Duleep Trophy, India’s most prestigious red-ball domestic competition, is returning for the 2025 season. This showpiece tournament will also kick off the BCCI’s domestic season in 2025-26, as has been customary. This year’s Duleep Trophy will be played in a zonal format, after being played between secondary national teams the previous season.
In the previous edition, India A won the famous trophy after defeating India C by 132 runs in the final at the Rural Development Trust Stadium in Anantapur. Mayank Agarwal led the team. Meanwhile, the final of the previous zonal system was contested between the South Zone and the West Zone, with the former winning by 75 runs at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
South Zone and West Zone have been handed straight entry into the semi-finals for their previous season’s achievements. The South Zone will face the winner of the first quarter-final between the North and East Zones, while the West Zone will play the winner of the second quarter-final between the Central and North East Zones.
With the event returning to a zonal structure, top cricketers from all over the country who demonstrated their worth throughout the previous domestic season have been assigned a berth based on the zones they represent. For example, teams from Hyderabad, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, and Goa.
Enough said, let us look at the Duleep Trophy 2025’s main elements, like as teams, squads, schedule, venues, dates, times, live-streaming, and broadcast information.
Duleep Trophy 2025 — Teams
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Central Zone
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East Zone
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North East Zone
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North Zone
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South Zone
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West Zone
Duleep Trophy 2025 — Full Schedule
| Match | Dates | Time (IST) | Venue |
| Quarter-Final 1; North Zone vs East Zone | August 28-31 | 9:30 AM | Bengaluru, CoE Ground 1 |
| Quarter-Final 2: Central Zone vs North East Zone | August 28-31 | 9:30 AM | Bengaluru, CoE Ground 2 |
| Semi-Final 1: South Zone vs TBA | September 4-7 | 9:30 AM | Bengaluru, CoE Ground 1 |
| Semi-Final 2: West Zone vs TBA | September 4-7 | 9:30 AM | Bengaluru, CoE Ground 2 |
| Final: TBA vs TBA | September 11-15 | 9:30 AM | Bengaluru, CoE Ground 1 |
Duleep Trophy 2025 — Full Squads
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
Duleep Trophy 2025 — Live-streaming and broadcast details
The Duleep Trophy 2025 will be live-streamed via JioHotstar on the platform’s apps and websites. Broadcast for the tournament, on the other hand, will take place via JioStar Network Channels.
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