The East Zone squad for the 2025-26 Duleep Trophy was announced on July 31. The squad was picked from the Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and Tripura teams, with a squad of 15 selected alongside six standby players. Among the six is 14-year-old IPL star Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, and Mukesh Kumar, meanwhile, will lead the pace attack.