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Vaibhav SuryavanshiHijab sat well with the fiery spells performed by Bengal pacers Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumarpropelling Eastern Province into the Duleep Trophy final with a four-wicket win over defending champions Central Province on the third day of the semi-final in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The winners of the 2012-13 season will face either the South Zone or the North Zone in the final in Chibok, starting on September 6. Shami and Mukesh shared seven wickets between them as they bowled out Central for 158 in the second over, then pulled down a 159-run target despite a small slump in the middle.

On a pitch that offered increased player turnover, it was essential for East to get off to a strong start to chase down the target of 159.

Sooryavanshi (40, 43b) played an innings with two faces – his first 15 runs came from 30 balls, a stark contrast to the 42-ball fifty in the first innings, which contained only a six off Aryan Pandey.

But the remaining 25 runs came in 13 balls that had a six and three more boundaries.

But on the other hand, his opening partner Abhimanyu Aswaran He was outdone, scoring a six off the spinner Saransh Jain over a long period.

Sooryavanshi, who delivered a wide bat to the spinners, could only have been awakened at the sight of the bowler. Yash ThakurWhich he had carried for a sixty-four in the first hole.

In this innings, the left-hander blasted the controller for three fours and a six in the 14th over.

But the 15-year-old died at the same time Rajat Patidar Took a stunning catch on the run from Thakur.

Sooryavanshi’s dismissal shrouded the Eastern Province innings with a blanket of silence. They started losing wickets at regular intervals as the chase suddenly looked more intense than it had at the start.

Left arm rotor Cruel dobby It was abandoned Kumar Koshagra and Anukul Roy On successful balls to reduce East to 124 for five.

But skipper Ishan Kishan (39 not out, 41b) played an emphatic innings in the middle order to take his side home without too many hiccups from that point.

Earlier, Central had resumed play from 45 for three, and their outing on the penultimate day did not improve either, as they lost their remaining seven wickets in the first session of a 30-minute stretch after the fall of the ninth wicket.

Shami (3/56) and Mukesh (4/44), the two players who fell out of India’s scheme, were the main tormentors.

Mukesh, who took seven wickets in the match, was later named man of the match. The award will be a boost to the out-of-favour Indian seamer who has lost a better part of the squad. The two veteran players found the right lengths on a pitch that offered a hint of variable bounce to trouble the batsmen, reducing them to 97 for eight.

Central managed to cross 150, thanks to a 43-run stand between Dubey and Arshad Khan For the ninth wicket.

They stretched East but couldn’t break it as they prepared to capture the title for the first time since 2012-13.

“From my personal point of view, and not just me, the entire team is looking forward to playing in the final. It will be encouraging if we can go ahead and win this title,” Iswaran said after the match.