The West Zone Selection Committee has named Shardul Thakur as captain of a 15-member West Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy matches. The team announcement, made following a selection meeting held at MCA's Sharad Pawar Indoor Cricket Academy in BKC on Friday (August 1), features seven Mumbai players, four from Gujarat, and two each from Maharashtra and Saurashtra.

Apart from Thakur, the big names from Mumbai include Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan, Maharashtra's Ruturaj Gaikwad is also part of the team. Meanwhile, former India regulars Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara haven't been named in the squad.

The committee, chaired by Sanjay Patil of Mumbai Cricket Association, has also named a comprehensive list of seven standby players: Mahesh Pithiya, Shivalik Sharma, Mukesh Chaudhary, Siddharth Desai, Chintan Gaja, Musheer Khan and Urvil Patel.

The tournament begins on August 28 with the two quarterfinals. West Zone, who have a direct entry in the semifinal, begin their campaign on September 4. The final will be played from September 11. All matches will be held at the BCCI Centre of Excellence ground in Bengaluru.

West Zone squad: Shardul Thakur (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aarya Desai, Harvik Desai, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jaymeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Saurabh Nawale, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arzan Nagwaswala

Shami, Easwaran, Suraj, Akash Deep, Mukesh in East Zone squad

Bengal's Mohammed Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar and Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal has been named in the East Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy 2025.

Ishan Kishan has been named captain, and Easwaran the vice captain. A total of 5 players from Bengal have found a place in the East Zone squad.

Sudip Kumar Gharami has been named in the standby list.

East Zone squad:Ishan Kishan (C)(WK), Abhimanyu Easwaran (VC), Sandeep Pattnaik, Virat Singh, Denish Das, Sridam Paul, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (WK), Riyan Parag, Utkarsh Singh, Manishi, Suraj Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Shami

Stand-by: Mukhtar Hussain, Aasirwad Swain, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Swastik Samal, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Rahul Singh