Ankit, Siddarth Delay Central's Victory in Final

WHEN the duo of Ankit Sharma and C Andre Siddarth walked back to the South Zone dressing room at tea, the team rose in unison.

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There were a lot of claps as well across the empty facility inside the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. One could understand the excitement of the South team, to be fair. For the vast majority of the first three days, they were behind the eight ball after being invited to bat first.

Since then, Central Zone had done a lot of the running as they piled on the runs, before finishing with 511.

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