Duleep Trophy 2022 LIVE: All you need to know about Duleep Trophy teams, schedule, live streaming, Follow LIVE

Duleep Trophy 2022 LIVE: The Duleep Trophy marks the opening of the domestic cricket season in India. The competition is scheduled to start from September 8 and end on September 25. Six teams will compete in the competition. They are West Z0ne, East Zone, North Zone, Northeast Zone, Central Zone and South Zone. Follow Duleep Trophy Quarterfinals LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

It is important to note that the competition was not played for the last couple of seasons due to Covid-19. So, the competition is also making its return into the domestic fold.

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Duleep Trophy 2022 LIVE: Domestic season starts as six teams compete in Duleep Trophy, all you need to know about schedule, squads and live streaming, Follow LIVE Updates

The first game of the competition will be between West Zone and Northeast Zone in Chennai, starting September 8. On the same day, North Zone will also face East Zone in Puducherry. Both the matches are quarterfinals with Central Zone and South Zone already in the semifinals. The last four matches are scheduled for September 15 start.

The competition has also undergone changes in the last few seasons. The zonal format had been done away with. It was replaced with just three teams comprising India Red, India Green and India Blue. But now, it is the return of the previous zonal format, which allows more players to be involved.

In fact, the competition also provides a chance for the Indian players to impress the selectors in the longer format. The likes of West Zone captain Ajinkya Rahane will be especially determined to deliver and make his return to Indian Test team. Hanuma Vihari and Mayank Agarwal will also look to shine and impress the selectors once again.

Duleep Trophy 2022 LIVE: Domestic season starts as six teams compete in Duleep Trophy, all you need to know about schedule, squads and live streaming, Follow LIVE Updates

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) September 7, 2022

Squads: 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).

NorthEast 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).

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).

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).

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).

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