Spinners Saransh Jain and Kumar Kartikeya exploited the indecisiveness of South Zone batters to share nine wickets between them to hand Central Zone an advantage on Day One of the Duleep Trophy final here on Thursday. 

Jain (5-49) and Kartikeya (4-53) bowled 45 overs between them, helping Central bowl out South for a lowly 149 in 63 overs. Central reached 50-0 at stumps, trailing by 99 runs.