BCCI announces Duleep Trophy 2023 squads and schedule

Final of the Duleep Trophy 2023 will be played from July 12 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Indian domestic season will begin with the Duleep Trophy 2023 in June. The elite competition, in which teams from the East, West, North, South, Central, and North-East Zones will compete for top honors, will begin on June 28. The summit match is slated to begin on July 12.

The winners of the previous competition, the West Zone and South Zone, will receive direct entry into the semifinals.

The two remaining berths in the semifinals will be decided by the victors of Quarterfinal 1's Central Zone vs. East Zone and Quarterfinal 2's North Zone vs. North-East Zone matches.

The following three games will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru with Alur Cricket Ground hosting the first semifinal and quarterfinal.

Meanwhile, the BCCI unveiled the squads for each of the teams on their website.

Duleep Trophy 2023 Squads:

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.

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.

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: Mandeep Singh (Captain), Prashant Chopra, Dhruv Shorey, Manan Vohra, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Ankit Kumar, AS Kalsi, Harshit Rana, Abid Mushtaq, Jayant Yadav, Pulkit Narang, Nishant Sandhu, Sidharth Kaul, Vaibhav Arora, Baltej Singh. 

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.

North-East Zone: Rongsen Jonathan (Captain), Nilesh Lamichaney (vice-captain), Kishan Lyngdoh, Langlonyamba, A.R. 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.

Duleep Trophy 2023 Schedule:

Apart from announcing the squads for the Duleep Trophy 2023, the schedule was also unveiled for the tournament.

Central Zone and East Zone will face off in Quarterfinal 1 at Alur Cricket Grounds on June 28, while North Zone and North East Zone will clash at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Quarterfinal 2.

July 5 will see West Zone taking on the winners of Quarterfinal 1 at Alur grounds, while South Zone will clash with the Winner of Quarterfinal 2 at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. The final will be played on July 12 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Schedule of Duleep Trophy 2023:

28 June - 1 July: Quarterfinal 1: Central Zone vs East Zone, Alur Cricket Ground

28 June - 1 July: Quarterfinal 2: North Zone vs North East Zone, M Chinnaswamy Stadium

5 July - 9 July: Semifinal 1: West Zone vs winner of QF 1, Alur Cricket Grounds

5 July - 9 July: Semifinal 2: South Zone vs Winner of QF2, M Chinnaswamy Stadium

12 July - 15 July: Final: Winner of SF 1 vs Winner of SF 2, M Chinnaswamy Stadium