Duleep Trophy 2025 is scheduled to start from 28th August 2025 with many notable Indian players like Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and others set to participate. The tournament could very well define the next opportunity for young Indian cricketers in Test cricket.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| August 28–31, 2025 | Quarter-final 1: North Zone vs East Zone | BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru |
| August 28–31, 2025 | Quarter-final 2: Central Zone vs North East Zone | BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru |
| September 4–7, 2025 | Semi-final 1: South Zone vs Winner QF1 | BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru |
| September 4–7, 2025 | Semi-final 2: West Zone vs Winner QF2 | BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru |
| September 11–15, 2025 | Final: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2 | BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru |
- All matches are scheduled to start at 9:30 AM
- South Zone and West Zone enter directly into the semi-finals as the 2023 zonal finalists
Duleep Trophy 2025 Squads
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. Standbys: Shubham Rohilla, Gurnoor Brar, Suvir Thral
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 (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jaymeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Saurabh Nawale (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arzan Nagwaswala
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. Standbys: Madhav Kaushik, Yash Thakur, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mahipal Lomror, Kuldeep Sen, Upendra Yadav
North East Zone Squad: Yet to be announced