The Duleep Trophy 2024 is all set to kick off next month in September and Team D will begin the tournament with a clash against Team C. The match begins on September 5 at ACA ADCA Ground in Anantapur.
The Duleep Trophy will be a four-team encounter – Team A, Team B, Team C and Team D. All these teams are led by national-level players like Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Non-cap player Abhimanyu Easwaran is the captain of Team D.
Team D will play a total of three matches in the first round, which will be played in a round-robin format. Team D will face each of the teams once. They will face Team C in the first match from September 5-8.
They will then face Team A and Team B in the next two matches on September 12 and 19 respectively.
The venue for the second match is the Rural Development Trust Stadium while the final match is the ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur.
So far, the BCCI has only announced the first leg of the Duleep Trophy. The two teams occupying the top positions in the points table after the first round will meet in the semi-finals and the final.
The schedule for the final will be released later and the second phase will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Below is everything you need to know about Team D’s schedule in the season.
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Duleep Trophy 2024: Schedule, Team, Venues, Date and Time in IST, Captain, Vice-Captain, Match List
Duleep Trophy 2024 D Team Schedule
| Date | Match details | Places | Time (IST) |
| From September 5th to 8th | Team C vs Team D, 2nd match | ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur | 9:00 AM |
| From September 12th to 15th | Team A vs Team D, 3rd match | Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur | 9:00 AM |
| From September 19th to 22nd | Team B vs Team D, 5th match | ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur | 9:00 AM |
Captain and Vice-Captain of Team D of Duleep Trophy 2024
Shreyas Iyer is the captain of Team D in the 2024 Duleep Trophy. He will lead the team in the tournament. He is a regular member of the Indian Test squad.
Duleep Trophy 2024 Team D Full Squad
Below is the complete squad of Team D led by Shreyas Iyer.
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.
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SWOT Analysis of Duleep Trophy 2024 Team D
If we look at the D team in the Duleep Trophy 2024, they have a strong captain in the form of Shreyas Iyer. He is a regular member of the Test team and also showed incredible captaincy in the IPL 2024 by leading Kolkata Knight Riders to the title.
Devdutt Padikkal is another powerful top-order batsman in the team. Axar Patel is a dominant all-rounder while Ishan Kishan and Srikar Bharat are national-level captains. In the bowling department, Arshdeep Singh and Tushar Deshpande are two strong names in their team.
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While Arshdeep Singh is a regular member of India’s T20 squad and has also cemented his place in the ODI team, Tushar Deshpande has been an impressive pacer for CSK over the past few seasons in the Indian Premier League.
Harshit Rana was an emerging player in IPL 2024 and played a key role in leading KKR to the trophy.
Therefore, we can conclude that Team D has some big names in each department like top order, middle order, wicketkeeper and pacers and a combined team. However, all these big players need to perform at their best if Team D wants to win the title.