicket to chase 139 runs on a difficult track.
The southpaw hit an unbeaten 100 to help North Zone score a thumping nine-wicket victory against West in the Duleep Trophy match.
Central Zone need 137 to win after J P Yadav took his second five-wicket haul of the match to dismiss East for 134 in the second innings.
Central Zone struggled to 74 for four after bowling out East for 194 on the opening day of the Dulep Trophy tie.
Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra took six wickets as North Zone dismissed West for 201 on day one of the Duleep Trophy match.
Former India captain and CAB president, Sourav Ganguly, is working overtime to get everything in order at Eden Gardens, which is set to host the country's first pink-ball multi-day cricket match under lights. With drone flying over him under the dazzling Eden floodlights, the iconic lefthander was seen shooting promotional with the pink Kookaburra. "Eden Gardens will hold the first day-night (four-day) match in India. It has given us many moments to celebrate, now it's getting ready to host yet another moment to remember," Ganguly said in the promotional. Later talking to media, Ganguly, who is also the BCCI technical committee chairman, said, "Pink ball is the future... This will be the ultimate form of Test cricket. What will be the use of doing something which will have little interest left."
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Sri Lankan team from World Cups.
Central Zone beat South by eight wickets on the fourth and final day of the Duleep Trophy League match in Surat on Sunday.
It remains to be seen whether veteran Gautam Gambhir can make a comeback to the Indian ODI team after being recently called up to the Test squad to replace the injured KL Rahul.
After bowling out North Zone for 330, East were 287 for 8 at close on day 2 of the Duleep Trophy final.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid has said that he would like to see his state mate and new batting sensation KL Rahul make it to the Indian Test team for the tour of Australia along with talented Railways leggie Karn Sharma.
Left-arm spinner Sourashish Lahiri claimed five for 118 to lead East Zone to a 93-run victory over England 'A' in the Duleep Trophy cricket match.
South Zone collapsed for 174 and conceded a 103-run lead in the Duleep Trophy match.
Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who was picked as replacement for the rested Mahendra Singh Dhoni for India's first three One-Day Internationals against Sri Lanka, is confident of recovering from injury in time for the opening match in Cuttack on Sunday.
Rahul was the only prominent batsman to miss out on a significant score in India's 358 all out on day two of the four-day tour game in Sydney.
The pair enabled Elite 'C' post 273 for 3 in their first innings against Plate 'B' on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match.
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