The Duleep Trophy 2024-25 is going to start from September 5, 2024, which marks the beginning of Indian domestic cricket season 2024-2025. This tournament carries high importance as it is going to serve as an important preparation ground for those India cricketers who have their aim set on securing their spots in the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. The competition is going to show several known Indian players, who are all willing to secure their spots and win a place in the Test squad.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has implied a new format for the Duleep Trophy, dropping the original zonal structure. Teams A, B, C, and D will compete in a round-robin format. The team with the most points gathered by the end of tournament will be crowned as the winner. One thing to be noted is that there will be no knockout stages in this season of the competition.
Venues For the tournament:
The Duleep Trophy 2024-25 will be held across 3 venues:
The Rural Development Trust Stadium and ACA ADCA Ground in Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh, and the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Squads for the tournament:
To ensure the national team being prepared for the challenges arriving soon, BCCI made it mandatory for domestic players to take part in Duleep Trophy. Though Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin have been exempted from the tournament to avoid the risk of an injury before the Bangladesh series.
Duleep Trophy this season will feature Shubhman Gill being the captain of Team A, Abhimanyu Easwaran being captain of Team B, Ruturaj Gaikwad being captain of Team C, and Shreyas Iyer being captain of Team D.
Teams for the tournament:
India A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.
India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK).
India C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier.
India D: Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan (WK), Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar.
Schedule for the tournament:
| Day And Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
| Thursday, September 5 to Sunday, September 8 | Team A vs Team B | 9:00 AM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Thursday, September 5 to Sunday, September 8 | Team C vs Team D | 9:00 AM | Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur |
| Thursday, September 12 to Sunday, September 15 | Team A vs Team D | 9:00 AM | Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur |
| Thursday, September 12 to Sunday, September 15 | Team B vs Team C | 9:00 AM | ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur |
| Thursday, September 19 to Sunday, September 22 | Team B vs Team D | 9:00 AM | ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur |
| Thursday, September 19 to Sunday, September 22 | Team A vs Team C | 9:00 AM | Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur |
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