The Duleep Trophy, also known as Mastercard 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. West Zone are the current champions.
North Zone and West Zone have been the most successful teams with 18 wins each, although North's total includes one shared trophy and West's three.
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 Northeast Zone 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:
Star Sports is the official broadcaster of Duleep trophy. It have exclusive TV and internet streaming rights to live televise on its channels as well as Disney+ Hotstar app, from 2018 to 2023.[9]
Index to all Duleep Trophy tournaments at CricketArchive
January 23, 2023
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The Duleep Trophy also known as Mastercard 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 West Zone are the current champions Duleep TrophyCountriesIndiaAdministratorBCCIFormatFirst class cricketFirst edition1961 62Latest edition2022 23Tournament formatRound robin and FinalsNumber of teams3Current championWest Zone 19th title Most successfulWest Zone 19 titles Most runsWasim Jaffer 2545 1997 2013 1 Most wicketsNarendra Hirwani 126 1987 2004 2 2022 23 Duleep TrophyWebsiteBCCI Contents 1 History 2 Format 3 Composition of teams 4 Past winners 4 1 Appearances by team 4 2 Finals appearances by team 4 3 Records and statistics 4 4 Most runs 4 5 Most wickets 5 Broadcasters 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditThe 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 North Zone and West Zone have been the most successful teams with 18 wins each although North s total includes one shared trophy and West s three Format EditUntil 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 Northeast Zone team Composition of teams EditEach 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 amp Kashmir Punjab Services South Zone Andhra Pradesh Goa Hyderabad Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu Central Zone Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Railways Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha East Zone Assam Bengal Jharkhand Orissa Tripura Northeast Zone 6 Arunachal Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim West Zone Baroda Gujarat Maharashtra Mumbai SaurashtraPast winners EditSeason FinalWinner Runner up Result Final Venue1961 62 West Zone South Zone West Zone by 10 wickets Brabourne Stadium Bombay1962 63 West Zone South Zone West Zone by 1 Inn amp 20 runs Eden Gardens Calcutta1963 64 West Zone amp South Zone shared Draw Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi1964 65 West Zone Central Zone West Zone by 1 Inn amp 89 runs Brabourne Stadium Bombay1965 66 South Zone Central Zone South Zone by 1 Inn amp 20 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium Madras1966 67 South Zone West Zone Draw South won by 68 runs the 1st Innings Brabourne Stadium Bombay1967 68 South Zone West Zone Draw South won by 17 runs the 1st Innings Brabourne Stadium Bombay1968 69 West Zone South Zone Draw West won by 82 runs the 1st Innings Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad1969 70 West Zone North Zone West Zone won by an innings and 81 runs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium Ahmedabad1970 71 South Zone East Zone South won by 10 wickets Brabourne Stadium Bombay1971 72 Central Zone West Zone Central by 2 wickets Central College Ground Bangalore1972 73 West Zone Central Zone West Zone won by an innings and 172 runs Brabourne Stadium Bombay1973 74 North Zone Central Zone Central Zone won by 76 runs Brabourne Stadium Bombay1974 75 South Zone West Zone South won by 9 wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad1975 76 South Zone North Zone South won by 37 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium Madras1976 77 West Zone North Zone West won by 9 wickets Moti Bagh Stadium Baroda1977 78 West Zone North Zone Draw West won by 178 the 1st Innings Wankhede Stadium Bombay1978 79 North Zone West Zone Draw North won by 140 the 1st Innings Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi1979 80 North Zone West Zone North won by 104 runs Wankhede Stadium Bombay1980 81 West Zone East Zone Draw West won by 101 the 1st Innings Eden Gardens Calcutta1981 82 West Zone East Zone Draw West won by 104 the 1st Innings Brabourne Stadium Bombay1982 83 North Zone South Zone North won by 8 wickets Wankhede Stadium Bombay1983 84 North Zone West Zone Draw North won by 58 the 1st Innings Barabati Stadium Cuttack1984 85 South Zone North Zone South won by 73 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi1985 86 West Zone South Zone West by 9 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore1986 87 South Zone West Zone Draw South won by 224 runs Wankhede Stadium Bombay1987 88 North Zone West Zone Draw North won by 424 the 1st Innings Jayanti Stadium Bhilai1988 89 North Zone amp West Zone shared Draw Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi1989 90 South Zone Central Zone South won by 322 runs Gymkhana Ground Secunderabad1990 91 North Zone West Zone Draw North won by 168 the 1st Innings Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur1991 92 North Zone West Zone North won by 236 runs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium Valsad1992 93 North Zone Central Zone Draw North won by 171 the 1st Innings Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad1993 94 North Zone West Zone Round Robin1994 95 North Zone South Zone Round Robin1995 96 South Zone Central Zone Round Robin1996 97 Central Zone South Zone Central won by 161 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali1997 98 Central Zone amp West Zone shared Draw MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai1998 99 Central Zone West Zone Central won by 122 runs N2 Stadium Aurangabad1999 2000 North Zone West Zone Draw North won by 101 on 1st innings Eden Gardens Kolkata2000 01 North Zone Central Zone Round Robin2001 02 West Zone North Zone Round Robin2002 03 Elite C Plate Group B Round Robin2003 04 North Zone East Zone North won by 59 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali2004 05 Central Zone North Zone Central won by nine wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur2005 06 West Zone East Zone West won by five wickets Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad2006 07 North Zone Sri Lanka A North won by eight wickets Eden Gardens Kolkata2007 08 North Zone West Zone North won by six wickets Wankhede Stadium Mumbai2008 09 West Zone South Zone West won by 274 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai2009 10 West Zone South Zone West won by three wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad2010 11 South Zone North Zone South won by seven wickets ACA VDCA Stadium Vizag2011 12 East Zone Central Zone East won by an innings and 20 runs Holkar Cricket Stadium Indore2012 13 East Zone Central Zone East Zone won on 1st innings lead M A Chidambaram Stadium Chennai2013 14 North Zone amp South Zone shared Draw Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi2014 15 Central Zone South Zone Central Zone won by 9 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi2016 17 India Blue India Red India Blue by 355 runs Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground Greater Noida2017 18 India Red India Blue India Red by 163 runs Lucknow International Cricket Stadium Lucknow2018 19 India Blue India Red India Blue by an innings and 187 runs NPR College Ground Dindigul2019 20 India Red India Green India Red by an innings and 38 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore2022 23 West Zone South Zone West Zone won by 294 runs SNR College Cricket Ground CoimbatoreAppearances by team Edit Team Matches Win Loss Draw Last appearanceWest Zone 108 56 33 19 2022North Zone 106 51 31 24 2022South Zone 103 43 38 22 2022Central Zone 97 26 45 26 2022East Zone 87 20 45 22 2022India Red 12 4 2 6 2019India Blue 11 2 1 8 2019India Green 9 0 3 6 2019Elite Group A 4 1 0 3 2003Elite Group B 4 1 1 2 2003Elite Group C 4 1 0 3 2003Plate Group A 4 0 3 1 2003Plate Group B 4 1 0 3 2003England A 4 1 3 0 2008Sri Lanka A 3 2 1 0 2006Bangladesh Board XI 2 0 1 1 2005Zimbabwe Board XI 2 0 2 0 2005North East Zone 1 0 0 1 2022Finals appearances by team Edit Team Wins Appearances Win Last winWest Zone 18 33 50 00 2009 10North Zone 18 26 65 38 2013 14South Zone 13 23 52 17 2013 14Central Zone 6 16 34 37 2014 15East Zone 2 7 28 57 2012 13India Blue 2 3 66 67 2018 19India Red 2 4 50 00 2019 20Elite C 1 1 100 00 2002 03Plate B 0 1 0 00 Sri Lanka A 0 1 0 00 India Green 0 1 0 00 Note The Wins include the shared trophies and the win percentage counts shared as half a win Records and statistics Edit BattingMost runs Wasim Jaffer West Zone Elite B 2545Highest 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 25Most ducks Ashok Dinda East Zone India Green India Red 8EAS Prasanna South Zone 8Ashok Mankad West Zone 8Narendra Hirwani Central Zone Plate B 8Most hundreds Anshuman Gaekwad West Zone 9Most fifties and over Wasim Jaffer West Zone Elite B 21Highest partnership VVS Laxman amp Rahul Dravid 3rd wicket South Zone 409 v West ZoneBowlingMost wickets Narendra Hirwani Central Zone Plate B 126Best bowling figures in an innings Debasis Mohanty East Zone 10 46 v South ZoneBest bowling figures in a match Debasis Mohanty East Zone 14 91 v South ZoneMost wickets in a series Narendra Hirwani Plate Group B 34 2002 03 Most 5 wickets in an innings Narendra Hirwani Central Zone Plate B 8Most 10 wickets in an match Narendra Hirwani Central Zone Plate B 2FieldingMost 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 41TeamHighest 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 IndividualMost 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 Edit Player Team s Span Mat Inns Runs Ave HS 100 50Wasim Jaffer Elite Group B West Zone 1997 2013 30 54 2545 55 32 173 8 13Vikram Rathour North Zone 1993 2002 25 45 2265 51 47 249 6 11Anshuman Gaekwad West Zone 1974 1987 26 42 2004 52 73 216 4 2Ajay Sharma North Zone 1984 1997 26 37 1961 57 67 202 7 9Akash Chopra Central Zone North Zone Elite A 1997 2011 24 43 1918 53 27 205 6 8 7 Source ESPNCricinfo Updated 2018 19 Duleep Trophy Most wickets Edit Player Team s Span Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ SR BBI BBM 5 10Narendra Hirwani Central Zone Plate Group B 1987 2004 29 45 126 34 12 2 99 68 4 7 129 12 200 8 2Sairaj Bahutule Elite Group B West Zone 1993 2006 30 48 112 26 76 2 84 56 4 6 41 9 114 4 0B S Chandrasekhar South Zone 1963 1979 24 41 99 24 30 2 81 51 7 8 80 10 183 7 1 8 Source ESPNCricinfo Updated 2018 19 Duleep Trophy Broadcasters EditStar Sports is the official broadcaster of Duleep trophy It have exclusive TV and internet streaming rights to live televise on its channels as well as Disney Hotstar app from 2018 to 2023 9 See also Edit Cricket portalCricket in India History of cricket Ranji Trophy Irani Cup Deodhar Trophy NKP Salve Challenger TrophyReferences Edit Duleep Trophy Records Most runs ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 7 September 2018 Duleep Trophy Records Wickets ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 7 September 2018 Mastercard acquires title sponsorship rights for all BCCI international and domestic home matches www bcci tv Retrieved 21 September 2022 Cricket in India 2003 04 by R Mohan and Mohandas Mohan in Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2005 Alton John Wisden amp Co Ltd p1450 ISBN 0 947766 89 8 Duleep Trophy to revert back to old format ESPNcricinfo 1 September 2003 Retrieved 26 August 2007 North East zone squad announced for Duleep Trophy Cricket Records Records Duleep Trophy Most runs ESPNCricinfo ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 7 September 2018 Cricket Records Records Duleep Trophy Most wickets ESPNCricinfo ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 7 September 2018 www Indiatoday com https www indiatoday in amp sports cricket story star india wins bcci media rights for rs 6138 10 crore from 2018 to 2023 1205396 2018 04 05 amp ved 2ahUKEwiFgpje46b6AhUvRmwGHdQYAIwQFnoECDUQAQ amp usg AOvVaw34kjons7 0iss9HCPD60 4 Retrieved 21 September 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help External links EditThe Duleep Trophy Cricinfo Index to all Duleep Trophy tournaments at CricketArchive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Duleep Trophy amp oldid 1132974066, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
