Overview

• Central Zone have replaced ill wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel with Akshay Wadkar, and Rajat Patidar will continue to captain the side.
• Kuldeep Yadav has withdrawn from Central’s squad to join India’s Asia Cup tour, with pacer Yash Thakur named as his replacement.
• West Zone’s lineup features Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal under captain Shardul Thakur, while Sarfaraz Khan misses out with a quadriceps injury.
• South and North also face key absences, including Tilak Varma (Asia Cup), Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana (Asia Cup), and injuries to R Sai Kishore and Vijaykumar Vyshak.
• Both semifinals start September 4 at 9:30 AM IST at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru; West vs Central will stream on JioHotstar, and the South vs North match is not slated for live streaming.