The 2018–19 Duleep Trophy was the 57th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India, which took place in August and September 2018.
[2] All of the matches took place at the NPR College Ground in Dindigul.
[3] The BCCI's technical committee structured the tournament to have four teams from four Ranji Trophy Groups, similar to the 2002–03 Duleep Trophy, but on the day of team selections, the format of the previous season was retained.
[9][10] Akshay Wadkar replaced Abhishek Gupta in India Red's squad, as Gupta's doping ban was going to expire after the start of the Duleep Trophy.
[12] On 22 August, Siddhesh Lad and Ricky Bhui were released from their Quadrangular Series squads and added to the India Red and Blue teams respectively.