2025 Duleep Trophy Teams and Injury News: Complete Rosters and Health Reports for Each Zone
The much-anticipated Duleep Trophy 2025 is set to commence in August 2024, with the tournament scheduled to conclude in September. The semi-finals will take place from the 4th of September at the BCCI COE Grounds in Bengaluru, while the quarter-finals will be held on the 28th of August at two venues in Bengaluru.
Key Squads
South Zone, captained by Tilak Varma with Mohammed Azharuddeen as vice-captain, boasts a strong line-up including 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, and Snehal Kauthankar.
East Zone, led by Ishan Kishan as both captain and wicket-keeper, and Abhimanyu Easwaran as vice-captain, fields a formidable team featuring Sandeep Patnaik, Virat Singh, Denish Das, Sridam Paul, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Riyan Parag, Utkarsh Singh, Manishi, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, and Mohammed Shami.
West Zone is under the leadership of Shardul Thakur as captain. Notable players include 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, and Arzan Nagwaswala.
Central Zone has Dhruv Jurel named as captain, with Rajat Patidar serving as vice-captain, subject to fitness clearance. The squad includes Arjan Juyal (wicket-keeper), Danish Malewar, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar, Shubham Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Aditya Thakare, Sanjeet Desai, Saransh Jain, Aayush Pandey, and Upendra Yadav (wicket-keeper), Madhav Kaushik, Yash Thakur, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mahipal Lomror, and Kuldeep Sen as standby players.
Potential Replacements
In case of national team call-ups during the tournament, North Zone has named Shubham Rohilla, Gurnoor Brar, and Anuj Thakral as replacements for Shubman Gill, Arshdeep Singh, and Harshit Rana, respectively. Contingencies for other zones have also been outlined, with specific details mainly for North Zone.
The final and key matches will be held at the BCCI COE Grounds in Bengaluru between September 11-15, 2025. The tournament's conclusion will mark the end of an exciting and competitive season of red-ball cricket.
Cricket news has revealed that the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2025, scheduled from August 2024 to September 2025, falls under the umbrella of sports. The semi-finals and final matches of this tournament will take place at the BCCI COE Grounds in Bengaluru, highlighting its significance in the sports calendar.
