The Duleep Trophy will make its return to the Indian cricket fold after 2 seasons and will be played from September 8 to 25 across different centres in the country. The tournament couldn’t be played in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic. With the COVID-19 situation under control now, the BCCI will be staging an action-packed domestic season, which includes 2 Irani Cups.
Duleep Trophy will be a star-studded affair and many capped players will also be part of the tournament. Ajinkya Rahane-led West Zone will take on North East Zone in the first quarter-final. At the same time, North Zone will take on East Zone in the 2nd quarter-final. The winner of these matches will face Central Zone and South Zone in the semi-finals.
The two quarter-final matches will be played from September 8 to 11. The two semi-finals will take place from September 15 to 18. The final of the prestigious tournament is scheduled to be played from September 21 to 25 in Coimbatore.
Squads
Ajinkya Rahane will lead the West Zone side, which includes Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi and many other top players. Mandeep Singh-led North Zone squad includes the likes of Yash Dhull, Manan Vohra, Navdeep Saini and Siddarth Kaul among others.
Hanuma Vihari will be leading the South Zone team, which includes top players like Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey and Basil Thampi to name a few.
NORTH ZONE: Yash Dhull (DDCA), Dhruv Shorey – VC (DDCA), Manan Vohra (PCA), Mandeep Singh – Captain (PCA), Himanshu Rana (HCA), Akash Vashisht (HPCA), Anmol Malhotra – WK (PCA), Mayank Dagar (HPCA), Pulkit Narang (SSCB), Navdeep Saini (DDCA), Siddharth Kaul (PCA), Jagjit Singh (UTCA), Nishant Sindhu (HCA), Qamran Iqbal (JKCA), Vikas Mishra (DDCA)
SOUTH ZONE: Hanuma Vihari – Captain (Hyd CA), Mayank Agarwal – VC (KSCA), Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala), Manish Pandey (KSCA), Devdutt Paddikal (KSCA), B Inderjith (TNCA), Eknath Kerkar WK (Goa), Ricky Bhui – WK (Andhra), Sai Kishore (TNCA), K Gowtham (KSCA), Basil Thampi (Kerala), Ravi Teja (Hyd CA), V C Stephen (Andhra), Tanay Thyagrajan (Hyd CA), Lakshye Garg (Goa)
EAST ZONE: Manoj Tiwary – Captain (CAB), Virat Singh – VC (JSCA), Nazim Siddique (JSCA), Sudip Kumar Gharami (CAB), Shantanu Mishra (OCA), Anustup Mazumdar (CAB), Riyan Parag (ACA), Kumar Kushagra – WK (JSCA), Abishek Porel (CAB), Shabaz Ahmed (CAB), Shahbaj Nadeem (JSCA), Ishan Porel (CAB), Akash Deep (CAB), Mukthar Hussain (ACA), Mani Shankar Mura Singh (TCA)
WEST ZONE: Ajinkya Rahane – Captain (Mumbai), Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai), Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Mumbai), Rahul Tripathi (Maharashtra), Chiraj Jani (Saurashtra), Het Patel (Gujarat), Hardik Tamore (Mumbai), Shams Mulani (Mumbai), Tanish Kotian (Mumbai), Atit Seth (Baroda), Chintan Gaja (Gujarat), Chetan Sakariya (Saurashtra), Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra), Satyajeet Bachhav (Maharashtra)
CENTRAL ZONE: Karan Sharma – Captain (UPCA), Shubham Sharma – VC (MPCA), Himanshu Mantri – WK (MPCA), Yash Dubey (MPCA), Priyam Garg (UPCA), Rinku Singh (UPCA), Ashok Maneria (RCA), Akshay Wadkar – WK (VCA), Gaurav Yadav (MPCA), Venkatesh Iyer (MPCA), Deepak Dhapola (CAU), Aniket Chaudhary (RCA), Kumar Kartikey (MPCA), Aditya Sarvatey (VCA), Ankit Rajput (UPCA)
NORTHEAST ZONE: Ashish Thapa – Captain (Sikkim), Techi Neri (Arunachal), Jonathan Rongsen (Nagaland), Kishan Lyngdoh (Meghalaya), Ankur Malik (Sikkim), Bishworjit K (Manipur), G Lalbiakvela (Mizoram), R K Rex (Manipur), Khrievitso Kense (Nagaland), Techi Doria (Arunachal), Dippu Sangma (Meghalaya), Hokaito Zhimomi (Nagaland), L Kishan Singa (Manipur), Bobby Z (Mizoram), Md. Al Bashid (Manipur)
Telecast and live streaming details
The telecast and live streaming details of the tournament haven’t been finalised. We will provide an update once there is an official confirmation regarding the same.
