2025–26 Duleep Trophy

2025 Duleep Trophy
Dates28 August – 15 September 2025
AdministratorBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament formatKnockout
HostIndia
ChampionsCentral Zone (7th title)
Runners-upSouth Zone
Participants6
Matches5
Player of the seriesSaransh Jain (Central Zone)
Most runsRajat Patidar (Central Zone) (382)
Most wicketsSaransh Jain (Central Zone) (16)
Official websiteDuleep Trophy

The 2025–26 Duleep Trophy was the 62nd edition of the Duleep Trophy, a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. It took place from 28 August to 15 September 2025.[1] The tournament returned to a zonal format, featuring six teams: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, North East Zone, South Zone, and West Zone.[2] All squads were picked by national selectors. It formed part of the 2025 Indian domestic cricket season, announced by the BCCI in June 2025.[3][4]

Squads

Central Zone East Zone North Zone North East Zone South Zone West Zone

Format

The tournament featured six teams playing in a single-elimination bracket. South Zone and West Zone pre-qualified to the semifinals, with the four remaining zonal teams required to play a quarterfinal match to start the competition.[13]

Fixtures

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
South Zone 536 & 95/1
North Zone 405 & 658/4d North Zone 361
East Zone 230 South Zone 149 & 426
Central Zone 511 & 66/4
West Zone 438 & 216/8
Central Zone 532/4d & 331/7d Central Zone 600
North East Zone 185 & 200/6

Quarterfinals

28–31 August 2025
v
Match drawn
  
 
405 (93.2 overs)
Kanhaiya Wadhawan 76 (152)
Manishi 6/111 (22.2 overs)
230 (56.1 overs)
Virat Singh 69 (102)
Auqib Nabi 5/28 (10.1 overs)
BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru, Bengaluru
Umpires: Bhavesh Patel and Vinod Seshan
Player of the match: Auqib Nabi (North Zone)
658/4d (146.2 overs)
Ayush Badoni 204* (223)
Riyan Parag 1/78 (22 overs)
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
  • North Zone advanced to semi finals
  • Auqib Nabi (North Zone) became the first player in Duleep Trophy history to take four wickets in four balls.[14][15]
28–31 August 2025
v
Match drawn
  
 
532/4d (102 overs)
Danish Malewar 203 (222)
Akash Choudhary 2/103 (23 overs)
185 (69.3 overs)
Karnajit Yumnam 48 (77)
Aditya Thakare 3/23 (11 overs)
BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Kaushik Gandhi
Player of the match: Danish Malewar (Central Zone)
331/7d (80.3 overs)
Shubham Sharma 122 (215) 
Akash Choudhary 2/44 (14 overs)
200/6 (58 overs)
Jehu Anderson 64 (96)
Shubham Sharma 2/10 (6 overs)
  • North East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
  • Central Zone advanced to semi finals
  • Danish Malewar (Central Zone) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[16][17]

Semifinals

4–7 September 2025
v
Match drawn
  
 
536 (169.2 overs)
Narayan Jagadeesan 197 (352)
Nishant Sindhu 5/125 (47.2 overs)
361 (100.1 overs)
Shubham Khajuria 128 (252)
Gurjapneet Singh 4/96 (24.1 overs)
BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Akshay Totre
Player of the match: Narayan Jagadeesan (South Zone)
95/1 (24.4 overs)
Narayan Jagadeesan 52* (69)
Auqib Nabi 1/23 (7 overs)
  • North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
  • South Zone advanced to final
4–7 September 2025
v
Match drawn
  
 
438 (108 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 184 (206)
Harsh Dubey 3/118 (34 overs)
600 (164.3 overs)
Shubham Sharma 96 (241)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/130 (45 overs)
BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri and Saidharshan Kumar
Player of the match: Saransh Jain (Central Zone)
216/8 (53.3 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 64 (70)
Saransh Jain 5/84 (22.3 overs)
  • West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Central Zone advanced to final.

Final

11–15 September 2025
v
Central Zone won by 6 wickets
  
 
149 (63 overs)
Tanmay Agarwal 31 (76)
Saransh Jain 5/49 (24 overs)
511 (145.1 overs)
Yash Rathod 194 (286)
Ankit Sharma 4/180 (44.1 overs)
BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru
Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas and Jayaraman Madanagopal
Player of the match: Yash Rathod (Central Zone)
426 (121 overs)
Ankit Sharma 99 (168)
Kumar Kartikeya 4/110 (39 overs)
66/4 (20.3 overs)
Akshay Wadkar 19* (52)
Ankit Sharma 2/22 (10 overs)
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.
  • Central Zone won Duleep Trophy for seventh time.

Statistics

Highest Run Getters[18]
Rank Player Team INN Runs AVG HS 100s 50s
1 Rajat Patidar Central Zone 5 382 76.40 125 2 2
2 Yash Rathod Central Zone 5 374 124.66 194 1 2
3 Danish Malewar Central Zone 5 352 70.40 203 1 2
4 Ayush Badoni North Zone 3 307 153.50 204* 1 1
5 Shubham Sharma Central Zone 5 266 53.20 122 1 1
Leading Wicket Takers[19]
Rank Player Team INN Wickets BBI AVG ECO 4W 5W
1 Saransh Jain Central Zone 4 16 5/49 24.00 3.29 – 2
2 Gurjapneet Singh South Zone 3 10 4/96 24.10 4.14 2 –
3 Harsh Dubey Central Zone 4 10 3/96 28.7 3.08 – –
4 Kumar Kartikeya Central Zone 2 8 4/53 20.37 2.71 2 –
5 Auqib Nabi North Zone 3 6 5/28 20.33 2.96 – 1

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