The Indian domestic cricket season 2025-26 is set to commence with the Duleep Trophy. This prestigious tournament will begin on August 28th, with the final match scheduled for September 11th.
Sports News: The most prestigious tournament in Indian domestic cricket, the Duleep Trophy 2025-26, will begin on August 28th at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. This tournament will be played as four-day knockout matches, with the final taking place on September 11th, 2025. This year, a total of 6 teams will participate in the tournament, including North Zone, South Zone, West Zone, East Zone, Central Zone, and North-East Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Matches
The Duleep Trophy 2025 will feature a total of 5 knockout matches:
- 2 Quarter-Finals
- 2 Semi-Finals
- 1 Final
A key feature of the tournament is that the losing team will not advance to the next round, making every match crucial. Last year's champion, South Zone, has earned a direct entry into the semi-finals. Additionally, West Zone has also been granted direct entry into the semi-finals. South Zone won the title last year by defeating West Zone by 75 runs in the final. Therefore, both teams will enter the tournament with direct entry into the semi-finals this time.
Teams' Captains and Squads
South Zone: Tilak Varma (Captain), Mohammad Azharuddeen (Vice-Captain), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, Tripura Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nidheesh MD, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, and Snehal Kauthankar.
East Zone: Ishan Kishan (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (Vice-Captain), Sandeep Patnaik, Virat Singh, Danish Das, Sridam Paul, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Riyan Parag, Utkarsh Singh, Manishi, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, and Mohammed Shami.
West Zone: Shardul Thakur (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Arya Desai, Harvik Desai (Wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jaymeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Saurabh Nawale (Wicket-keeper), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, and Arzan Nagwaswalla.
North Zone: Shubman Gill (Captain), Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (Vice-Captain), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sandhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, and Kanhaiya Wadhawan.
Central Zone: Dhruv Jurel (Captain/Wicket-keeper), Rajat Patidar*, Aryan Juyal, Danish Malewar, Sanjeet Desai, Kuldeep Yadav, Aditya Thakare, Deepak Chahar, Saransh Jain, Ayush Pandey, Shubham Sharma, Yash Rathore, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar, and Khaleel Ahmed.
North East Zone: Rongsen Jonathan (Captain), Ankur Malik, Jahu Anderson, Aryan Bora, Techi Doria, Ashish Thapa, Sedezhalie Rupero, Karnajit Yumnam, Hem Chetri, Palzor Tamang, Arpit Subhash Bhatewara (Wicket-keeper), Akash Choudhary, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Feiroijam Jotin, and Ajay Lamabam Singh.
