14 years old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. (Photo: MB Media/Getty Images)
The Duleep Trophy 2025 is going to start from August 28, and this time the domestic tournament will be played in the Inter-Zonal format. A total of six teams will participate in it, which will prove to be a great platform to show their talent for the emerging stars and experienced players of Indian cricket. Recently, the East Zone team has also been announced, which includes many big names. The team will captain this team, wicketkeeper-batsman Ishaan Kishan, while Abhimanyu Ishwaran has been entrusted with the responsibility of vice-captain. But the most discussion is about 14 -year -old young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
Vaibhav is a big game with Suryavanshi
Vaibhav has been quite spectacular for Suryavanshi last few months. His bat has been running fiercely since his debut in IPL. He performed amazing on the recent tour of England. But fans will not see him playing in the Dalip Trophy. Actually, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has got a place in this team, but as a standby player. This means that Vaibhav will get a chance to land on the field only when there will be a change in the main squad. A total of 5 matches are to be played in this tournament, in such a situation, they are equal to getting a chance.
A major reason for choosing Vaibhav Suryavanshi as a standby player is also believed that he has been selected in India’s Under-19 men’s cricket team for the tour of Australia. The tour will take place in September 2025, in which India’s youth team will play three ODIs and two four-day matches against Australia Under-19. The first match of the series will be played on 21 September. However, when the Indian team will leave for this tour, it has not been announced yet.
East Zone Squad for Dalip Trophy
Ishaan Kishan (Captain), Abhimanyu Ishwar (Vice -captain), Sandeep Patnaik, Virat Singh, Danish Das, Sridam Paul, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Ryan Parag, Utkarsh Singh, Manishi, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep and Mohammad Shami.
Standby: Mukhtar Hussain, Ashirwad Swain, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Swastik Samal, Sudeep Kumar Ghami and Rahul Singh.
