2024–25 Duleep Trophy Explained

2024 Duleep Trophy
Fromdate:5 September
Todate:22 September 2024
Administrator:Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket Format:First-class
Tournament Format:Round-robin with no Knockout
Host:India
Participants:4
Matches:6
Previous Year:2023
Previous Tournament:2023 Duleep Trophy

The 2024–25 Duleep Trophy will be the 61st edition of the Duleep Trophy, a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India.[1] It will take place from 5 September to 22 September 2024. The tournament will be played by four teams, A, B, C and D, unlike recent years which was played in zonal format. All squads are picked by national selectors. It will be forming part of the 2024 Indian domestic cricket season, announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in June 2024.[2] [3] South Zone are the defending champions.[4]

Squads

The squads for all the teams was announced by BCCI on 14 August 2024.[5] [6]

Format

There will be 4 teams competing:

Team A

Team B

Team C

Team D

Each team will play 3 matches. All of them will play each other once. There will be total 6 matches in the competition. There will be no knockout matches, team who will finish 1st in the points table after playing all the matches at the end will be declared as winners.

Fixtures

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BCCI to review new domestic structure for upcoming season. Cricbuzz. 20 June 2024.
  2. Web site: BCCI announces domestic fixtures for home season 2024-25. bcci.tv. 20 June 2024.
  3. Web site: BCCI announce Indian domestic schedule for 2024/25: Full list of tournaments and start dates. wisden. 20 June 2024.
  4. News: 16 July 2023 . South Zone win Duleep Trophy, beat West Zone by 75 runs in the final . Times of India. 16 July 2023 .
  5. Web site: 14 August 2024 . Pant to make red-ball comeback with Duleep Trophy; Shami not part of any squad . ESPN Cricinfo.
  6. Web site: 14 August 2024 . Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead teams in Duleep Trophy . Cricbuzz. 14 August 2024 .