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The 2025 Duleep Trophy, commencing late this month and concluding on September 15, heralds the highly anticipated return of India’s premier domestic season. This edition returns to the traditional zonal format.
The format is a single-elimination knockout tournament featuring North Zone and East Zone in the semi-finals, alongside Central Zone and North East. There are six teams playing this time and finalists from the last zonal edition – South and West – enter the semifinals directly.
The entire tournament is to be hosted at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, Bengaluru, across multiple grounds. You can find a number of popular players this time, including Shubman Gill, Dhruv Jurel, Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur and Tilak Varma.
North Zone and East Zone
Central Zone and Northeast Zone
Dates: August 28-31
South Zone and QF 1 qualifier
North Zone and QF2 qualifier
Dates: September 4-7
Semi-Final 1 and Semi-Final 2 qualifiers
Dates: September 11-15
Captain: Shubman Gill
Captain: Tilak Varma
Captain: Shardul Thakur
Captain: Ishan Kishan
Captain: Jonathan Rongsen
Captain: Dhruv Jurel
Image courtsey: BCCI Domestic/X
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