Duleep Trophy 2023: Full schedule, squads, venues, live TV, streaming information
Central Zone will take on East Zone while North Zone will play North East Zone on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy 2023 tournament beginning in Bengaluru on June 28.
The match between Central Zone and East Zone will be played at the Alur Cricket Stadium, while the game between North Zone and North East Zone – the sixth and latest entrant in the domestic first-class tournament – will take place at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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The two games will effectively serve as quarter-finals.
Last season’s Duleep Trophy winners West Zone and runners-up South have been given direct entry into the semi-finals.
The final will be played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on July 12.
The squads
Central Zone: Shivam Mavi (captain), Upendra Yadav (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Vivek Singh, Himanshu Mantri, Kunal Chandela, Shubham Sharma, Amandeep Khare, Rinku Singh, Akshay Wadkar, Dhruv Jurel, Saurabh Kumar, Manav Sathar, Saransh Jain, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur.
East Zone: Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Shahbaz Nadeem (vice-captain), Santanu Mishra, Sudip Gharami, Riyan Parag, A. Majumdar, Bipin Saurabh, A Porel (wicketkeeper), K Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Anukul Roy, M Mura Singh, Ishan Porel.
North Zone: Jayant Yadav (captain), Prashant Chopra, Dhruv Shorey, Manan Vohra, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Ankit Kumar, AS Kalsi, Harshit Rana, Abid Mushtaq, Nehal Wadhera, Pulkit Narang, Nishant Sandhu, Sidharth Kaul, Vaibhav Arora, Baltej Singh.
Note: On June 22, captain Mandeep Singh was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury and Jayant Yadav was named as North Zone skipper. Nehal Wadhera replaced Mandeep in the squad.
North-East Zone: Rongsen Jonathan (captain), Nilesh Lamichaney (vice-captain), Kishan Lyngdoh, Langlonyamba, AR Ahlawat, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Prafullamani (wicketkeeper), Dippu Sangma, Jotin Pheiroijam, Imliwati Lemtur, Palzor Tamang, Kishan Sinha, Akash Kumar Choudhary, Rajkumar Rex Singh, Nagaho Chishi. Reserves: Lee Yong Lepcha, Nabam Abo, Dika Ralte.
South Zone: Hanuma Vihari (captain), Mayank Agarwal (vice-captain), Sai Sudharsan, Ricky Bhui (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), R Samarth, Washington Sundar, Sachin Baby, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sai Kishore, V Kaverappa, V Vyshak, KV Sasikanth, Darshan Misal, Tilak Varma.
West Zone: Priyank Panchal (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harvik Desai (wicketkeeper), Prithvi Shaw, Het Patel (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Arpit Vasavada, Atit Seth, Shams Mulani, Yuvraj Dodiya, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
Live TV and streaming information
As of June 21, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not announced details of live TV, and live streaming of Duleep Trophy 2023.
The full schedule of the Duleep Trophy 2023
- Quarter-final 1 (June 28-July 1): Central Zone vs East Zone, Alur Cricket Stadium
- Quarter-final 2 (June 28-July 1): North Zone vs North East Zone, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
- Semi-final 1 (July 5-8): West Zone vs Winner of QF 1, Alur Cricket Stadium
- Semi-final 2 (July 5-8): South Zone vs Winner of QF 2, Chinnaswamy Stadium
- Final (July 12-16): Winner of SF 1 vs Winner of SF 2, Chinnaswamy Stadium
