The Duleep Trophy 2025 will kick off BCCI’s official domestic season from August 28 to September 15. The tournament will return to its traditional zonal format after the selectors chose the four-team setup directly last year.
Under the new format, teams will compete for their respective zones, namely, North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone, Central Zone, and North East Zone.
East Zone will take on North Zone in the first quarter-final, while the second quarter-final will be played between the Central Zone and the North East Zone. Both matches will be played at the BCCI Centre Of Excellence Ground in Bengaluru.
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Duleep Trophy 2025 Schedule - All Matches Start From 9:30 AM IST
Quarterfinal 1 | North Zone vs East Zone | Aug 28-31 |
Quarterfinal 2 | Central Zone vs North East Zone | Aug 28-31 |
Semifinal 1 | South Zone vs TBC | Sept 4-7 |
Semifinal 2 | West Zone vs TBC | Sept 4-7 |
Final | TBC vs TBC | Sept 11-15 |
South Zone and West Zone who were the finalists of the previous zonal edition in 2023, have already made it to the semi-finals. All the matches will start from and will be played at the BCCI COE ground. The ground is expected to give top-notch quality and infrastructure for the players, with the conditions expected to remain same for all the teams.
Few Indian cricketers are expected to play in the Duleep Trophy. This is an important tournament for them to stake a claim for national selection or make a return to the Indian team with their domestic performances.
For someone like Mohammed Shami, who will be playing for the East Zone in a bid to make a comeback in the Indian Test and ODI team. He was overlooked for the Asia Cup 2025 squad after he missed the Test series against Australia and England with injury concerns.
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Important Tournament For Few Indian Players
West Zone has the likes of Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad, while South Zone has Tilak Varma, Devdutt Padikkal and R Sai Kishore. Dhruv Jurel, Rajat Patidar and Kuldeep Yadav are in the Central Zone team. Shubman Gill in their squad along with Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana are in the North Zone team. There are reports that Gill might miss the Duleep Trophy with illness.
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