India, Aug. 29 -- The Duleep Trophy moves into its semifinal stage on Sunday, with defending champions Central Zone taking on East Zone, and last year's runners-up South Zone facing North Zone.

Central and South enter the last four on direct entry, having not played a quarterfinal. East and North both won their way through - East thrashing North East Zone by an innings and 210 runs, and North edging a strong West Zone side by 52 runs.

Central are led by Rajat Patidar for a second straight season and retain much of the squad that won the title last year, with Rinku Singh as vice-captain. Their bowling attack features Saransh Jain and Harsh Dubey, both of whom have played international cricket recently, alongside pacer Yash Thakur and spi...