The Duleep Trophy 2025 commenced on August 28 in Bengaluru, kick-starting India's domestic red-ball cricket season. However, instead of enthusiasm, spectators felt enraged as there was no live streaming or television broadcast of the matches. With no significant international or franchise cricket happening this month, most had anticipated watching the historic tournament. However, the absence of coverage sparked intense vitriol against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). On social media, particularly on X, the fans criticized the board for not televising one of India's highest-profile domestic tournaments. It was worse that even small T20 leagues in India are streamed on the internet regularly, but the Duleep Trophy wasn't. Here's the reactions of fans: In an era where even the smallest tennis ball tournaments are streamed live, it’s outrageous that BCCI doesn’t broadcast the Duleep Trophy, a premier first-class tournament that kicks off India’s domestic season. Truly awful. — Kaushik Kashyap (@CricKaushik_) August 28, 2025 🚨 Why no LIVE telecast for Duleep Trophy? 🚨India’s future stars are playing red-ball cricket today — but fans can’t even watch! 🤯If celeb leagues & tennis-ball cricket get broadcast, why not our most prestigious domestic tournament?👉 #WeWantDomesticLive#DomesticCricket — Khelinfo (@khelinfo_) August 28, 2025 Duleep Trophy no Telecast, some International Indian star players and domestic talent players are playing in it but why can't the world's biggest board BCCI do streaming? BCCI should create a Youtube channel and start Live streaming on it !#DuleepTrophy2025 — Cric भक्त (@CricGayata5915) August 28, 2025 Duleep trophy is the highest level domestic tournament then why BCCI (so-called richest board) is not telecasting it live?We have watched some domestic matches live on the official web of BCCI in the past, then what poverty has come this time? — Atharv. (@Atharvdrive) August 28, 2025 No broadcast of duleep trophy??All xyz state leagues and even gully mohalla leagues are telecast live on streaming apps nowadays but a premier BCCI domestic tournament isn't...Waah re cricket board — Rahul Kumar (@rahulk_1019) August 28, 2025 Duleep trophy not live on any Starsports channel but will be available on Hotstar..T20 Cricket has taken over Sports TV Channels.. Any Random Domestic T20 matches r live but not India's premier Domestic Cricket Match... Sad to see such downfall of Indian Cricket @BCCI — Misal (@MisalMum) August 28, 2025 BCCI isn't streaming Duleep trophy matches, what's the point of being richest board when you can't telecast the domestic season. On the other hand, TNCA having live telecast for 7 Buchi Babu matches happening in different colleges. Where's shame @BCCIdomestic ? — Dany. (@Godsplanbabyy) August 28, 2025 'Shameful', 'Outrageous': Fans frustrated as Duleep Trophy gets no live coverage pic.twitter.com/Rekg1tBtbk — Gags (@CatchOfThe40986) August 28, 2025 Also Read | South Zone sticks to Duleep Trophy team despite BCCI A Key Competition for India's Future in Tests Despite of the lack of live coverage, this tournament this year is huge. India's Test team is undergoing a massive transformation. Veteran players such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ravichandran Ashwin have retired and Rishabh Pant is recovering from his injur. This left the selectors searching for new red-ball players, and the Duleep Trophy provides young players with a huge platform to establish themselves. Six zonal teams, namely North, South, East, West, Central and North East, are vying, beginning with the quarterfinals. The initial games pitted North Zone against East Zone and Central Zone against North East Zone. Big players such as Mohammed Shami are playing in the tournament after recovering from injury. Pacers like Arshdeep Singh and Mukesh Kumar are also under the spotlight, so is spinner Kuldeep Yadav. Other players like Rajat Patidar, Yash Dhull, and Deepak Chahar are hoping to leave good impressions. Mumbai’s Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan are under the spotlight too. Iyer’s exclusion from India’s Asia Cup squad raised eyebrows, while Sarfaraz is once again trying to turn his consistent domestic form into a national call-up. Meanwhile, senior players KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, and Ravindra Jadeja have chosen to skip this tournament and take some rest after a tough Test series against England. The tournament may lack live coverage, but its significance for India's Test future cannot be overemphasized.