Duleep Trophy

The Duleep Trophy, also known as IDFC First Bank Duleep trophy[3] due to sponsorship reasons, is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. Named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as 'Duleep'), the competition was originally contested by teams representing geographical zones of India. Since 2016–17 it has been played by teams chosen by BCCI selectors. South Zone are the current champions.

Duleep Trophy
CountriesIndia India
AdministratorBCCI
FormatFirst-class cricket
First edition1961–62
Latest edition2022–23
Next edition2023
Tournament formatRound-robin and Finals
Number of teams6
Current championSouth Zone (14th title)
Most successfulWest Zone (19 titles)
Most runsWasim Jaffer (2545)
1997–2013[1]
Most wicketsNarendra Hirwani (126)
1987–2004[2]
2023-24 Duleep Trophy
WebsiteBCCI

History

The competition was started by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in the 1961–62 season. The inaugural tournament was won by West Zone who defeated South Zone in the final by 10 wickets. In the 1962–63 season four of the five teams (all except Central Zone) had their bowling attacks strengthened by a West Indies Test cricketer.[4]

West zone is now the current highest trophy holder with 19 trophies.

Format

Until 2014–15, five Indian zonal teams regularly took part in the Duleep Trophy – North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone. The original format was that the five teams played each other on a knock-out basis. From the 1993–94 season, the competition converted to a league format.

For the 2002–03 season, the zonal teams were replaced by five new teams – Elite A, Elite B, Elite C, Plate A and Plate B. These teams were constructed from the new Elite Group and Plate Group divisions which had been introduced into the Ranji Trophy that season; however, this format lasted for only one season, as it was felt that the new teams lacked identity.[5]

From the 2003–04 season until 2008, the five original zonal teams competed along with a sixth guest team which was a touring foreign team. The first guest team was England A in 2003–04. After 2008, the guest team was dropped, with the original five-team knockout tournament being used until the 2014–15 season.

The Duleep Trophy was not held in 2015-16 but returned to the calendar in 2016–17 with a new format: three teams chosen by the BCCI selectors took part, designated India Blue, India Green and India Red. The teams played a round-robin tournament, with the top two advancing to the final which was won by India Blue. The competition was held at the start of the season and all games were staged as day-night games with a pink ball used.

The Zonal format returned in 2022-23 with the original five zonal teams being joined by a new North East Zone cricket team.

Composition of teams

Each zonal team is a composite team of cricketers who play for the Ranji Trophy state/city teams situated in that region of India. The teams which compose each zone are as follows:

Past winners
Season Final
Winner Runner-up Result Final Venue
1961–62West ZoneSouth ZoneWest Zone by 10 wicketsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1962–63West ZoneSouth ZoneWest Zone by 1 Inn & 20 runsEden Gardens, Calcutta
1963–64West Zone & South Zone (shared)DrawFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1964–65West ZoneCentral ZoneWest Zone by 1 Inn & 89 runsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1965–66South ZoneCentral ZoneSouth Zone by 1 Inn & 20 runsMA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1966–67South ZoneWest ZoneDraw, South won by 68 runs the 1st InningsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1967–68South ZoneWest ZoneDraw, South won by 17 runs the 1st InningsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1968–69West ZoneSouth ZoneDraw, West won by 82 runs the 1st InningsLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1969–70West ZoneNorth ZoneWest Zone won by an innings and 81 runsSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
1970–71South ZoneEast ZoneSouth won by 10 wicketsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1971–72Central ZoneWest ZoneCentral by 2 wicketsCentral College Ground, Bangalore
1972–73West ZoneCentral ZoneWest Zone won by an innings and 172 runsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1973–74North ZoneCentral ZoneCentral Zone won by 76 runsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1974–75South ZoneWest ZoneSouth won by 9 wicketsLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1975–76South ZoneNorth ZoneSouth won by 37 runsMA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1976–77West ZoneNorth ZoneWest won by 9 wicketsMoti Bagh Stadium, Baroda
1977–78West ZoneNorth ZoneDraw, West won by 178 the 1st InningsWankhede Stadium, Bombay
1978–79North ZoneWest ZoneDraw, North won by 140 the 1st InningsFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1979–80North ZoneWest ZoneNorth won by 104 runsWankhede Stadium, Bombay
1980–81West ZoneEast ZoneDraw, West won by 101 the 1st InningsEden Gardens, Calcutta
1981–82West ZoneEast ZoneDraw, West won by 104 the 1st InningsBrabourne Stadium, Bombay
1982–83North ZoneSouth ZoneNorth won by 8 wicketsWankhede Stadium, Bombay
1983–84North ZoneWest ZoneDraw, North won by 58 the 1st InningsBarabati Stadium, Cuttack
1984–85South ZoneNorth ZoneSouth won by 73 runsFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1985–86West ZoneSouth ZoneWest by 9 wicketsM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
1986–87South ZoneWest ZoneDraw, South won by 224 runsWankhede Stadium, Bombay
1987–88North ZoneWest ZoneDraw, North won by 424 the 1st InningsJayanti Stadium, Bhilai
1988–89North Zone & West Zone (shared)DrawFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1989–90South ZoneCentral ZoneSouth won by 322 runsGymkhana Ground, Secunderabad
1990–91North ZoneWest ZoneDraw, North won by 168 the 1st InningsKeenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
1991–92North ZoneWest ZoneNorth won by 236 runsSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
1992–93North ZoneCentral ZoneDraw, North won by 171 the 1st InningsLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1993–94North ZoneWest ZoneRound Robin
1994–95North ZoneSouth ZoneRound Robin
1995–96South ZoneCentral ZoneRound Robin
1996–97Central ZoneSouth ZoneCentral won by 161 runsPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
1997–98Central Zone & West Zone (shared)DrawMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
1998–99Central ZoneWest ZoneCentral won by 122 runsN2 Stadium, Aurangabad
1999–2000North ZoneWest ZoneDraw, North won by 101 on 1st inningsEden Gardens, Kolkata
2000–01North ZoneCentral ZoneRound Robin
2001–02West ZoneNorth ZoneRound Robin
2002–03Elite CPlate Group BRound Robin
2003–04North ZoneEast ZoneNorth won by 59 runsPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
2004–05Central ZoneNorth ZoneCentral won by nine wicketsVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
2005–06West ZoneEast ZoneWest won by five wicketsSardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
2006–07North ZoneSri Lanka ANorth won by eight wicketsEden Gardens, Kolkata
2007–08North ZoneWest ZoneNorth won by six wicketsWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2008–09West ZoneSouth ZoneWest won by 274 runsMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2009–10West ZoneSouth ZoneWest won by three wicketsLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
2010–11South ZoneNorth ZoneSouth won by seven wicketsACA-VDCA Stadium, Vizag
2011–12East ZoneCentral ZoneEast won by an innings and 20 runsHolkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
2012–13East ZoneCentral ZoneEast Zone won on 1st innings leadM. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2013–14North Zone & South Zone (shared)DrawJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
2014–15Central ZoneSouth ZoneCentral Zone won by 9 runsFeroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
2016–17India BlueIndia RedIndia Blue by 355 runsGreater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
2017–18India RedIndia BlueIndia Red by 163 runsLucknow International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
2018–19India BlueIndia RedIndia Blue by an innings and 187 runsNPR College Ground, Dindigul
2019–20India RedIndia GreenIndia Red by an innings and 38 runsM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
2022-23 West ZoneSouth ZoneWest Zone won by 294 runsSNR College Cricket Ground,Coimbatore
2023 South ZoneWest ZoneSouth Zone won by 75 runsM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Appearances by team
TeamMatchesWinLossDrawLast appearance
West Zone1085633192022
North Zone1065131242022
South Zone1034338222022
Central Zone972645262022
East Zone872045222022
India Red124262019
India Blue112182019
India Green90362019
Elite Group A41032003
Elite Group B41122003
Elite Group C41032003
Plate Group A40312003
Plate Group B41032003
England A41302008
Sri Lanka A32102006
Bangladesh Board XI20112005
Zimbabwe Board XI20202005
North East Zone10012022

Finals appearances by team
TeamWinsAppearancesWin %Last win
West Zone183350.002009/10
North Zone182665.382013/14
South Zone132352.172013/14
Central Zone61634.372014/15
East Zone2728.572012/13
India Blue2366.672018/19
India Red2450.002019/20
Elite C11100.002002/03
Plate B010.00-
Sri Lanka A010.00-
India Green010.00-

Note: The Wins include the shared trophies and the win percentage counts shared as half a win.

Records and statistics
Batting
Most runs Wasim Jaffer West Zone, Elite B 2545
Highest score Raman Lamba North Zone 320 v West Zone (1987/88)
Most runs in a tournament Raman Lamba North Zone 659 (1987/88)
Highest average Raman Lamba North Zone 86.25
Most ducks Ashok Dinda East Zone, India Green, India Red 8
EAS Prasanna South Zone 8
Ashok Mankad West Zone 8
Narendra Hirwani Central Zone, Plate B 8
Most hundreds Anshuman Gaekwad West Zone 9
Most fifties (and over) Wasim Jaffer West Zone, Elite B 21
Highest partnership VVS Laxman & Rahul Dravid
(3rd wicket)		 South Zone 409 v West Zone
Bowling
Most wickets Narendra Hirwani Central Zone, Plate B 126
Best bowling figures in an innings Debasis Mohanty East Zone 10/46 v South Zone
Best bowling figures in a match Debasis Mohanty East Zone 14/91 v South Zone
Most wickets in a series Narendra Hirwani Plate Group B 34 (2002/03)
Most 5 wickets in an innings Narendra Hirwani Central Zone, Plate B 8
Most 10 wickets in an match Narendra Hirwani Central Zone, Plate B 2
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Parthiv Patel West Zone, Elite C, India Green 88 (68 catches and 20 stumpings)
Most dismissals in a match (wicket-keeper) Sameer Dighe West Zone 10 (6 catches and 4 stumpings)
Most catches (fielder) Wasim Jaffer West Zone, Elite B 41
Team
Highest score North Zone v West Zone 868 (1987/88)
Lowest score North Zone v South Zone 48 (1961)
East Zone v South Zone 48 (1969)
Individual
Most matches Mohinder Amarnath North Zone 31 (1969-1988)
Most matches as captain Hanumant Singh Central Zone 15 (1966-1975)
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan South Zone 15 (1970-1979)
Most matches as an umpire Suresh Shastri 13 (1993-2013)

Most runs
Player Team(s) Span Mat Inns Runs Ave HS 100 50
Wasim JafferElite Group B, West Zone1997-20133054254555.32173*813
Vikram RathourNorth Zone1993-20022545226551.47249611
Anshuman GaekwadWest Zone1974-19872642200452.7321642
Ajay SharmaNorth Zone1984-19972637196157.6720279
Akash ChopraCentral Zone,North Zone,Elite A1997-20112443191853.27205*68
[7] Source: ESPNCricinfo (Updated:2018-19 Duleep Trophy)

Most wickets
Player Team(s) Span Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ SR BBI BBM 5 10
Narendra HirwaniCentral Zone, Plate Group B1987-2004294512634.122.9968.47/12912/20082
Sairaj BahutuleElite Group B, West Zone1993-2006304811226.762.8456.46/419/11440
B. S. ChandrasekharSouth Zone1963-197924419924.302.8151.78/8010/18371
[8] Source: ESPNCricinfo(Updated:2018-19 Duleep Trophy)

Broadcasters

Sports18 is the official broadcaster of Duleep trophy. It have exclusive TV and internet streaming rights to live televise on its channels as well as JioCinema app, from 2023 to 2028.[9]

See also

References
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