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2026 Duleep Trophy
Dates23 August – 10 September
Administrator(s)Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
Host(s)India
ChampionsEast Zone (3rd title)
Runners-upSouth Zone
Participants6
Matches played5
Official websiteDuleep Trophy

The 2026–27 Duleep Trophy is the ongoing 63rd edition of the Duleep Trophy, a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. It takes place from 23 August to 10 September 2026. The tournament features six teams: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, North East Zone, South Zone, and West Zone. All squads were picked by state association selectors representing their zonal teams. It marked the beginning of the 2026–27 Indian Domestic Season.

Format

The tournament features six teams playing in a single-elimination bracket. Central Zone and South Zone pre-qualified to the semifinals being the previous season's winners and runners-up respectively, with the four remaining zonal teams required to play a quarterfinal match to start the competition.[1]

Squads

Source: Sportstar

Central Zone[2] East Zone[3] North Zone North East Zone South Zone[4] West Zone[5]
Captain
Batters
Wicket-Keepers
All-Rounders
Bowlers
Reserve Players

Fixtures

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Central Zone 266 & 158
North East Zone 111 & 146

(f/o)

East Zone 266 & 162/6
East Zone 467 East Zone 708
South Zone 336
South Zone 312 & 182/3
North Zone 251 & 222 North Zone 195 & 297
West Zone 187 & 234

Quarterfinals

23—25 August 2026
Quarter Final 1
Scorecard
v
467 (112.5 overs)
Shahbaz Ahmed 167 (244)
Pheiroijam Jotin 3/64 (22 overs)
111 (42.5 overs)
Arpit Bhatewara 32 (76)
Abhijit Sarkar 5/20 (9.5 overs)
146 (50 overs) (f/o)
Pheiroijam Jotin 39 (75)
Anukul Roy 5/37 (15 overs)
  • North East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
  • While four days of play were scheduled for this First-class match, the match reached a result in three days.
23—26 August 2026
Quarter Final 2
Scorecard
v
251 (66.5 overs)
Anshul Kamboj 60 (52)
Tushar Deshpande 4/57 (15 overs)
187 (65.4 overs)
Shams Mulani 52 (94)
Abid Mushtaq 5/39 (25.4 overs)
222 (51 overs)
Ayush Badoni 50 (62)
Tanush Kotian 4/46 (14 overs)
234 (57.3 overs)
Musheer Khan 96 (126)
Abid Mushtaq 4/60 (22 overs)
  • North Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinals

30 August–1 September 2026
Semi Final 1
Scorecard
v
266 (80.1 overs)
Rinku Singh 60 (88)
Abhijit Sarkar 3/38 (16.1 overs)
266 (57 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 92 (81)
Harsh Dubey 4/66 (16 overs)
158 (50.2 overs)
Aman Mokhade 41 (89)
Mukesh Kumar 4/44 (12 overs)
162/6 (39.3 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 40 (43)
Harsh Dubey 4/53 (14 overs)
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
  • While four days of play were scheduled for this First-class match, the match reached a result in three days.
30 August–2 September 2026
Semi Final 2
Scorecard
v
195 (59.1 overs)
Qamran Iqbal 76 (182)
Vidwath Kaverappa 4/66 (15 overs)
312 (100.3 overs)
Tilak Varma 116* (250)
Gurnoor Brar 4/88 (23 overs)
297 (72.4 overs)
Sanat Sangwan 76 (148)
M. D. Nidheesh 5/56 (16.3 overs)
182/3 (43.1 overs)
Tilak Varma 51* (79)
Abid Mushtaq 2/55 (16 overs)
  • North Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

6–10 September 2026
Final
Scorecard
v
708 (163 overs)
Ishan Kishan 270 (334)
Tripurana Vijay 4/180 (42 overs)
336 (107.3 overs)
Tilak Varma 99 (211)
Mukesh Kumar 3/62 (19 overs)
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ↑ "Duleep Trophy 2026-27 | Fixtures, Results, Videos, Stats & Teams | BCCI.tv". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Duleep Trophy 2026: Central Zone hand Rajat Patidar captaincy, Rinku Singh named deputy". The Times of India. 2026-08-01. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Duleep Trophy 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi named East Zone vice-captain led by Ishan Kishan". The Times of India. 2026-07-29. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
  4. ↑ Sportstar, Team (2026-08-01). "South Zone squad for Duleep Trophy confirmed — Tilak Varma leads 15-member side; Nair, Jagadeesan included". Sportstar. Retrieved 2026-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Gaikwad to lead West Zone in 2026-27 domestic season-opening Duleep Trophy". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 2026-07-22. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Sai Sudharsan ruled out of Sri Lanka Test series; Sarfaraz Khan named replacement". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  7. ↑ "Duleep Trophy: Saurashtra's Jay Gohil to replace Sarfaraz Khan in West Zone team". The Times of India. 2026-08-10. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-08-10.

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