Rituraj Gaikwad got a big responsibility, became the captain of this team, Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan also got the place.

Duleep Trophy 2026: The Indian cricket team recently faced a 2-1 defeat in the three-match ODI series against England. After this defeat of Team India, star opener Rituraj Gaikwad has got a big responsibility. The West Zone team has appointed him as its captain for the Duleep Trophy 2026 starting from August 23. Whereas, left arm all-rounder Shams Mulani has been made his deputy.

West zone team announced

In fact, the selection committee headed by Mumbai’s chief selector Rajesh Pawar has announced the 15-member West Zone team for Duleep Trophy 2026 on Monday, July 20. in this tournament
A total of 5 matches will be played. This tournament will be played between 23 August and 10 September. According to reports, West Zone will face North Zone in the quarter final-2 of this tournament from 23rd to 26th August.

West Zone 15 member Squad for Duleep Trophy :

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C)
Shams Mulani (VC)
Prithvi Shaw
Harvik Desai (wk)
Shivalik Sharma
Musheer Khan
Sarfaraz Khan
Jaymeet Patel
Urvil Patel (wk)
Siddharth Desai
Tanush Kotian
Shardul Thakur
Atit Seth
Tushar Deshpande
Mukesh Chaudhary pic.twitter.com/RuCPFVtu5l

— Mahination (@Mahiination07) July 20, 2026

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Rituraj Gaikwad became captain

Last year, Indian star all-rounder Shardul Thakur was seen captaining the West Zone. Under his captaincy the team reached the semi-finals. Shardul is a part of the team this time too, but this time the responsibility of the team has been handed over to Rituraj Gaikwad. At the same time, Prithvi Shaw, who left Mumbai last year and joined the Maharashtra team, has also been given a place in the West Zone team. Apart from this, Sarfaraz Khan and Musheer Khan have also been included in the team.

West Zone’s 15-member squad for Duleep Trophy 2026

Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Shams Mulani (vice-captain), Harvik Desai, Urvil Patel, Jaymeet Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Shivalik Sharma, Siddharth Desai, Sarfaraz Khan, Mushir Khan, Atit Sheth, Mukesh Chaudhary, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur and Tushar Deshpande.