The Duleep Trophy is back for the 2025 season. It will once again be played in zonal format. This tournament will also start the BCCI’s domestic season 2025-26.
Last year, the trophy was played between secondary national teams. India A, led by Mayank Agarwal, won the title after beating India C by 132 runs in Anantapur. The last zonal final was in 2022 when South Zone defeated West Zone by 75 runs in Bengaluru.
This year, South Zone and West Zone have been given direct entry into the semi-finals. South Zone will play the winner of the first quarter-final between North Zone and East Zone. West Zone will face the winner of the second quarter-final between Central Zone and North East Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Schedule and Venues
All matches will be played in Bengaluru. The first quarter-final between North Zone and East Zone will take place from August 28 to 31 at CoE Ground 1. At the same time, Central Zone and North East Zone will clash at CoE Ground 2. Both games will start at 9:30 AM.
The semi-finals will be played from September 4 to 7. South Zone will meet their opponents at CoE Ground 1, while West Zone will play at CoE Ground 2. The grand final is set for September 11 to 15 at CoE Ground 1.
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Duleep Trophy 2025 Full Squads
Six zonal teams will fight for the trophy Central Zone, East Zone, North East Zone, North Zone, South Zone, and West Zone.
Central Zone:
Dhruv Jurel (captain, wk), Rajat Patidar, Aryan Juyal, Danish Malewar, Sanchit Desai, Kuldeep Yadav, Aditya Thakare, Deepak Chahar, Saransh Jain, Ayush Pandey, Shubham Sharma, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar, Khaleel Ahmed
East Zone
Ishan Kishan (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), 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
North East Zone
Rongsen Jonathan (captain), Ankur Malik, Jehu Anderson, Aryan Bora, Techi Doria, Ashish Thapa, Sedezhalie Rupero, Karnajit Yumnam, Hem Chetri, Palzor Tamang, Arpit Subash Bhatewara (wk), Akash Choudhary, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Pheiroijam Jotin, Ajay Lamabam Singh
North Zone
Shubman Gill (captain), Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (vice-captain), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sindhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk)
South Zone
Tilak Varma (captain), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vice-captain, wk), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, N Jagadeesan (wk), T Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vyshak Vijaykumar, MD Nidheesh, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar
West Zone
Shardul Thakur (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aarya Desai, Harvik Desai (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jaymeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Saurabh Nawale (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arzan Nagwaswala
Where to watch Duleep Trophy 2025?
The Duleep Trophy 2025 will be live-streamed on JioHotstar. Fans can watch on apps and websites. The matches will also be broadcast on JioStar Network channels.
