South Zone has declared its squad for the Dilip Trophy. The team’s captaincy has been received by Tilak Verma, who has also been selected in the Indian squad for the Asia Cup. Famous players like Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Kishore have also got place in the team. But the South Zone has announced the squad against the BCCI policy, under which the players coming in the central contract were also to be selected. KL Rahul, Washington Sundar and Mohammad Siraj are also excluded from South Zone Squad Duleep Trophy.

BCCI had advised the state cricket associations to select the players coming to the Central Contract about a month ago, but the South Zone has not done so. Tilak Verma is the only player in Squad who has a central contract. According to sources, South Zone officials say that national selectors should not have any role in the selection of zone teams. Officials also say that star players can come and play in India A team anytime, but the Dilip Trophy should be seen as a platform, on which the players can go to the Ranji Trophy.

How many players of which state

Four players from Kerala, 3 players from Hyderabad have been ranked in the South Zone squad. At the same time, two players of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have been given place. Each player from Pondicherry and Goa has got a place in the squad of South Zone.

South Zone Squad: Tilak Verma (captain), Mohammad Azharuddin (vice-captain, wicketkeeper), Tanmay Aggarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, N Jagadisin (wicketkeeper), T Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Tanay Tyagarajan, special Vijaykumar, MD Nidhish, Ricky Bhui, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Garjapati Singh, Snehal Kutra Singh

Shubman Gill has become available for the Dilip Trophy 2025-26 and has been given the captaincy of the North Zone team. North Zone has announced its squad for the Dilip Trophy. This first-class tournament will be played from 28 August to 15 September. Under Gill’s captaincy, the Indian team has returned to India by drawing the Test series 2-2 in England. Now another challenge has arisen in front of Gill, where he will have to save the credibility of the 17 -time champion team North Zone in the Dilip Trophy.

In the last season Dilip Trophy, India A, India B, India C and India D team played, but this time the tournament is making a comeback in its zonal avatar. If we look at the squad of the North Zone, Arshdeep Singh has also been included in it, who did not get a chance to play a single match on the England tour. Anshul Kamboj and Harshit Rana will also be part of this team.

Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the North Zone team will take on the East Zone in the quarterfinal of Dilip Trophy. Let us know that Ishaan Kishan will be captaining the East Zone team and this match will start from August 28.

This is the first time Gill will be captaining the North Zone team. Last season, he captained India A team in a match. In both innings of that match, he scored 25 and 21 runs respectively, in the end his team had to taste the 76 -run defeat.

Shubman Gill is recently scoring 754 runs on England Tour. As a captain, he was praised for his great performance in the first series, while as an Indian captain, getting a series draw in England on his first tour was no less than a major achievement for him.

North Zone Squad for Dilip Trophy: Shubman Gill (captain), Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (Vice -captain), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhul, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sindhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Aukib Nabi, Kanhaiya Vadhavan

update in progress…

The Indian domestic cricket tournament Dilip Trophy is scheduled to begin on August 28. In this, Tilak Verma can captain the South Zone team. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has returned the zone format for the upcoming season, in which a total of 6 teams are going to participate. These 6 teams will be named East Zone, West Zone, South Zone, North Zone, Central Zone and North-East Zone. Now a report by Indian Express has revealed that Tilak Verma is going to captain the South Zone team.

Tilak Verma Captain, Sai Sudarshan out

According to The Indian Express, Tilak Verma will be the captain of the South Zone team, while Mohammad Azharuddin will play the role of the vice -captain of the team. The South Zone squad will include many famous players, including Sai Kishore, Devdutt Padikkal, N Jagdishan and Vijaykumar Vaishak. Sai Sudarshan, who is currently playing Test series in England, has been excluded from the team.

This will not be the first time Tilak Verma will be captaining a team. He was seen captaining the Hyderabad team several times in the last season. Last year, news came that BCCI can completely eliminate the zonal system, but now the same zonal system has been returned. It was decided in a meeting of BCCI in March this year, which will be implemented in the upcoming domestic season.

6 zonal teams have been prepared in the Dilip Trophy, including players from 38 domestic teams. The Dilip Trophy will begin on August 28 and the final match will be played on 11 September. Last season teams were named India A, India B, India C and India D, in which India A had won the title.

South Zone Squad: Tilak Verma (Captain), Mohammad Azharuddin (Vice -Chair

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