Tilak Varma to lead South Zone team in Duleep Trophy 2025

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Tilak Varma will lead South Zone in the Duleep Trophy 2025 in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Hyderabad batter Tilak Varma will lead the South Zone team in the 2025-26 domestic season-opening Duleep Trophy 2025 tournament in late August.

In a return to its previous format, the Duleep Trophy will be contested by the six zonal teams, unlike last year when the four squads – India A, B, C and D – were handpicked by the senior men’s national selection committee.

Tilak was appointed as skipper despite missing out on Hyderabad’s Ranji Trophy 2024-25 due to his international commitments last season. Kerala batter Mohammed Azharuddeen who had shone in the knockouts of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 was named the vice-captain. Four members of Kerala’s maiden Ranji final appearance have made the squad.

Tamil Nadu wicket-keeper N Jagadeesan, who secured his maiden India call-up after Rishabh Pant’s injury for the upcoming fifth Test against England at the Oval, has also been included, besides internationals Devdutt Padikkal and R Sai Kishore.

South Zone Duleep Trophy 2025 squad: Tilak Varma (c) (Hyderabad), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vc) (Kerala), Tanmay Agarwal (Hyderabad), Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka), Mohit Kale (Pondicherry), Salman Nizar (Kerala), Narayan Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu), Tripurana Vijay (Andhra), R Sai Kishore (Tamil Nadu), Tanay Thyagarajan (Hyderabad), Vijaykumar Vyshak (Karnataka), Nidheesh MD (Kerala), Ricky Bhui (Andhra), Basil NP (Kerala), Gurjapneet Singh (Tamil Nadu), Snehal Kauthankar (Goa).

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