Central Zone secured the Duleep Trophy 2025 title after beating South Zone by six wickets on Monday at the BCCI CoE Ground (1) in Bengaluru. South was bundled out for 426 in its second innings on Sunday, leaving Central to chase down a target of 65 runs, which it did in 20.3 overs. More to…
The first two rounds of the Duleep Trophy held at the BCCI CoE grounds on the outskirts of the city meandered along without much impetus. Played behind closed doors, in a legacy tournament struggling for relevance, the action on batting-friendly pitches often times fell flat. Now set for the grand final between South Zone and…
Promising batters Ravichandran Smaran of Karnataka and Andre Siddarth of Tamil Nadu were on Sunday added to South Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy final. South Zone will face Central Zone in the five-day title clash here at the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds from September 11. The 22-year-old Smaran and the 19-year-old Siddarth were…
Shubham Khajuria (128*, 245b, 20×4, 1×6) displayed dogged resilience even as North Zone suffered a late blip in its Duleep Trophy semifinal against South Zone at the BCCI CoE Ground (1) in Bengaluru on Friday. Opener Khajuria gave his side hope, in the face of South Zone’s mammoth 536 total. The Jammu and Kashmir opener…
N. Jagadeesan (148*) was at his dogged best, powering South Zone to a comfortable 297 for three against North Zone on the opening day of their Duleep Trophy semifinal in Bengaluru on Thursday. On a BCCI COE Ground (1) pitch which did not offer much help to the bowlers, Jagadeesan stood firm for a little…
The latest post on Yash Dhull’s Instagram account is cryptic. It reads — ’still here’. While it is tough to trace the precise meaning, those two words, perhaps, convey relief that now runs through the Delhi batter. Around the same time last year, Dhull was diagnosed with a 17 mm hole in his heart and…
When Jammu & Kashmir made the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy in 2024-25 only for the third time in its history, pacer Auqib Nabi played starry role. He took 44 wickets – the second-highest tally of the season – including six in the stunning five-wicket win over Mumbai where he dismissed batters like Yashasvi Jaiswal…
Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the opening round of the Duleep Trophy as he hasn’t fully recovered from an injury he suffered in the United Kingdom during his County Championship stint with Nottinghamshire. In his place, Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead East Zone, which faces the Shubman Gill-led North Zone from August 28. In…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) new domestic season is all set to kick off starting August 28 with the Duleep Trophy, which returns to the zonal format this year. The last time Duleep Trophy was played in the zonal format was during the 2023-24 season. This season the tournament will feature…
Ishan Kishan will reportedly lead the East Zone squad in the Duleep Trophy set to be played in Bengaluru starting September 4. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who is currently with the India squad in England, has been the named vice-captain. Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, and Mukesh Kumar are part of the pace bowling department. Riyan Parag, too,…