Duleep Trophy

Duleep Trophy

Countries	India
Administrator	BCCI
Format	First-class cricket
First tournament	1961–62
Last tournament	2016
Tournament format	Knock out
Number of teams	5
Current champion	Central Zone
Most successful	North Zone and West Zone(18 titles)
Website	BCCI
2014–15 Duleep Trophy

The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as "Duleep"). Central Zone are the current champions.

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.^[1]

North Zone and West Zone have been the most successful teams with 18 wins each, though North's total includes one shared trophy and West's three.

Format

Five Indian zonal teams regularly take 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 5 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 a sense of identity.^[2]

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.

Since, the format has been replaced by the original 5-team knockout tournament.

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:

North Zone Delhi Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Punjab Services

South Zone Andhra Pradesh Goa Hyderabad Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu

Central Zone Madhya Pradesh Railways Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

East Zone Assam Bengal Jharkhand Orissa Tripura

West Zone Baroda Gujarat Maharashtra Mumbai Saurashtra

Guest teams

From the 2003–04 season onwards, a foreign guest team has competed as a sixth team in the Duleep Trophy.

Season	Guest Team
2003–04	England A
2004–05	Bangladesh
2005–06	Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI
2006–07	Sri Lanka A
2007–08	England Lions
2008–09	no guest team[3]

Past winners

Season	Winner	Runner Up	Result	Final Venue
1961–62	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone by 10 wickets	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1962–63	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone by 1 Inn & 20 runs	Eden Gardens, Calcutta
1963–64	West Zone & South Zone (shared)		Draw	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1964–65	West Zone	Central Zone	West Zone by 1 Inn & 89 runs	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1965–66	South Zone	Central Zone	West Zone by 1 Inn & 20 runs	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1966–67	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South won by 68 runs the 1st Innings	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1967–68	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South won by 17 runs the 1st Innings	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1968–69	West Zone	South Zone	Draw, West won by 82 runs the 1st Innings	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1969–70	West Zone	North Zone	West Zone won by an innings and 81 runs	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
1970–71	South Zone	East Zone	South won by 10 wickets	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1971–72	Central Zone	West Zone	Central by 2 wickets	Central College Ground, Bangalore
1972–73	West Zone	Central Zone	West Zone won by an innings and 172 runs	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1973–74	North Zone	Central Zone	Central Zone won by 76 runs	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1974–75	South Zone	West Zone	South won by 9 wickets	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1975–76	South Zone	North Zone	South won by 37 runs	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1976–77	West Zone	North Zone	West won by 9 wickets	Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda
1977–78	West Zone	North Zone	Draw, West won by 178 the 1st Innings	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1978–79	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North won by 140 the 1st Innings	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1979–80	North Zone	West Zone	North won by 104 runs	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1980–81	West Zone	East Zone	Draw, West won by 101 the 1st Innings	Eden Gardens, Calcutta
1981–82	West Zone	East Zone	Draw, West won by 104 the 1st Innings	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1982–83	North Zone	South Zone	North won by 8 wickets	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1983–84	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North won by 58 the 1st Innings	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
1984–85	South Zone	North Zone	South won by 73 runs	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1985–86	West Zone	South Zone	West by 9 wickets	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
1986–87	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South won by 224 runs	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1987–88	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North won by 424 the 1st Innings	Jayanti Stadium, Bhilai
1988–89	North Zone & West Zone (shared)		Draw	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1989–90	South Zone	Central Zone	South won by 322 runs	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad
1990–91	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North won by 168 the 1st Innings	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
1991–92	North Zone	West Zone	North won by 236 runs	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
1992–93	North Zone	Central Zone	Draw, North won by 171 the 1st Innings	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1993–94	North Zone	West Zone	Round Robin
1994–95	North Zone	South Zone	Round Robin
1995–96	South Zone	Central Zone	Round Robin
1996–97	Central Zone	South Zone	Central won by 161 runs	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
1997–98	Central Zone & West Zone (shared)		Draw	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
1998–99	Central Zone	West Zone	Central won by 122 runs	N2 Stadium, Aurangabad
1999–2000	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North won by 101 on 1st innings	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2000–01	North Zone	Central Zone	Round Robin
2001–02	West Zone	North Zone	Round Robin
2002–03	Elite C	Plate Group B	Round Robin
2003–04	North Zone	East Zone	North won by 59 runs	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
2004–05	Central Zone	North Zone	Central won by nine wickets	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
2005–06	West Zone	East Zone	West won by five wickets	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
2006–07	North Zone	Sri Lanka A	North won by eight wickets	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2007–08	North Zone	West Zone	North won by six wickets	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2008–09	West Zone	South Zone	West won by 274 runs	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2009–10	West Zone	South Zone	West won by three wickets	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
2010–11	South Zone	North Zone	South won by seven wickets	ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vizag
2011–12	East Zone	Central Zone	East won by an innings and 20 runs	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
2012–13	East Zone	Central Zone	East Zone won on 1st innings lead	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2013-14	North Zone & South Zone (shared)		Draw	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
2014-15	Central Zone	South Zone	Central Zone won by 9 runs	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi

Finals appearances by team

Team	Wins	Appearances	Win %	Last win
West Zone	17	32	53.1	2010
South Zone	12	22	54.5	2011
Central Zone	6	15	40.0	2014
North Zone	17	25	68.0	2008
East Zone	2	7	28.6	2013
Elite C	1	1	100	2003

See also

• Cricket in India
• History of cricket
• Ranji Trophy
• Irani Cup
• Deodhar Trophy
• NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

References

1. "Cricket in India, 2003–04" by R. Mohan and Mohandas Mohan in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2005. Alton: John Wisden & Co. Ltd., p1450. ISBN 0-947766-89-8
2. "Duleep Trophy to revert back to old format". Cricinfo. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
3. "No foreign team for Duleep Trophy". Cricinfo. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

External links

• The Duleep Trophy – Cricinfo
• Duleep Trophy on SPORT195
• Index to all Duleep Trophy tournaments at Cricket Archive

Indian first class cricket teams in the Duleep Trophy
Central Zone | East Zone | North Zone | South Zone | West Zone