The Duleep Trophy is once again back in the zonal format after the experience of playing it with teams named India A, B, C and D. The 2025 edition of the prestigious red-ball tournament will be played between six zones of Indian cricket, namely - North, East, West, South, Central and North East.
The tournament will begin on August 28 at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence ground in Bengaluru, Karnataka and will end at the same place with the final starting from September 11 onwards.
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 Nagwaswala
North 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 Ahmed
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.
28th August 2025
Duleep Trophy, 2025, Quarter Final 1
North Zone vs East Zone (09:30 AM)
Venue- BCCI Centre Of Excellence (CoE) Ground 1, Bengaluru
28th August 2025
Duleep Trophy, 2025, Quarter-Final 2
Central Zone vs North East Zone (09:30 AM)
Venue- BCCI Centre Of Excellence (CoE) Ground 2, Bengaluru
4th September 2025
Duleep Trophy, 2025, Semi-Final 1
West Zone vs T.B.C. (09:30 AM)
Venue: BCCI Centre Of Excellence (CoE) Ground, Bengaluru
4th September 2025
Duleep Trophy, 2025, Semi-Final 2
South Zone vs T.B.C. (09:30 AM)
Venue- BCCI Centre Of Excellence (CoE) Ground 2, Bengaluru
11th September 2025
Duleep Trophy, 2025 – Final
Location: BCCI Centre Of Excellence (CoE) Ground-1, Bengaluru
T.B.C. vs T.B.C. (09:30 AM)
You can watch the live-streaming of the Duleep Trophy, 2025 on the JioHotstar mobile app and website.
The Duleep Trophy 2025 Matches will begin at 9:30 AM IST.
All the matches of the Duleep Trophy 2025 will be played at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) grounds 1 and 2 in Bengaluru, Karnataka.