The Duleep Trophy 2025 will be played from August 28 to September 15. The zonal first-class cricket tournament, now in its 62nd edition, begins with the quarter-finals and ends with the five-day final.
Six teams - North, South, East, West, Central and North East Zone - will contest for the title.
The tournament was introduced in 1961-62 and named after former India batter and cricket icon Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji.
It has long been a key part of the Indian domestic calendar, giving players an extended red-ball platform in between the Ranji Trophy seasons.
Duleep Trophy matches last four days, except for the final, which is played over five.
West Zone remain the most successful team in Duleep Trophy history with 19 titles. South Zone won the competition the last time it was held in the zonal format, in 2023.
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This year’s format features two quarter-finals starting from August 28, with North Zone facing East Zone and Central Zone meeting North East Zone.
West Zone and South Zone, the finalists from 2023, are seeded directly into the semi-finals, which begin on September 4. The final starts on September 11.
All matches of the Duleep Trophy 2025 will be played at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground in Bengaluru.
Traditionally played between Zonal teams, last season’s Duleep Trophy adopted a different format with India A, B, C and D teams competing.
India A defeated India B in the final to lift the Duleep Trophy 2024 title. Rajasthan Royals’ Riyan Parag, who was part of the champion India A squad last year, will be in the East Zone squad for this year’s tournament.
There are also other Rajasthan Royals players who will be in action at the 2025 Duleep Trophy.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tushar Deshpande are part of a star-studded West Zone squad while Dhruv Jurel will captain Central. Yudhvir Singh, meanwhile, have received a maiden call-up for North Zone.
Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is also among the standby players for East Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2025 squads
South Zone
- 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
Standbys: Mohit Redkar, R Smaran, Ankit Sharma, Edhen Apple Tom, Andre Siddarth, Shaikh Rasheed
East Zone
- Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain)
- Sandeep Patnaik
- Virat Singh
- Denish Das
- Sridam Paul
- Sharandeep Singh
- Kumar Kushagra
- Riyan Parag
- Utkarsh Singh
- Manishi
- Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal
- Mukesh Kumar
- Mohammed Shami
Standbys: Mukhtar Hussain, Aasirwad Swain, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Swastik Samal, Sudip Kr Gharami, Rahul Singh
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
- Dharmandrasinh Jadeja
- Tushar Deshpande
- Arzan Nagwaswala
Standbys: Mahesh Pithiya, Shivalik Shama, Mukesh Choudhary, Siddharath Desai, Chintan Gaja, Urvil Patel, Musheer Khan
North Zone
- Ankit Kumar (captain)
- Shubham Khajuria
- 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
Standbys: Shubham Arora (wk), Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Ravi Chauhan, Abid Mushtaq, Nishunk Birla, Umar Nazir, Divesh Sharma
Central Zone
- Dhruv Jurel (captain & 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 Ahmed
Standbys: Madhav Kaushik, Yash Thakur, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mahipal Lomror, Kuldeep Sen, Upendra Yadav
North East Zone
- Jonathan Rongsen (captain)
- Akash Kumar Choudhary
- Techi Doria
- Yumnum Karnajit
- Sedezhalie Rupero
- Ashish Thapa
- Hem Bahadur Chetri
- Jehu Anderson
- Arpit Subash Bhatewara
- Pheroijam Jotin Singh
- Palzor Tamang
- Ankur Malik
- Bishworjit Singh Konthoujam
- Aryan Borah
- Lamabam Ajay Singh
Standbys: Kamsha Yangfo, Rajkumar Rex Singh, Bobby Zothansanga, Dippu Sangma, Pukhrumbam Prafullomani Singh, Lee Yong Lepcha, Imliwati Lemtur
