The 2026–27 Duleep Trophy was the 63rd edition of the Duleep Trophy, a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. It took place from 23 August to 10 September 2026. The tournament featured 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 The tournament featured 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.
Squads Source: Sportstar
† denotes Wicket-keeper
+Central ZoneEast ZoneNorth ZoneNorth East ZoneSouth ZoneWest ZoneCaptain Rajat Patidar (MPCA) Ishan Kishan † (JSCA) Kanhaiya Wadhawan † (JKCA) Rongsen Jonathan (NCA) Tilak Varma (HCA) Ruturaj Gaikwad (MHCA)Batters Rinku Singh (UPCA) Aman Mokhade (VCA) Yash Rathod (VCA) Kunal Chandela (CAU) Aayush Pandey (CSCS) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCA) Virat Singh (JSCA) Abhimanyu Easwaran (CAB) Sudip Kumar Gharami (CAB) Subhranshu Senapati (OCA) Qamran Iqbal (JKCA) Yash Dhull (DDCA) Ayush Doseja (DDCA) Sanat Sangwan (DDCA) Kishan Lyndoh (MCA) Joseph Lal Thankhuma (CAM) Ricky Bhui (ACA) Shaik Rasheed (ACA) Kodimela Himateja (HCA) Karun Nair (KSCA) R Smaran (KSCA) Prithvi Shaw (MHCA) Sarfaraz Khan (MCA) Jay Gohil (SCA) Shivalik Sharma (SCA)Wicket-Keepers Aryan Juyal (UPCA) Kunal Singh Rathore (RCA) Kumar Kushagra (JSCA) Arpit Bhatewara (MCA) Ashish Thapa (SCA) Narayan Jagadeesan (TNCA) Urvil Patel (GCA) Harvik Desai (SCA)All-Rounders Saransh Jain (MPCA) Arshad Khan (MPCA) Harsh Dubey (VCA) Anukul Roy (JSCA) Shikhar Mohan (JSCA) Shahbaz Ahmed (CAB) Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (CAB) Abid Mushtaq (JKCA) Ayush Badoni (DDCA) Nishant Sindhu (HCA) Arjun Sharma (HPCA) Techi Neri (ACA) Robin Limboo (SCA) Imliwati Lemtur (NCA) Priyojit Singh Kangabam (MNCA) Ronald Longjam (MNCA) Pheiroijam Jotin (MNCA) Shreyas Gopal (KSCA) Aman Khan (CAP) Abhinav Tejrana (GCA) Musheer Khan (MCA) Shams Mulani (MCA) Tanush Kotian (MCA) Shardul Thakur (MCA) Atit Sheth (BCA) Jaymeet Patel (GCA)Bowlers Zeeshan Ansari (UPCA) Yash Thakur (VCA) Nachiket Bhute (VCA) Aryan Pandey (MPCA) Mohammed Shami (CAB) Mukesh Kumar (CAB) Denish Das (ACA) Abhijit Sarkar (TCA) Yudhvir Singh (JKCA) Sunil Kumar (JKCA) Arshdeep Singh (PCA) Anshul Kamboj (HCA) Nikhil Kashyap (HCA) Akash Choudhary (MCA) Lalrempuia (CAM) Vino Zhimomi (NCA) Bishworjit Konthoujam (MNCA) Vidwath Kaverappa (KSCA) Kavuri Saiteja (ACA) Tripurana Vijay (ACA) Tanay Thyagarajan (HCA) M.D. Nidheesh (KCA) Mukesh Choudhary (MHCA) Tushar Deshpande (MCA) Siddharth Desai (GCA)Reserve Players Kunal Yadav (UPCA) Kumar Kartikeya (MPCA) Amandeep Khare (CSCS) Mayank Mishra (CAU) Saurabh Rawat (CAU) Bhargav Merai (RSPB) Ayush Loharuka (BCA) Sharandeep Singh (JSCA) Sambit Baral (OCA) Swastik Samal (OCA) Sridam Paul (TCA) K. Vanrotlinga (CAM) Yorjum Sera (ACA) Lee Yong Lepcha (SCA) Hem Chetri (NCA) Rex Rajkumar (MNCA) Chama Milind (HCA) Vijaykumar Vyshak (KSCA) Sai Kishore (TNCA) C Andre Siddhart (TNCA) K Kannan (CAP) Vishnu Vinod (KCA) Arshin Kulkarni (MHCA) Rajvardhan Hangargekar (MHCA) Mahesh Pithiya (BCA) Aarya Desai (GCA) Vishal Jayswal (GCA)
Fixtures
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics +Highest Run GettersRankPlayerTeamRuns100s50s1Ishan KishanEast Zone4092Tilak VarmaSouth Zone2663Kumar KushagraEast Zone2244Sudip GharamiEast Zone1935Vaibhav SooryavanshiEast Zone192
+Leading Wicket TakersRankPlayerTeamWickets1Mukesh KumarEast Zone124/4414.913.03Abid MushtaqNorth Zone5/3916.252.493Abhijit SarkarEast Zone105/2013.202.694M. D. NidheeshSouth Zone95/5619.773.445Tanush KotianWest Zone84/4614.753.38Harsh DubeyCentral Zone4/5314.873.96
References
External links Series home at CricInfo