Titans in Duleep Trophy 2025-26: Everything you need to know - get full schedule
Sai Kishore, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar and Nishant Sindhu are the four Titans who will feature in the Duleep Trophy, which will run from August 28 to September 15.
28 August, 2025
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The wait is over! The Indian home cricket season 2025-26 will commence with the Duleep Trophy, which is scheduled to start on August 28 and run till September 15.
Organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Duleep Trophy 2025-26 will act as a warm-up tournament ahead of India’s much-awaited Test matches against the West Indies and South Africa at home.
Meanwhile, the Duleep Trophy 2025-26 will be staged in a traditional zonal format, featuring six teams: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, North East Zone, South Zone, and West Zone.
As many as four of our Titans will participate in the domestic first-class cricket competition. Let’s have a look at the Titans who will feature in the Duleep Trophy 2025-26.
Sai Kishore (South Zone)
Gujarat Titans’ star left-arm spinner Sai Kishore has been included in the South Zone squad for the inter-zonal red-ball championship. Kishore recently impressed on his short stint with Surrey in Division One of the County Championship. The 28-year-old picked up 11 wickets in two matches at an average of 24.54, including bagging a five-wicket haul against Durham. Since his first-class debut in October 2017, Kishore has already claimed 203 wickets in 48 FC matches, including 13 five-wicket hauls.
Kumar Kushagra (East Zone)
Gujarat Titans’ young wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra will represent East Zone in the forthcoming domestic tournament. Kushagra will head into the tournament after slamming a fifty and a hundred in the first two rounds of the ongoing Buchi Babu tournament in Chennai. Having made his first-class debut for Jharkhand in February 2022, the 20-year-old Titan has already racked up 1,512 runs in 24 FC matches, with three centuries and four fifties to his name.
Manav Suthar (Central Zone)
Bowling all-rounder Manav Suthar has been included in the Dhruv Jurel-led Central Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy. The Gujarat Titans’ talented all-rounder recently bagged 17 wickets in four matches for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season. Since making his first-class debut against Andhra in February 2022, Suthar has claimed 95 FC wickets in 23 matches at an average of 27.50, including two 10-wicket hauls. Additionally, Suthar has also scored valuable runs with the bat, having amassed 734 runs in first-class cricket, with five half-centuries to his name.
Nishant Sindhu (North Zone)
Gujarat Titans’ young all-rounder Nishant Sindhu has been selected in the North Zone squad for the forthcoming domestic first-class cricket competition. After helping India win the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Sindhu has hogged the spotlight for Haryana in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25. The 21-year-old southpaw scored 358 runs in six Ranji matches last season at an average of 39.77, including smashing one century and one fifty. Furthermore, Sindhu bagged 17 scalps with his left-arm spin at an average of 23.23. Overall, the Titans all-rounder has scored 1,708 runs and claimed 63 wickets in 28 FC matches so far.
Additionally, Gurnoor Singh Brar has been included as a replacement player in the North Zone squad, while all-rounder Mahipal Lomror has been added in the standby list for Central Zone.
Duleep Trophy 2025-26 schedule and match start times
All match times are in India Standard Time (IST)
Date
Match
Venue
Time (IST)
Thursday, August 28 - Sunday, August 31
North Zone vs East Zone, 1st Quarter-Final
BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, Bengaluru
9:30 AM
Thursday, August 28 - Sunday, August 31
Central Zone vs North East Zone, 2nd Quarter-Final
