India's young batter Tilak Verma will lead the South Zone in the Duleep Trophy. The tournament will start in Bengaluru from August 28, 2025-26. A total of 15 players have been included in the team.
Kerala has selected the highest number of 4 players. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Azharuddin, Better Salman Nizar and fast bowler MD Nidhish and Basil NP.
Devdatta Palakal and fast bowler Vijay Kumar Vaisakha have been found from Karnataka. The IPL was not able to play in the last phase of 2025 due to the injury to the layer, but now it is perfectly fit.
Devdatta Palakal has also been selected in the South Zone team.
Sudarshan, beautiful and Krishna did not get a place Sai Sudarshan, Washington beautiful and famous Krishna, who is part of the current Indian Test team, has not been selected in this team. Due to Rishabh Pant's injury, Narayan Jagdishan, who is joining the Indian Test team, could be the lead wicketkeeper. Tamil Nadu's R Sai Kishore and Gurjapanit Singh have also been included in the team.
Tilak Verma did not play in the last Ranji season Tilak Verma could not play the last Ranji season because he was on international duty at that time. However, recently Tilak has performed brilliantly for Hampshire in County Cricket. His score was 100, 56, 47 and 112.
Hyderabad's Tanmay Agarwal, who scored 934 runs in the last Ranji Trophy, has also been included in the squad.
The Duleep Trophy Zone will be played in format This year, the Duleep Trophy will be played in a re -zone -based format. Last time it was played between four teams (A, B, C, D). The selection will now be made by the Zonal Selection Committee. Former Indian fast bowler El Balaji will be the main coach of this team.
South Zone team
Captain- Tilak Verma, Vice-Captain and Wicketkeeper- Mohammad Azharuddin, Tanmay Agarwal, Devdatta Palikal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagdisan (wicketkeeper), T Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Tanay Tyagarajan, Vijay Kumar Vaisakh, MD Nidish, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjanprit Singh and Gurjanprit Singh.
Standby players- Mohit Redkar, R Smrit, Ankit Sharma, Eden Apple Tom, Andre Siddhartha and Sheikh Rashid.
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