Duleep Trophy 2025: Full squads, match schedule, date and venue – All you need to know | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: The 2025–26 Indian dwelling cricket season will kick off with the Duleep Trophy, scheduled to start on August 28 and run till September 15. Serving as a vital preparatory match forward of India’s lengthy dwelling Test season, the purple-ball occasion will mark the return of the normal zonal format after final yr’s deviation to a 4-workforce construction chosen instantly by the nationwide selectors.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!In the revived format, groups will compete below their zonal banners — North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone, Central Zone, and North East Zone. The opening fixtures will see North Zone face East Zone and Central Zone tackle North East Zone within the quarter-finals. South Zone and West Zone, who have been the finalists within the final zonal version in 2023, have earned direct entry into the semi-finals.

The match will likely be hosted primarily on the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, guaranteeing constant taking part in situations and decreasing logistical challenges. This centralised venue selection is anticipated to present very best amenities for each gamers and assist employees, with pitches designed to support aggressive purple-ball cricket.The Duleep Trophy, lengthy thought to be a testing floor for home expertise on the cusp of nationwide choice, is probably going to characteristic a number of India A and fringe Test gamers keen to impress forward of the excessive-profile Test assignments lined up for the season. With the return of zonal rivalries and a condensed, excessive-depth schedule, the competitors guarantees a mixture of custom, expertise, and excessive stakes as India’s cricket calendar will get underway.

Duleep Trophy 2025: Complete Schedule, Date and Venue

Duleep Trophy 2025 Full Squads

South Zone squad: Tilak Varma (c), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vc), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, Tripurana Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nidheesh MD, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar.East Zone squad: Ishan Kishan (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vc), Sandeep Patnaik, Virat Singh, Denish Das, Sridam Paul, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Riyan Parag, Utkarsh Singh, Manishi, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Shami.West Zone squad: Shardul Thakur (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aarya Desai, Harvik Desai (wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jaymeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Saurabh Nawale (wicket-keeper), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmandrasinh Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arzan NagwaswalaNorth Zone squad: Shubman Gill (c), Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (vc), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sandhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, Kanhaiya Wadhawan.Central Zone squad: Dhruv Jurel (c/wk), Rajat Patidar, Aryan Juyal, Danish Malewar, Sanjeet Desai, Kuldeep Yadav, Aditya Thakare, Deepak Chahar, Saransh Jain, Ayush Pandey, Shubham Sharma, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar, Khaleel AhmedNorth East Zone squad: Yet to be introduced