Duleep Trophy 2026 squads (Image source: BCCI)
It is that time of the year again when the anticipation of the Indian Domestic Cricket will begin with the start of the Duleep Trophy 2026.
The premier red-ball curtain-raiser featuring six teams - North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone, Central Zone, and North East Zone - will be played in its traditional, historic, and zonal format.
The 63rd edition of the coveted tournament will run from August 23 to September 10 with all matches slated to be held in Bengaluru.
Named after former Indian cricket icon Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, the Duleep Trophy has been a key part of the Indian domestic calendar, giving players an extended red-ball platform in between the Ranji Trophy seasons.
Moreover, the Duleep Trophy matches last four days, except for the final, which is played over five.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi named East Zone’s vice-captain for Duleep Trophy 2026
15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who was named as a standby player last year, will deputise for Ishan Kishan in East Zone’s 15-member squad.
The Indian prodigy’s vice-captaincy underlines his meteoric rise over the past year, which has seen Vaibhav enjoy a brilliant IPL 2026 campaign with Rajasthan Royals, finishing as the competition’s youngest-ever Orange Cap winner.
Apart from that, the squads named for the 2026 edition carry serious international weight across all six zones. Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, and Mohammed Shami are among those involved, giving selectors an early look at red-ball form before a demanding run of overseas Tests.
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After the Sri Lanka Tests, India will take on New Zealand later this year for four away Tests. Thus, strong performances in the Duleep Trophy 2026 could shape those squads.
Along the same lines, further, check out the full Duleep Trophy squads for the upcoming 63rd edition.
Duleep Trophy 2026- Full teams and 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 (Capain) (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 Squad
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).
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