Duleep Trophy 2024: Schedule, Fixtures, Updated Squads And All You Need To Know

India's domestic cricket season for 2024-25 will commence from September 5, 2024, and will be played at two different venues across the country. The Duleep Trophy 2024 will be held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The first-class cricket tournament will feature four different sides looking to lift the first domestic title of the season.

Hyderabad:The 61st edition Duleep Trophy 2024, which marks the beginning of the India's 2024-25 domestic season, is set to commence from September 5, 2024, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.

This season of the Duleep Trophy, established by the BCCI in 1961-62 season, will see a new format, with four 'India' teams instead of the six zone-based teams competing in the tournament. India A, B, C, and D have been chosen by national selectors-led by Ajit Agarkar. Team A will face Team B at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, while Team C will face Team D at the Rural Development Trust Stadium in Anantapur.

Teams will face each other once in a four-day First-Class match as part of the round-robin group stage, with a total of six matches to be played. Each team will play three matches, and the tournament winner will be crowned based on who has the most points.

History behind the name of Duleep Trophy 2024

Former India cricketer Duleep Singh's name has been given to the red-ball tournament, which marks the start of India's domestic season. He represented India in 1930s and is regarded as one of best batter of his time. He is also renowned for his beautiful batting style.

Participating Teams

In the first season, five teams participated in Duleep Trophy based on the Geographical zones of India - South, North, Central, West, East. However, the last season witnessed six teams in the competing with addition of North East side. Each team will consist of players from the Ranji teams of the region.

From this season there have four teams- India A, India B, India C, India D. The players for each team are selected by BCCI's Senior Mens selection committee.

Squads:

Team A: Shubman Gill (c), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.

Team 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).

Team C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (to miss first round), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (wk), Sandeep Warrier.

Team D: Shreyas Iyer (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.

*Nitish Kumar Reddy’s participation in the Duleep Trophy is subject to fitness.

Schedule of Duleep Trophy 2024

The start time for all matches on all days will be 9:30 AM IST.

Date	Fixture	Venue
September 5-8	Team A vs Team B	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
September 5-8	Team C vs Team D	ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur
September 12-15	Team A vs Team D	Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur
September 12-15	Team B vs Team C	ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur
September 19-22	Team B vs Team D	ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur
September 19-22	Team A vs Team C	Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur

S.NO	YEAR	WINNERS
1	1961-62	West Zone
2	1962-63	West Zone
3	1963-64	West Zone & South Zone (shared)
4	1964-65	West Zone
5	1965-66	South Zone
6	1966-67	South Zone
7	1967-68	South Zone
8	1968-69	West Zone
9	1969-70	West Zone
10	1970-71	South Zone
11	1971-72	Central Zone
12	1972-73	West Zone
13	1973-74	Central Zone
14	1974-75	South Zone
15	1975-76	South Zone
16	1976-77	West Zone
17	1977-78	West Zone
18	1978-79	North Zone
19	1979-80	North Zone
20	1980-81	West Zone
21	1981-82	West Zone
22	1982-83	North Zone
23	1983-84	North Zone
24	1984-85	South Zone
25	1985-86	West Zone
26	1986-87	South Zone
27	1987-88	North Zone
28	1988-89	North Zone & West Zone (shared)
29	1989-90	South Zone
30	1990-91	North Zone
31	1991-92	North Zone
32	1992-93	North Zone
33	1993-94	North Zone
34	1994-95	North Zone
35	1995-96	South Zone
36	1996-97	Central Zone
37	1997-98	Central Zone & West Zone (shared)
38	1998-99	Central Zone
39	1999-2000	North Zone
40	2000-01	North Zone
41	2001-02	West Zone
42	2002-03	Elite C
43	2003-04	North Zone
44	2004-05	Central Zone
45	2005-06	West Zone
46	2006-07	North Zone
47	2007-08	North Zone
48	2008-09	West Zone
49	2009-10	West Zone
50	2010-11	South Zone
51	2011-12	East Zone
52	2012-13	East Zone
53	2013-14	North Zone & South Zone (shared)
54	2014-15	Central Zone
55	2016-17	India Blue
56	2017-18	India Red
57	2018-19	India Blue
58	2019-20	India Red
59	2022-23	West Zone
60	2023-24	South Zone