| Dates | 23 August – 10 September |
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| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Host(s) | India |
| Champions | East Zone (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | South Zone |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches played | 5 |
| Official website | Duleep 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Source: Sportstar
- † denotes Wicket-keeper
Fixtures[edit | edit source]
Bracket[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
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- 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.
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- North Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
Semifinals[edit | edit source]
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- 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.
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- North Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
Final[edit | edit source]
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- East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Duleep Trophy 2026-27 | Fixtures, Results, Videos, Stats & Teams | BCCI.tv". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Sai Sudharsan ruled out of Sri Lanka Test series; Sarfaraz Khan named replacement". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
- ↑ "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.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Series home at CricInfo