East Zone went through to the final of the 2012 Duleep Trophy on the basis of their first innings lead after their match against South Zone ended in a draw at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

Saurabh Tiwary converted his overnight score of 84* into a solid 145 to put East Zone ahead on Day 2 of their Duleep Trophy semifinal against South Zone at Visakhapatnam on Monday.

Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, KP Appanna and Saurabh Tiwary made big contributions to shape Day 1 of the 4 day Duleep Trophy clash between East Zone and South Zone at Visakhapatnam on Sunday.