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Despite the instructions of South Zone selectors BCCI, they will not include cricketers involved in the Central Contract in their Dalip Trophy team. The board, through an email, had instructed all the State Association to include centrally contracted Indian players in their respective zones teams.
These instructions were issued when South Zone did not give a place in the team of his Dalip Trophy to big players like KL Rahul, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar, famous Krishna and Sai Sudarshan. The Dalip Trophy is scheduled to begin in Bengaluru from August 28.
Abhay Kuruvilla, general manager of BCCI’s Cricket Operations Department, wrote-
To maintain the status of the Dalip Trophy, all available Indian players are required to be selected in zonal teams. In such a situation, the convenors of all zones are requested to decide that all available Indian players be selected for the Dalip Trophy.
South Zone first announced the team for the Dalip Trophy on 27 July 26 days ago. In that team, Devdutt Paddikal was the only player who has played Test cricket. Tilak Verma, who was involved in the Central Contract of BCCI, was made the captain of this zonal team. However, when the South Zone team was released, BCCI’s instructions did not come.
The title was won last year, the team directly semi -finals
The South Zone team won the Duleep Trophy title in 2023. He defeated West Zone by 75 runs. For this reason, the South Zone team will play the semi -final match directly in the current season. The match will be played from 4 to 7 September. Meanwhile, West Zone will participate in the second semi -finals.
The last season of the tournament was played in the next format. Four teams were formed for this. India A defeated India C by 132 runs and won the Duleep Trophy 2024 title.
India A won the Duleep Trophy 2024 title. India C was defeated by 132 runs.
South Zone team
Captain- Tilak Verma, Deputy captain and wicketkeeper- Mohammad Azharuddin, Tanmay Aggarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadishan (wicketkeeper), T Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Tanay Tyagarajan, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, MD Nidish, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh and Snehal Kahankar.
Standby player- Mohit Redkar, R. Smaran, Ankit Sharma, Eden Apple Tom, Andre Siddharth and Sheikh Rashid.
Duleep Trophy returned to zone format
This year the Dalip Trophy will again be played in zone -based format. The last time it was played between four teams (A, B, C, D). After this, it has been decided to make it again in the old format. This time again, India’s domestic season is starting with the Dalip Trophy.
