The 2025 domestic season of Indian Cricket is all set to begin with the first-class competition, Duleep Trophy. It is all set to take place from 28th August 2025 and will run till 15th September 2025, with an official announcement by the BCCI already released.
Anshul Kamboj, the player of the tournament of the Duleep Trophy 2025, receives his dream Test Debut Cap of the Indian team in July 2025. On the other hand, Shashwat Rawat’s heroic knock of 124 in the finals helped India A to finish as a table topper and claimed the 2024 season title.
It will be the 62nd Edition of the Duleep Trophy competition since the inaugural season in 1961-62. It is the dream of every domestic player of the Indian team to play in the first-class competition, and the top-tier players from respective zones get their maiden call-up for the team.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Key Dates and Format Details:
North Zone and East Zone will take on each other in the first game of the Duleep Trophy 62nd Edition. On the 28th August, two quarterfinals will take place, while on 4th September, two semi-final matches will take place.
South Zone and West Zone teams are already into the semi-final stage, so the other two semi-finalists will be decided after the qualifiers. On the other hand, the previous season of the Duleep Trophy followed the points table format, where the table toppers claim the title.
Also Read: Top 10 National Cricketers With The Highest Salaries in 2025- Check the List
Duleep Trophy 2025 Participating teams list and more details you need to know:
After announcing the return of the Zonal Format in the Duleep Trophy 2025, the number of participating teams increases to six. A total of six teams, consisting of the top-tier domestic and national players, will compete in the 62nd Edition of the Duleep Trophy. West Zone is the most prominent team of the Duleep Trophy with 19 titles to their name.
- South Zone
- Central Zone
- West Zone
- North Zone
- Northeast Zone
- East Zone
The confirmed team squad of the participating teams of the Duleep Trophy 2025 has not been revealed by the administrators. BCCI is likely to reveal the confirmed team squad very soon because the competition is just a month away from beginning. The team squad of all the participating teams will be elected by the Zonal Committees, so here is the most probable team squad.
Duleep Trophy 2025 Squads – Full Teams & Player List Inside!
South Zone Squad:
Rohan Kunnummal, Narayan Jagadeesan, Arjun Tendulkar, Ricky Bhui, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Rohit Rayudu, Sijomon Joseph, Devdutt Padikkal, V Koushik, Mayank Agarwal, Washington Sundar, Arun Karthik, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohit Redkar, Vidhwath Kaverappa.
Central Zone Squad:
Yash Thakur, Madhav Kaushik, Shivam Mavi, Akshay Wadkar, Aniket Choudhary, Mohsin Khan, Pratham Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Rinku Singh, Dikshanshu Negi, Aditya Sarwate, Venkatesh Iyer, Aryan Juyal, Amandeep Khare, Karn Sharma, Shubham Sharma, Upendra Yadav, Shivam Chaudhary, Akash Madhwal, Yash Kothari, Swapnil Singh, Yash Dubey.
West Zone Squad:
Parth Bhut, Shivam Dube, Harvik Desai, Rajvardhan S Hangargekar, Rahul Tripathi, Ankit Bawne, Chintan Gaja, Shams Mulani, Samarth Vyas, Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Het Patel, Atit Sheth, Priyank Panchal.
North Zone Squad:
Himanshu Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh, Shubham Rohilla, Rishi Dhawan, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Shubham Khajuria, Mayank Markande, Mandeep Singh, Vivrant Sharma, Harshit Rana, Nitish Rana.
Northeast Zone Squad:
Lee Yong Lepcha, Khrievitso Kense, Nabam Abo, Anup Ahlawat, Imliwati Lemtur, Palzor Tamang, Langlonyamba Keishangbam, Kamsha Yangfo, Pheiroijam Singh, Jehu Anderson, Larry Sangma, Nilesh Lamichaney, Rex Rajkumar Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Ashish Thapa.
East Zone Squad:
Utkarsh Singh, Rishav Das, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Kumar Kushagra, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Avinav Choudhury, Shahbaz Ahmed, Saurabh Tiwary, Mukhtar Hussain, Abhishek Porel, Manisankar Murasingh, Subranshu Senapati, Akash Deep, Virat Singh, Riyan Parag.