Youth Hyderabad’s batter Tilak Verma has been named the captain of the South Zone team for the upcoming Dalip Trophy 2025. This year, the tournament returns to its traditional format, along with six zonal teams -South, East, West, Central and North -Pratispraddha.
Last season, the Dalip Trophy included India A, B, C and D teams, selected by national selectors. But this season, the tournament will be held in the traditional format next month. The decision to appoint Tilak Verma as captain was made during the South Area Selection Meeting held on Saturday, July 26 at the Sechem Stadium in Pondicherry.
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Although Tilak Verma missed the 2024–25 Ranji Trophy season due to international duties, he is currently in sensational form. 22 -year -old, she is making headlines during her debut County Championship Stint with Hampshire, scoring against Essex in the first century, followed by 56, 47 and an impressive knock of one and 100 in her next few matches.
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The squad in the south region also included Hyderabad opener Tanmay Aggarwal, who scored 934 runs in just seven matches during the last Ranji Trophy season and helped Hyderabad return to Elite Group. R of Karnataka. Smaran, who scored 516 runs in the previous season, has been nominated as a standby player.
Devdutt Padikkal and N Jagadisin to play under Tilak Verma
N. of Tamil Nadu. Jagadisin, who recently received his first India call-up after Rishabh Pant’s injury, was also Devadatta Padikkal and R. in the squad. Sai is included with Kishore. One of the top cricketers in Kerala, Sanju Samson is missing from the squad for the tournament.
The Indian wicketkeeper-better is recovering from the injury that he continued during IPL 2025, and hence the selectors have decided to move beyond the tournament.
The Dalip Trophy 2025 closed on August 28 in Bengaluru, with the East Zone and Central Zone in the north region, carrying the quarter -finals to the Northeast Zone. South Zone will play the first quarter -final winner in the semi -finals on 4 September, while the West Zone will meet the winner of the second quarter -finals of the tournament.
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South Zone Squad 2025 for Dalip Trophy:
Tilak Verma (C) (Hyderabad), Mohammad Azharuddin (VC) (Kerala), Tanmay Aggarwal (Hyderabad), Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka), Mohit Kale (Pondicherry), Salman Nizar (Kerala), Narayana Jagade (Tamil Nadu), Tanay Thaiigarajan (Handrabad), Vijayakumar Vyasak (Handrabad), Investment MD (Kerala), Ricky Bhui (Andhra), Basil NP (Kerala), Gurjapneet Singh (Tamil Kadu), Snehalakankar.
Stand-by player: Mohit Redkar (Goa), R Sahran (Karnataka), Ankit Sharma (Pondicherry), Edhane Apple Tom (Kerala), Andre Siddharth (Tamil Nadu), and Sheikh Rashid (Andhra).
Here is the Dalip Trophy 2025 Schedule:
| match | Dates | Time (IST) | venue |
| Quarter Final 1-North Zone vs East Zone | August 28-31 | 9:30 am | Coa Ground, Bangalore |
| Quarter Final 2 – Central Zone vs North East Zone | August 28-31 | 9:30 am | Coa Ground B, Bengaluru |
| Semi-Final 1-South Zone vs TBD | 4-7 September | 9:30 am | Coa Ground, Bangalore |
| Semi-final 2-waste zone vs TBD | 4-7 September | 9:30 am | Coa Ground B, Bengaluru |
| Last | 11-15 September | 9:30 am | Coa Ground, Bangalore |
