BCCI announces squads, schedule for Duleep Trophy 2022-23

image-l7b0oyxoMayank Agarwal will be the vice-captain of South Zone (PC: Twitter)

Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday (26 August) announced the squads and schedule for the Duleep Trophy 2022-23. 

The venues like Chennai, Pondicherry, Salem and Coimbatore will be the host of the tournament from 8 to 25 September. 

Ajinkya Rahane will be making a comeback in the domestic circuit to lead the West Zone, which will have the presence of key India stars like Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur. 

UP's Karan Sharma will be the skipper of Central Zone, with Ranji Trophy 2022 Final centurion Shubham Sharma as the vice-captain. 

Hanuma Vihari will don the leadership role for South Zone, with Mayank Agarwal acting as his deputy. The veteran Bengal batter Manoj Tiwari will be the captain for East Zone, while Jharkhand's Virat Singh will be the vice-captain. 

Mandeep Singh and Dhruv Shorey are the captain and vice-captain respectively for North Zone. The team will contain the skilful bowlers like Navdeep Saini and Siddharth Kaul. 

Sikkim's Ashish Thapa will be the leader of the North-east Zone. 

Duleep Trophy 2022-23 Squads

NORTH ZONE: Yash Dhull (DDCA), Dhruv Shorey – VC (DDCA), Manan Vohra (PCA), Mandeep Singh – Captain (PCA), Himanshu Rana (HCA), Akash Vashisht (HPCA), Anmol Malhotra – WK (PCA), Mayank Dagar (HPCA), Pulkit Narang (SSCB), Navdeep Saini (DDCA), Siddharth Kaul (PCA), Jagjit Singh (UTCA), Nishant Sindhu (HCA), Qamran Iqbal (JKCA), Vikas Mishra (DDCA)

SOUTH ZONE: Hanuma Vihari – Captain (Hyd CA), Mayank Agarwal – VC (KSCA), Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala), Manish Pandey (KSCA), Devdutt Paddikal (KSCA), B Inderjith (TNCA), Eknath Kerkar WK (Goa), Ricky Bhui – WK (Andhra), Sai Kishore (TNCA), K Gowtham (KSCA), Basil Thampi (Kerala), Ravi Teja (Hyd CA), V C Stephen (Andhra), Tanay Thyagrajan (Hyd CA), Lakshye Garg (Goa)

EAST ZONE: Manoj Tiwary – Captain (CAB), Virat Singh – VC (JSCA), Nazim Siddique (JSCA), Sudip Kumar Gharami (CAB), Shantanu Mishra (OCA), Anustup Mazumdar (CAB), Riyan Parag (ACA), Kumar Kushagra - WK (JSCA), Abishek Porel (CAB), Shabaz Ahmed (CAB), Shahbaj Nadeem (JSCA), Ishan Porel (CAB), Akash Deep (CAB), Mukthar Hussain (ACA), Mani Shankar Mura Singh (TCA)

WEST ZONE: Ajinkya Rahane – Captain (Mumbai), Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai), Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Mumbai), Rahul Tripathi (Maharashtra), Chiraj Jani (Saurashtra), Het Patel (Gujarat), Hardik Tamore (Mumbai), Shams Mulani (Mumbai), Tanish Kotian (Mumbai), Atit Seth (Baroda), Chintan Gaja (Gujarat), Shardul Thakur(Mumbai), Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra), Satyajeet Bachhav (Maharashtra)

CENTRAL ZONE: Karan Sharma – Captain (UPCA), Shubham Sharma – VC (MPCA), Himanshu Mantri – WK (MPCA), Yash Dubey (MPCA), Priyam Garg (UPCA), Rinku Singh (UPCA), Ashok Maneria (RCA), Akshay Wadkar – WK (VCA), Gaurav Yadav (MPCA), Venkatesh Iyer (MPCA), Deepak Dhapola (CAU), Aniket Chaudhary (RCA), Kumar Kartikey (MPCA), Aditya Sarvatey (VCA), Ankit Rajput (UPCA)

NORTH-EAST ZONE: Ashish Thapa – Captain (Sikkim), Techi Neri (Arunachal), Jonathan Rongsen (Nagaland), Kishan Lyngdoh (Meghalaya), Ankur Malik (Sikkim), Bishworjit K (Manipur), G Lalbiakvela (Mizoram), R K Rex (Manipur), Khrievitso Kense (Nagaland), Techi Doria (Arunachal), Dippu Sangma (Meghalaya), Hokaito Zhimomi (Nagaland), L Kishan Singa (Manipur), Bobby Z (Mizoram), Md. Al Bashid (Manipur)

Duleep Trophy 2022-23 Schedule

Quarterfinal 1: West Zone vs North East Zone, September 8 to September 11 at Chennai

Quarterfinal 2: North Zone vs East Zone, September 8 to September 11 at Pondicherry

Semifinal 1: Central Zone vs QF 1 Winner, September 15 to September 18 at Coimbatore

Semifinal 2: South Zone vs QF 2 Winner, September 15 to September 18 at Salem

Final: SF 1 Winner vs SF 2 Winner, September 21 to September 25 at Coimbatore

Read more: Sourav Ganguly backs India to firmly hold their fort in high-voltage clash against Pakistan