The 2025 Duleep Trophy begins on August 28 - follow all the scores and latest updates on round one here.
Named after KS Duleepsinhji, the Duleep Trophy in India traditionally acts as the curtain-raiser for the upcoming domestic season. This year's competition will run from August 28 to September 15, before the Irani Trophy takes place from October 1-4, and the Ranji Trophy kicks off on October 15.
The Duleep Trophy is usually conducted in a zonal format. There were exceptions in 2002-03, when teams were made based on the previous season's Ranji Trophy groups, from 2016-17 to 2019-20 when the BCCI selected three teams in the form of India Blue, Red and Green and in 2024-25 when the four teams involved were India A, B, C and D.
For the 2025-26 campaign, the Duleep Trophy has returned to the zonal format with teams from the North, South, East, West, Central and North East Zones. Several Test cricketers have been selected, including captain Shubman Gill.
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Duleep Trophy 2025, round 1: Scores and live updates
Century for Ayush Badoni!
He's made his mark in T20 cricket through the IPL, but now scores his fourth first-class century.
In his 15th match, his batting average has ticked over 60 as well.
Ankit Kumar is dismissed for 198!
Shubman Gill's stand-in as North Zone captain makes his highest first-class score. His last three matches:
- 30 & 198 for North Zone vs East Zone
- 136 & 11 for Haryana vs Mumbai
- 118 for Haryana vs Karnataka
Dhull hits a big century
He's out for 133, dismissed by Riyan Parag
Patidar hits brisk fifty
The IPL winning captain is out for 66 off 72
Danish Malewar retires out
Danish Malewar retired out on 203, becoming the first Indian domestic batter since 1998 to retire out in a first-class game. Central Zone declared on 532-4d, against North East Zone.
Spinner Manishi picked up six-for
East Zone's Manishi, who represents Jharkhand in first-class cricket, picked up his first professional five-wicket haul against North Zone. He ended with 6-111 in just his ninth red-ball game, as NZ were bowled out for 405.
More than a year after he last played for India, Rajat Patidar began the 2025/26 Indian domestic season with a hundred in Central Zone’s Duleep Trophy opener.
Scores at Stumps, Day 1
North Zone 308-6 vs East Zone
Central Zone 432-2 vs North East Zone
Vidarbha's Danish Malewar continued his stellar first-class form with a career-best score in the Duleep Trophy opener on Thursday (August 28). Read more here.
Mohammed Shami gets among the wickets
The India quick got No.7 batter Sahil Lotra caught behind for 19 - his first wicket of the day.
80-ball ton for Patidar
The India batter has started the 2025-26 domestic season with a quickfire hundred for Central Zone.
Rajat Patidar in fine form
The IPL-winning RCB skipper leading Central Zone in the absence of Dhruv Jurel is batting on 65 off 63 balls, stitching an imposing partnership with centurion Malewar.
Century for Danish Malewar
Malewar, who was the fifth-highest scorer in the last Ranji Trophy season, has started the 2025-26 season with a bang, scoring a hundred for Central Zone.
Ayush Badoni scores a quick half-century
Badoni, batting at No.4, made 63 off 60 balls hitting seven fours. He was dismissed caught behind by Mukhtar Hussain.
North Zone captain Shubman Gill has sat out of the quarter-final of the 2025 Duleep Trophy, against East Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
Fifties for Aryan Juyal and Danish Malewar
23-year-old Aryan Juyal, who has been with Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL, is batting on 52 at Lunch.
Meanwhile 21-year-old Danish Malewar, who made his first-class debut last season for Vidarbha, has motored to 70 off 101 balls.
A third wicket for Manishi
After getting rid of North Zone openers, Manishi has also trapped No.3 Yash Dhull lbw for 39.
Scores at Lunch on Day 1
Central Zone 126-1 vs North East Zone
North Zone 139-3 vs East Zone
Jhakhand left-arm spinner gets rid of both North Zone openers
Manishi, a 21-year-old left-arm orthodox from Jharkhand, has dismissed both North Zone openers - Shubham Khajuria and captain Ankit Kumar - trapping them lbw. Yash Dhull and Ayush Badoni are batting together now.
Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar share the new ball for East Zone
The two India quicks opened the bowling for East Zone but are yet to pick a wicket. Shami has bowled five overs for 0-10 while Mukesh has figures of 0-13 from four overs.
The 2025-26 Duleep Trophy begins on August 28. Here's where to watch the tournament live, including TV channels and live streaming.
Which national team players are playing today?
North Zone: Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh.
East Zone: Riyan Parag, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar.
Central Zone: Rajat Patidar, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed.
North East Zone: None.
Gill, Jurel, Kishan, Easwaran, Kamboj not in action
Out of the four teams in action today, only North East Zone are being led by their designated captain, Rongsen Jonathan.
For North Zone, Shubman Gill is not playing, so vice-captain Ankit Kumar has stepped up. Seamer Anshul Kamboj is another notable exclusion.
Central Zone skipper Dhruv Jurel is not in the XI, with IPL-winning captain Rajat Patidar stepping in.
East Zone captain Ishan Kishan and vice-captain Abhimanyu Easwaran are both out of the playing XI, so Riyan Parag is leading in their absence.
Central Zone vs North East Zone: Playing XIs
Central Zone: Ayush Pandey, Aryan Juyal (wk), Danish Malewar, Yash Rathod, Rajat Patidar (c), Shubham Sharma, Harsh Dubey, Deepak Chahar, Aditya Thakare, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed.
North East Zone: Karnajit Yumnam, Techi Doria, Hem Chetri, Ashish Thapa, Palzor Tamang, Rongsen Jonathan (c), Jehu Anderson (wk), Ankur Malik, Akash Kumar, Jotin Pheiroijam, Bishworjit Konthoujam.
North Zone vs East Zone: Playing XIs
North Zone: Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (c), Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Mayank Dagar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Sahil Lotra, Auqib Nabi.
East Zone: Sharandeep Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Virat Singh, Riyan Parag (c), Sridam Paul, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Manishi, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Mukhtar Hussain.
Toss updates from round 1
- North Zone vs East Zone: East Zone won the toss and chose to field.
- Central Zone vs North East Zone: North East Zone won the toss and chose to field.
Duleep Trophy 2025-26, round 1 fixtures
- North Zone vs East Zone: August 28-31, BCCI CEG
- Central Zone vs North East Zone: August 28-31, BCCI CEG 'B'
Both fixtures begin at 9:30am IST.
West Zone squad, Duleep Trophy 2025-26
Shardul Thakur (c), Saurabh Nawale (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harvik Desai (wk), Aarya Desai, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jaymeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arzan Nagwaswala.
South Zone squad, Duleep Trophy 2025-26
Tilak Varma (c), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vc & wk), Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Tanmay Agarwal, Ricky Bhui, Snehal Kauthankar, Devdutt Padikkal, Salman Nizar, N Basil, Gurjapneet Singh, MD Nidheesh, R Sai Kishore, T Thyagarajan, T Vijay, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohit Kale.
Standby: Mohit Redkar, R Smaran, Ankit Sharma, Eden Apple Tom, Andre Siddarth, Shaikh Rasheed.
North East Zone squad, Duleep Trophy 2025-26
Jonathan Rongsen (c), Akash Kumar Choudhary, Techi Doria, Yumnum Karnajit, Sedezhalie Rupero, Ashish Thapa, Hem Bahadur Chetri, Jehu Anderson, Arpit Subash Bhatewara, Pheroijam Jotin Singh, Palzor Tamang, Ankur Malik, Bishworjit Singh Konthoujam, Aryan Borah, Lamabam Ajay Singh.
Standby: Kamsha Yangfo, Rajkumar Rex Singh, Bobby Zothansanga, Dippu Sangma, Pukhrumbam Prafullomani Singh, Lee Yong Lepcha, Imliwati Lemtur.
North Zone squad, Duleep Trophy 2025-26
Shubman Gill (c), Ankit Kumar (vc), Kanhaiya Wadhwan (wk), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Shubham Khajuria, Nishant Sidhu, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Dagar, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Auqib Nabi, Ankit Kalsi, Sahil Lotra.
Standby: Shubham Arora, Nishunk Birla, Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Ravi Chauhan, Abid Mushtaq, Umar Nazir, Divesh Sharma.
When they leave the squad for Asia Cup commitments, Shubman Gill will be replaced by Shubham Rohilla, Arshdeep Singh by Gurnoor Brar, and Harshit Rana by Anuj Thakral.
East Zone squad, Duleep Trophy 2025-26
Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Riyan Parag, Virat Singh, Sridam Paul, Utkarsh Singh, Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Denish Das, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Manishi, Sandeep Pattnaik, Sharandeep Singh, Aashirwad Swain.
Standby: Sudip Kumar Gharami, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Mukhtar Hussain, Swastik Samal, Rahul Singh.
Central Zone squad, Duleep Trophy 2025-26
Dhruv Jurel (c), Rajat Patidar (vc, subject to fitness clearance), Arjan Juyal (wk), Danish Malewar, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar, Shubham Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Aditya Thakare, Sanjeet Desai, Saransh Jain, Aayush Pandey.
Standby: Upendra Yadav (wk), Madhav Kaushik, Yash Thakur, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mahipal Lomror, Kuldeep Sen.
