The 2025 season of the Duleep Trophy began on August 26, with the East Zone winning the toss and deciding to field first against North Zone, while on the flip of the coin, the North East Zone won the toss and decided to field against the Central Zone. Several international players for India missed out on the game due to flu and health issues, as Rajat Patidar and Riyan Parag stepped in to lead the sides.

Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh turned up for the North Zone, while Parag, Mohammed Shami, and Mukesh Kumar featured for the East Zone team. On the other hand, Patidar, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, and Khaleel Ahmed appeared for the Central zone, while for the North-East zone, there was no international player.

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Manishi trapped the number three batter of North, Yash Dhull, for 39 runs to pick all the first three wickets of the innings. Aryan Juyal and Danish Malewar celebrated their respective half-centuries in the contest. Juyal, the 23-year-old, has been with the Mumbai Indians and the Lucknow Super Giants, while Danish got his FC debut last season for Vidarbha.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Round 1: All scores from Day 1

Ayush Badoni smashed a quick-fire fifty. At number four, he smashed 63 runs in 60 balls with the help of seven boundaries before getting caught by Mukhtar Hussain. Malewar, the fifth-leading run-getter of the last Ranji Trophy season, banged a century for Central. Rajat Patidar also notched up his century in just 80 deliveries.

The Bengal pacer, Mohammed Shami, has shown his disappointment at not getting into the Asia Cup T20 squad for the Blue Brigade. Gets into the wickets’ column, with Sahil Lotra getting caught behind for 19 runs in offering Shami his first wicket of the day. He was looking to generate more pace through his spells to get back into the national side.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Round 1: All scores from Day 1

Central Zone- 432/2 (Danish Malewar 198*, Rajat Patidar 125, Pheirohiam Ojha 1/56) vs North East Zone. 

North Zone- 308/6 (Ayush Badoni 63. Nishant Sindhu 47, Manishi 3/90) vs East Zone.