Bengaluru, Aug. 31 -- Tilak Varma's unbeaten century and Shreyas Gopal's 87 put South Zone in a commanding position against North Zone, while 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's attacking 92 helped East Zone draw level with Central Zone's first-innings score in the other match as the Duleep Trophy semi-finals remained finely poised at the end of Day 2 in Bengaluru.

Tilak Varma's unbeaten century and Shreyas Gopal's 87 helped South Zone take a crucial 90-run first-innings lead over North Zone at the end of Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy semi-final at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 in Bengaluru.

Resuming their innings at 40/2, South Zone were pushed on the back foot early in the day before recovering strongly to reach 285/9 in 94 overs...