Duleep Trophy 2026 schedule: Fixtures, score, format, squads and live streaming

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:​

• All six zonal teams have finalised their squads ahead of the 2026-27 domestic season opener.
• The Duleep Trophy returns to Bengaluru, with all five knockout matches hosted at the BCCI Centre of Excellence.
• The tournament front-runners would have the chance to feature in future IPL or Ranji matches.

Duleep Trophy 2026 squads announced: Full team lists, players, format and fixtures​

The Duleep Trophy is back to open India's domestic red-ball season, and the squads named for the 2026-27 edition carry serious international weight across all six zones.

Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma and Mohammed Shami are among those involved, giving selectors an early look at red-ball form before a demanding run of overseas Tests.

The timing matters. India will travel to Sri Lanka and New Zealand later this year for four away Tests, and strong performances in Bengaluru could shape those squads as well as future IPL and Ranji Trophy opportunities.

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Duleep Trophy 2026: Format of the tournament​

The 2026-27 edition of the Duleep Trophy will mark the start of the Indian domestic red-ball season. Retaining its traditional and historic zonal structure, the competition will feature six regional teams: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, North East Zone, South Zone, and West Zone.

The tournament operates on a strict single-elimination knockout bracket. Because there are six teams, the two top-seeded zones, Central Zone and South Zone, have been granted a bye and will directly pre-qualify for the semifinals.

The remaining four zonal teams are required to battle it out in two separate quarter-final matches to start the competition. The victors of these matches will advance to face the pre-qualified teams, culminating in a five-day final.

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Duleep Trophy 2026: Schedule and fixtures​

All matches for the Duleep Trophy 2026 will be played simultaneously across two designated venues at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) grounds in Bengaluru.

Match	Date	Time (IST)	Teams	Venue
Quarter Final 1	23 Aug - 26 Aug 2026	9:30 AM	East Zone vs Northeast Zone	BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru
Quarter Final 2	23 Aug - 26 Aug 2026	9:30 AM	North Zone vs West Zone	BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru
Semifinal 1	30 Aug - 2 Sep 2026	9:30 AM	Central Zone vs Winner of QF 1	BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru
Semifinal 2	30 Aug - 2 Sep 2026	9:30 AM	South Zone vs Winner of QF 2	BCCI COE Ground 2, Bengaluru
Final	6 Sep - 10 Sep 2026	9:30 AM	Winner of SF 1 vs Winner of SF 2	BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru

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Duleep Trophy 2026 team lists and players​

The participating zones have submitted their rosters, featuring a mix of emerging young talent and seasoned Indian internationals.

Team	Squad
West Zone	Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Shams Mulani (vc), Harvik Desai (wk), Urvil Patel (wk), Prithvi Shaw, Shivalik Sharma, Siddharth Desai, Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Atit Sheth, Mukesh Chaudhary, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Jaymeet Patel
Central Zone	Rajat Patidar (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Akshay Wadkar (wk), Aryan Juyal (wk), Upendra Yadav (wk), Danish Malewar, Sanjeet Desai, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harsh Dubey, Saransh Jain, Yash Rathod, Shubham Sharma, Aditya Thakare, Ayush Pandey, Manav Suthar, Yash Thakur, Kumar Kartikeya, Kuldeep Sen
East Zone	Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Riyan Parag, Ishan Kishan (wk), Aasirwad Swain (wk), Sandeep Pattnaik, Virat Singh, Denish Das, Sridam Paul, Sarandeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Utkarsh Singh, Manishi, Suraj Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Mukhtar Hussain, Mohammed Shami
North Zone	Ankit Kumar (c), Shubman Gill, Shubham Rohilla, Shubham Khajuria, Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sindhu, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhvir Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar
South Zone	Mohammed Azharuddeen (c, wk), Narayan Jagadeesan (vc, wk), Andre Siddarth, Tilak Varma, Shaik Rasheed, Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Smaran, Mohit Kale, V Koushik, Salman Nizar, Tripurana Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Ankit Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, MD Nidheesh, Ricky Bhui
Northeast Zone	Rongsen Jonathan (c), Akash Choudhary (vc), Sedezhalie Rupero, Karnajit Yumnam, Hem Chetri, Jehu Anderson (wk), Arpit Bhatewara (wk), Pheiroijam Jotin, Palzor Tamang, Techi Doria, Ankur Malik, Ashish Thapa, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Aryan Bora

Duleep Trophy 2026: TV channel and live stream​

The Duleep Trophy 2026 matches can be streamed live on JioHostar and can also be watched on Star Sports Network channels.

• TV channel: Star Sports Network
• Live stream: JioHotstar

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