The 2025 Duleep Trophy final began on Thursday. Central Zone chose to field first after winning the toss. Their spinners Kumar Kartikeya (4-53) and Saransh Jain (5-49) ran through the South Zone line-up, bowling them out for 149. Opener Tanmay Agarwal was the top-scorer, who was run out for 31. Central are 50-0 in response at stumps on day one.