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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