Overview

• West Zone chose to bat after Shardul Thakur won the toss against Central, and Yashasvi Jaiswal fell lbw to Khaleel Ahmed in the first over.
• Central are led by Rajat Patidar with Dhruv Jurel ruled out by dengue; Upendra Yadav took the gloves as Kuldeep Yadav withdrew for the Asia Cup and Yash Thakur came in.
• The South vs North semifinal saw a delayed start because of a wet outfield at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, with both ties scheduled for September 4–7.
• West are without Sarfaraz Khan due to a quadriceps injury, with Shivalik Sharma drafted in, while Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad headline a XI captained by Thakur.
• South are missing Tilak Varma to India duty and Vijaykumar Vyshak and R Sai Kishore to injury, North are without Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana, and the semifinals are not being televised or streamed.