The Duleep Trophy 2026 is set to commence on Aug. 23. Six regional teams, Central Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone, North Zone, and North East Zone, will vie for the prestigious title.
Current champions Central Zone and previous runners-up South Zone have pre-qualified directly for the semi-finals. The remaining four zones will clash in two high-stakes quarter-final fixtures to secure their places in the final four.
While the opening four fixtures will be played at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru, the tournament decider has been moved to the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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Duleep Trophy 2026: Teams
Central Zone
South Zone
East Zone
West Zone
North Zone
North East Zone
Duleep Trophy 2026: Full List Of Fixtures
| Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
| Aug. 23 - 26 | East Zone vs North East Zone (Quarter-Final 1) | 9:30 a.m. | BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru |
| Aug. 23 - 26 | North Zone vs West Zone (Quarter-Final 2) | 9:30 a.m. | BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru |
| Aug. 30 - Sep. 02 | Central Zone vs TBA (Semi-Final 1) | 9:30 a.m. | BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru |
| Aug. 30 - Sep. 02 | South Zone vs TBA (Semi-Final 2) | 9:30 a.m. | BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru |
| Sep. 06 - 10 | Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2 (Final) | 9:30 a.m. | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
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Duleep Trophy 2026: Live Telecast
The live telecast of the Duleep Trophy 2026 will be available on the Star Sports Network.
Duleep Trophy 2026: Live Streaming
Fans can watch the livestream of all the matches of Duleep Trophy 2026 on the JioHotstar app or website.
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Duleep Trophy 2026: Star Players
Star names line up across all squads:
- Rajat Patidar leads Central Zone alongside vice-captain Rinku Singh
- Tilak Varma captains South Zone featuring Karun Nair and Shreyas Gopal
- Ishan Kishan heads East Zone accompanied by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (vice-captain), Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar
- Ruturaj Gaikwad captains a formidable West Zone side boasting Prithvi Shaw and Shardul Thakur
- Kanhaiya Wadhawan leads North Zone alongside Arshdeep Singh and Ayush Badoni
- Jonathan Rongsen captains North East Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2026: Squads
North Zone Squad: Kanhaiya Wadhawan (Captain & Wicketkeeper) (Jammu & Kashmir), Ayush Badoni (Vice-captain) (Delhi), Sanat Sangwan (Delhi), Yash Dhull (Delhi), Ayush Doseja (Delhi), Nishant Sindhu (Haryana), Anshul Kamboj (Haryana), Nikhil Kashyap (Haryana), Qamran Iqbal (Jammu & Kashmir), Abdul Samad (Jammu & Kashmir), Abid Mushtaq (Jammu & Kashmir), Sunil Kumar (Jammu & Kashmir), Yudhvir Singh (Jammu & Kashmir), Arshdeep Singh (Punjab), Arjun Sharma (Services).
Central Zone Squad: Rajat Patidar (Captain) (Madhya Pradesh), Rinku Singh (Vice-captain) (Uttar Pradesh), Ayush Pandey (Chhattisgarh), Saransh Jain (Madhya Pradesh), Aryan Pandey (Madhya Pradesh), Arshad Khan (Madhya Pradesh), Kunal Singh Rathod (Wicketkeeper) (Rajasthan), Aryan Juyal (Wicketkeeper) (Uttar Pradesh), Zeeshan Ansari (Uttar Pradesh), Kunal Chandela (Uttarakhand), Aman Mokhade (Vidarbha), Yash Rathod (Vidarbha), Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha), Yash Thakur (Vidarbha), Nachiket Bhute (Vidarbha).
South Zone Squad: Tilak Varma (Captain) (Hyderabad), Ricky Bhui (Vice-captain & Wicketkeeper) (Andhra), SK Rasheed (Andhra), K Sai Teja (Andhra), T Vijay (Andhra), Abhinav Tejrana (Goa), K Himateja (Hyderabad), T Thyagarajan (Hyderabad), R Smaran (Karnataka), Karun Nair (Karnataka), Shreyas Gopal (Karnataka), V Kaverappa (Karnataka), MD Nidheesh (Kerala), N Jagadeesan (Wicketkeeper) (Tamil Nadu), Aman Khan (Pondicherry).
East Zone Squad: Ishan Kishan (Captain & Wicketkeeper) (Jharkhand), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Vice-Captain) (Bihar), Denish Das (Assam), Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal), Sudip Kumar Gharami (Bengal), Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal), Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (Bengal), Mohd Shami (Bengal), Mukesh Kumar (Bengal), Kumar Kushagra (Wicketkeeper) (Jharkhand), Shikhar Mohan (Jharkhand), Anukul Roy (Jharkhand), Virat Singh (Jharkhand), Subhranshu Senapati (Odisha), Abhijit Sarkar (Tripura).
West Zone Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain) (Maharashtra), Shams Mulani (Vice-captain) (Mumbai), Atit Sheth (Baroda), Shivalik Sharma (Baroda), Jaymeet Patel (Gujarat), Urvil Patel (Wicketkeeper) (Gujarat), Siddharth Desai (Gujarat), Prithvi Shaw (Maharashtra), Mukesh Choudhary (Maharashtra), Shardul Thakur (Mumbai), Musheer Khan (Mumbai), Tushar Deshpande (Mumbai), Tanush Kotian (Mumbai), Harvik Desai (Wicketkeeper) (Saurashtra), Jay Gohil (Saurashtra).
North East Zone: Jonathan Rongsen (Captain) (Nagaland), Bishworjit Singh Konthoujam (Vice-Captain) (Manipur), Techi Neri (Arunachal Pradesh), Priyojit K (Manipur), Ronald Meitei (Manipur), Jotin Singh Pheiroijam (Manipur), Kishan Lyngdoh (Meghalaya), Arpit Subhas (Wicketkeeper) (Meghalaya), Akash Kumar Choudhary (Meghalaya), Joseph Lalthankhuma (Mizoram), Lalrempouia (Mizoram), Imliwati Lemtur (Nagaland), Vino G Zhimomi (Nagaland), Robin Limboo (Sikkim), Ashish Thapa (Wicketkeeper) (Sikkim).
Duleep Trophy 2025-26: Top Performers
Top Run-Scorers
- Rajat Patidar (Central Zone) - 382 runs
- Yash Rathod (Central Zone) - 374 runs
- Danish Malewar (Central Zone) - 352 runs
- Ayush Badoni (North Zone) - 307 runs
Top Wicket-Takers
- Saransh Jain (Central Zone) - 16 wickets
- Gurjapneet Singh (South Zone) - 10 wickets
- Harsh Dubey (Central Zone) - 10 wickets
- Kumar Kartikeya (Central Zone) - 8 wickets
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