Duleep Trophy 2025: Find Out the Schedule, Squads & Other Details

The domestic cricket season in India for 2025 is ready to begin. The first-class competition, Duleep Trophy, will start from 28th August 2025 and the final match will take place on 11th September 2025. The BCCI has already made the official announcement. Duleep Trophy is a big platform for domestic players all over India.

It gives them a chance to impress the selectors to stake a claim in the national team. This year’s Duleep Trophy will be the 62nd edition of the Duleep Trophy. The tournament first started in 1961-62. Over the years, it has helped many players earn their spot in the Indian national team. The tournament will once again follow the Zonal format, which has been reintroduced.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Schedule and Format

The tournament will start on 28th August with two quarterfinal matches. The opening game will be played between North Zone and East Zone.
On 4th September, two semi-final matches will be played and the final match will be held on 11th September 2025.

The teams, South Zone and West Zone, have already qualified for the semi-finals. The winners of the quarterfinals will join them in the last four. In the 2024 edition, the tournament used a points-table system. The team on the top of the table was declared the winner. This year, however, it is going back to the knockout format. Here is the full Duleep Trophy 2025 schedule and its format:

Duleep Trophy 2025 Squads

A total of six teams taking part in the Duleep Trophy this season. All the teams constitute players from various Ranji Trophy teams and are strong enough to make an impact. The tournament will consist of players all over the country. The participating teams in this tournament are:

• South Zone
• Central Zone
• West Zone
• North Zone
• Northeast Zone
• East Zone

South Zone is the only team that has announced the squad so far. Young batter Tilak Varma will lead the team, which has a no. of high-class players. Central Zone is likely to appoint Akshay Wadkar as their captain in the absence of Rajat Patidar, who will be out due to injury. Wicketkeeper Wadkar also leads his domestic Ranji team Vidarbha.

He is a seasoned domestic player, who carries plenty of experience. West Zone has also announced their squad and will be led by the bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur. Apart from South Zone and West Zone, the remaining teams will announce their squads in the upcoming days.

South Zone Squad

Tilak Varma (c) (Hyderabad), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vc) (Kerala), Tanmay Agarwal (Hyderabad), Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka), Mohit Kale (Pondicherry), Salman Nizar (Kerala), Narayan Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu), Tripurana Vijay (Andhra), R Sai Kishore (Tamil Nadu), Tanay Thyagarajan (Hyderabad), Vijaykumar Vyshak (Karnataka), Nidheesh MD (Kerala), Ricky Bhui (Andhra), Basil NP (Kerala), Gurjapneet Singh (Tamil Nadu), Snehal Kauthankar (Goa).

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, Dharmendra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arzan Nagwaswal