'Platform for Preparation & Seizing Opportunities': BCCI Secretary Jay Shah Wishes Duleep Trophy Participants 'Best of Luck'

BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Wednesday wished good luck to all the players participating in the Duleep Trophy 2025. The Indian domestic season will kick off on Thursday with the red-ball tournament, featuring 4 teams comprising the top performers from Team India.

As a packed red-ball season waits for Rohit Sharma & Co, the upcoming Duleep Trophy will be a huge opportunity for the players who are eyeing to represent the country in Test cricket. Ahead of the season, Shah took to microblogging site X, stating that the tournament – to be played across two Indian cities – is a platform for the cricketers to ‘seize opportunity’.

“The 2024-25 Domestic season is set to kick off tomorrow with the prestigious Duleep Trophy! It’s an exciting start as four teams, featuring some of the finest longer format cricketers in the country will go head to head,” Shah wrote in his post.

“With a packed red ball calendar ahead for Team India, this tournament is an essential platform for preparation and seizing opportunities. There’s something special about red ball cricket ~ the purest form of the game and it’s great to see the season starting on this strong note.

“Best of luck to all the players selected. Looking forward to witnessing some outstanding performances in the days to come,” he added.

Ishan Kishan Doubtful for Duleep Trophy Opener

As per a report in Cricbuzz, the left-hander, who participated in the Buchi Babu tournament in Chennai recently, could miss the initial part of the Indian domestic season opener tournament and his participation in the later stages is also unclear. Sanju Samson, who was not initially named in any of the four teams announced by the selectors, is expected to be called up to replace him.

Squads for the first round of Duleep Trophy:

Team A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.

Team B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK).

Team C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Umran Malik, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier.

Team D: Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan (WK), Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar.