Duleep Trophy 2025: Ishan Kishan to lead; Shami, Easwaran, Riyan Parag headline East Zone squad

The Duleep Trophy 2025 is not too far away, and East Zone has already named its squad for the upcoming red-ball tournament. The zonal selection committee has named star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan as the captain of the squad, whereas, ace batter Abhimanyu Easwaran has been picked as his deputy.

The bowling attack of East Zone features some of the best names in the Indian pace attack right now. The biggest inclusion in the list is Mohammed Shami, who will make a comeback to red-ball cricket after quite some time. Shami will also be having Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep to complete the Bengal troika of speedsters.

Assam captain and star all-rounder Riyan Parag has also been included to prove his mettle in the red-ball cricket. He was picked during the previous season as well, and had shown a decent promise, at least with the bat, batting in the middle order.

East Zone will be playing their opening match of the elite tournament against North Zone. This will be the first quarter-final encounter and will be played between August 28 and 31 in a four-day fixture at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground in Bengaluru. If Kishan leads his troops to a win, they will advance further to play the semi-final against a strong South Zone squad, which will be led by star batter Tilak Varma.

East Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2025

Ishan Kishan (captain & wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), Sandeep Patnaik, Virat Singh, Denish Das, Sridam Paul, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Riyan Parag, Utkarsh Singh, Manishi, Suraj Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep and Mohammed Shami

Standbys: Mukhtar Hussain, Aasirwad Swain, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Swastik Samal, Sudip Kumar Gharami and Rahul Singh

Duleep Trophy 2025 Schedule