The Dilip Trophy 2025-26 tournament is coming near one day. The tournament will start from August 28 and will be played till 15 September. After the announcement of the North Zone squad, the Central Zone squad has also been declared, the captaincy of which has been handed over to Dhruv Jurlel, who was seen wicketkeeping in Manchester and Oval Test on England tour in the absence of Rishabh Pant. Rajat Patidar and Kuldeep Yadav have also got a place in the team, but Karun Nair has not got a place.

There is still a situation of doubt on the playing of Rajat Patidar, as they will need clearance on fitness from the Center of Excellence before playing in the tournament. Dhruv Jurlel has received the captaincy gift to perform well for India A team on England Tour. In two unofficial Tests, Jurael scored 227 runs at an average of more than 75.

Karun Nair’s exit from the team is a shocking decision, as he scored 863 runs in the last Ranji Trophy season. However, his performance on the England tour was disappointing, where he was able to score 205 runs in 8 innings at an average of just 25.

The Central Zone team has been prepared by mixing a good mix of batting and bowling. Apart from Dhruv Jurael, Rajat Patidar and Aryan Juyal, Sanchit Desai is also present in the batting. In the bowling, the team will have experience of Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav and Khalil Ahmed.

Central Zone Squad: Dhruv Jurael (captain and wicketkeeper), Rajat Patidar, Aryan Juyal, Danish Malewar, Sanchit Desai, Kuldeep Yadav, Aditya Thackeray, Deepak Chahar, Summary Jain, Ayush Pandey, Shubham Sharma, Yash Rathore, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar, Khalil Ahmed

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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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