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Teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi faces a major red-ball and leadership challenge as the Duleep Trophy begins India’s domestic season. The tournament will also spotlight Mohammed Shami, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and several Test hopefuls seeking strong performances

Arshdeep Singh has been named in the North Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy, while Jammu and Kashmir wicketkeeper-batter Kanhaiya Wadhawan will captain the side. Six players from the Ranji Trophy-winning Jammu and Kashmir team have been selected for the tournament

India T20I vice-captain Tilak Varma will captain South Zone in the Duleep Trophy, with Ricky Bhui as his deputy. The 15-member squad includes Karun Nair, R Smaran and N Jagadeesan, while South Zone enter the tournament directly at the semifinal stage

Defending champions Central Zone have retained Rajat Patidar as captain and named Rinku Singh vice-captain for the Duleep Trophy beginning on August 23. The 15-member squad features leading performers from last year's tournament as they target another title

Ruturaj Gaikwad has been named captain of a formidable West Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy in Bengaluru, with Shams Mulani as vice-captain. The star-studded team features Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, and Shardul Thakur

The season will feature tournaments across Senior, Under-23, Under-19 and Under-16 categories in men’s cricket, along with an extensive calendar across Senior, Under-23, Under-19 and Under-15 women’s competitions

Central Zone need 65 runs to win the Duleep Trophy after bowling out South Zone for 426 on Day Four, despite a resilient 192-run partnership between Ankit Sharma and Andre Siddarth

Central Zone advances to the 2025/26 Duleep Trophy final after taking a first-innings lead against West Zone, thanks to a dominant total of 600 and excellent performances from Saransh Jain and Harsh Dubey

Tilak Varma will captain South Zone in the upcoming Duleep Trophy. Tanmay Agarwal and Tanay Thyagarajan are the other Hyderabad cricketers included in the 16-member squad for the championship

The BCCI Apex Council met in Hyderabad, announcing umpiring reforms, new domestic season structures, and a committee to draft safety guidelines after Bengaluru’s tragedy. Domestic tournaments will now include Super League stages and revised group formats

While Nishant Sandhu comes in as a replacement for Axar in India D squad, Tushar Deshpande ruled out of game due to a niggle and his place will be taken by India A's Vidwath Kaverappa

The Duleep Trophy gradually lost its importance and the very essence of what it stood for diminished expeditiously. The battle between the four irrelevant sides of nearly 60 players playing the Duleep Trophy is like a cricket trial that one had to undergo to unearth and identify prospective cricketers at the initial level.

Senior batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also might get an exemption, and the choice of appearing in the tournament is entirely on them

South Zone applied finishing touches to their superiority across the last four days, defeating West Zone by 75 runs

West Zone defied South Zone bowlers while chasing a formidable 298 and finished day four of the Duleep Trophy final

South Zone underpropped the effort of their bowlers with plucky batting in their second innings, reaching 181 for seven

South Zone pacers were brilliantly bellicose while reducing West Zone to 129 for 7 and help their team regain some of the lost ground on the second day

Vihari has been out of the Indian team since appearing against England at Birmingham in last July

Chasing a mammoth 666 to win, North East were bundled out for 154 in their second innings after resuming from their overnight 58 for 3

Central Zone will take on East Zone while North Zone will play North East Zone on the opening day of Duleep Trophy