The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has unveiled the Duleep Trophy 2026 squads ahead of the tournament, which is on the horizon.
India’s domestic cricket season will begin with its curtain-raiser, starting from August 23 in Bengaluru. Six zone-based teams will participate as the matches are set to be played across the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Schedule
East Zone and North-east Zone will play against each other in a quarterfinal, while North Zone will be up against West Zone in the other quarterfinal clash.
Both Central Zone and South Zone will begin their campaign from the semifinal stages. The final will be a 5-day affair starting from September 6, while the other matches will be played across a maximum of 4 days.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Captains
East Zone has appointed Ishan Kishan as captain, whereas Tilak Varma will lead South Zone. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar will captain West and Central Zone respectively, while Ranji Trophy winner Kanhaiya Wadhawan will lead the North Zone side. Nagaland’s Jonathan Rongen will be leading the North-East Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2026 Squads
Have a look at the full squads of all teams here.
North Zone
Kanhaiya Wadhawan (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni (Vice-captain), Sanat Sangwan, Yash Dhull, Ayush Doseja, Nishant Sindhu, Anshul Kamboj, Nikhil Kashyap, Qamran Iqbal, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq, Sunil Kumar, Yudhvir Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Arjun Sharma
Central Zone
Rajat Patidar (Captain), Rinku Singh (Vice-captain), Ayush Pandey, Saransh Jain, Aryan Pandey, Arshad Khan, Kunal Singh Rathod (Wicketkeeper), Aryan Juyal (Wicketkeeper), Zeeshan Ansari, Kunal Chandela, Aman Mokhade, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, Nachiket Bhute
South Zone
Tilak Varma (C), Ricky Bhui (Vice-captain & Wicketkeeper), SK Rasheed, K Sai Teja, T Vijay, Abhinav Tejrana, K Himateja, T Thyagarajan, R Smaran, Karun Nair, Shreyas Gopal, V Kaverappa, MD Nidheesh, N Jagadeesan (WK), Aman Khan
East Zone
Ishan Kishan (C & WK), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (VC), Denish Das, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Shahbaz Ahmed, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mohd Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Kumar Kushagra (Wicketkeeper), Shikhar Mohan, Anukul Roy, Virat Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Abhijit Sarkar
West Zone
Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Shams Mulani (VC), Atit Sheth, Shivalik Sharma, Jaymeet Patel, Urvil Patel (WK), Siddharth Desai, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Choudhary, Shardul Thakur, Musheer Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Tanush Kotian, Harvik Desai (WK), Jay Gohil
North East Zone
Jonathan Rongsen (C), Bishworjit Singh Konthoujam (VC), Techi Neri, Priyojit K, Ronald Meitei, Jotin Singh Pheiroijam, Kishan Lyngdoh, Arpit Subhas (Wicketkeeper), Akash Kumar Choudhary, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Lalrempouia, Imliwati Lemtur, Vino G Zhimomi, Robin Limboo, Ashish Thapa (WK)
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