The 2025-26 Indian domestic season is set to begin on August 28, with the Duleep Trophy, and all the squads have been named for the prestigious tournament. And once again, it will be played zone-wise, the original format of the cup. That means, unlike last year, where the team were classified as IND A, B, C, D.. now they would, like the earlier seasons, be represented by zones.
Talking about the 2024-25 season, it was a memorable one for India A, who went on to lift the Duleep Trophy, after beating India C in the final. When it came to individual performances, it was India Cs Anshul Kamboj, who had emerged the highest wicket-taker (16), while Ricky Bhui (359) was the highest run-getter, who played for India D.
Coming to this season, the tournament will be played only at a single venue, the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, including the final on September 15. Interestingly, with six teams in the fray, two are in semis, while four will start their campaign in the quarters. InsideSport takes a look at all the squads this year, and also the schedule.
Full Squads for Duleep Trophy
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.
East Zone: 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: 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: 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: 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: Jonathan Rongsen, Hem Bahadur Chetri, Bishworjit Singh Kontthoujam, Akash Kumar Choudhary, Jehu Anderson, Aryan Borah, Techi Doria, Arpit Subash Bhatewara, Lamabam Ajay Singh, Yumnam Karnajit, Pheirojam Jotin Singh, Sedezhalie Rupero, Palzor Tamang, Ashish Thapa, and Ankur Malik.
Reserves: Kamsha Yangfo, Rajkumar Rex Singh, Bobby Zothansanga, Dippu Sangma, Pukhrambam Prafullomani Singh, Lee Yong Lepcha, and Imliwati Lemtur
Duleep Trophy 2025-26 Schedule
Quarter-finals: August 28-31, 2025 – North Zone vs East Zone
Central Zone vs North East Zone
Semi-finals: September 4-7, 2025 – South Zone vs Winner QF1
North Zone vs Winner QF2
Final: September 11-15, 2025
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