Duleep Trophy 2024 Teams List, Players, Venue, Live Streaming Free, Match Fixtures

The Duleep Trophy is set to kick things off for 2024-2025 Indian domestic cricket season. Players will look to use this an opportunity to maybe find a place for themselves in the Indian cricket team prior to Team India’s upcoming home Test series vs Bangladesh and New Zealand, followed by the big main event of the year, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy vs Australia to cap-off a brilliant year of cricket. Meanwhile, some players will also be looking to use this tournament as a platform to further establish themselves for their state teams ahead of the upcoming domestic competitions.

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This year, regular Indian cricket team players, the likes of KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma , Kuldeep Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharshan, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Ishan Kishan will be participating, all looking to impress and strengthen their claims for inclusion in the Test squad. The tournament is scheduled to run from September 5 to September 22, with matches taking place in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, and Bengaluru.

Unlike previous editions, where the Duleep Trophy was contested in a zonal format with teams representing different regions of India, the 2024-25 season introduces a new structure. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revamped the format, moving away from the zonal system to a four-team setup. The teams, named A, B, C, and D, will compete in a round-robin format. Unlike traditional tournaments with knockout stages, the winner will be determined by the team accumulating the most points by the end of all matches.

Duleep Trophy 2024 Venues

The upcoming Duleep Trophy 2024 slated to begin from 5th September, will be played across 3 different venues. 1st match of the competition to be played between Team A and Team B will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. That’s only match that the venue will host. All of the remaining will be played in Anantapur across two different grounds, the Rural Development Trust Stadium and the ACA ADCA Ground.

1. M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
2. Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur
3. ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur

Duleep Trophy 2024 Teams and Players List

Team A

The Team A for the Duleep Trophy consists of a team led by the recently announced new India’s Test vice-captain Shubman Gill. The team also features some of the veteran pros of the game like Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav and Avesh Khan. Meanwhile, some of the notable names coming on the back of their domestic performance are Dhruv Jurel, Tanush Kotian, Akash Deep, Kumar Kushagra and pacer Vidwath Kaverrapa.

Team B

Team B will be led by Bengal cricket team’s captain Abhimanyu Easwaran. Abhimanyu Easwaran is currently one of the best batter in the first-class format with consistent run scoring ability. Easwaran has been several times close to getting picked for the Indian team, but has missed out on number of opportunities. Indian pros like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant will also feature for the team. India U19’s top batter and Sarfaraz Khan’s brother Musheer Khan has also found a place in the team with the likes of Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar also in the team.

Team C

Team C in the Duleep Trophy 2024 will be led by Maharashtra and Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who also led the Indian team in the Asian Games 2022 and won Gold medal. Promising talents like Sai Sudharshan, Abhishek Porel, Manav Suthar and Aryan Juyal will be players to watch out for. Domestic cricket’s veteran pro and Tamil Nadu’s batter Baba Indrajith has been consistently knocking the doors for Indian team selection, he has also got a big opportunity. The bowling unit is likely to be led by the likes of Sandeep Warrier, Anshul Khamboj and Mayank Markande.

Team D

Meanwhile, Team D will be the led by the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 winning captain with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Shreyas Iyer. Iyer will have the likes of Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh in his disposal. His KKR teammate and of the most promising pacer in India now, Harshit Rana will also be playing for Team D. Eyes will also be on the likes of Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain Tushar Deshpande and Sourabh Kumar.

Domestic Players To Watch Out For in 2024 Duleep Trophy

Sai Kishore

Tamil Nadu state cricket team’s left-arm orthodox bowler was in tremendous form in the Ranji Trophy 2024 season where he managed to 53 wickets in 15 innings with an economy rate of 2.55. The 27-years-old is likely to give competition to the likes of Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja for that spot in the Indian team. Kishore is also capable with the bat having scored 221 runs in 10 innings Ranji 2024. He will be turning out for Team B.

Abhimanyu Easwaran

As mentioned above, now 28-years-old right-hand opening batter for Bengal, Abhimanyu Easwaran has several times close to making his debut for Team India, however, he is yet to make his debut. Abhimanyu missed major chunck of matches of Ranji Trophy 2024 season due to injury but in the 3 innings he played, he scored 337 runs with an average of 168.50. He has played a total of 94 first-class matches and has scored 7007 runs with an average of 47.7.

Tanush Kotian

The Indian cricket team is still in search for a like-for-like replacement of veteran Indian cricket team off-spin bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin. However, that search might end in the form of Tanush Kotian. The 25-years-old off-spin bowling all-rounder scored 502 runs in 14 innings of the Ranji Trophy 2024 season and also took 29 wickets. He has so far taken 75 wickets in his first-class career and averages 42.7 with the bat.

Vidwath Kaverrapa

The Indian cricket team is looking for a long-term partner alongside Bumrah and Siraj with nearing the end of his career. Karnataka pacer Vidwath Kaverrapa could step-in here. The 25-years-old pacer has taken 80 wickets in his first 20 first-class matches, with 25 wickets in 2024 Ranji Trophy season itself.

Baba Indrajith

This could be a massive opportunity for Baba Indrajith to impress the selectors. Baba Indrajith has been fairly consistent performer for Tamil Nadu in domestic and he could be a vital addition in the Indian team’s middle-order. Indrajith averages 53.9 having scored 5278 runs in 75 innings. He scored 767 runs in 13 innings in Ranji Trophy 2024 with an average of 69.73.

Duleep Trophy 2024 Schedule Date & Fixtures

Duleep Trophy 2024 Live Streaming in India

The Duleep Trophy 2024 season is going to be probably the best Duleep Trophy season ever with so many talented players in all four teams. The excitement is already at peak and fans can’t wait for the tournament. For the cricket fans in India, the Duleep Trophy season will be available for live streaming for free on JioCinema app & website.