Duleep Trophy

The Duleep Trophy, also known as IDFC First Bank Duleep trophy[1] due to sponsorship reasons, is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. Named after former cricketer Duleepsinhji, the competition was largely contested by teams representing various geographical zones of India with few exceptions and special invitees. From 2016–17 to 2019–20, it was contested by specific teams chosen by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The championship reverted to the original format in 2022-23 following a three year hiatus due to Covid-19. South zone won the 2023 tournament and are the defending champions.

Duleep Trophy
CountriesIndia
AdministratorBCCI
FormatFirst-class cricket
First edition1961–62
Latest edition2023
Next edition2023–24
Tournament formatRound-robin and Finals
Number of teams6
Current championSouth Zone (14th title)
Most successfulWest Zone (19 titles)
Most runsWasim Jaffer (2545)
Most wicketsNarendra Hirwani (126)
WebsiteBCCI

History

The competition was established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in the 1961–62 season. The tournament was contested between the different geographical zones of India namely, North, South, East, West and Central. The inaugural tournament was won by West Zone who defeated South Zone in the final by ten wickets.[2] In the 1962–63 season, four of the five teams except Central Zone included a West Indian test cricketer as a part of the teams.[3][4]

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 before moving back to the knock-out format for four seasons.[5] The tournament again reverted to a league format for three seasons from 2000–01.[6] For the 2002–03 season, the zonal teams were replaced by five teams representing respective Ranji trophy groups but the format lasted only one season.[7] From the 2003–04 season, 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.[8] From the 2009-10 season, the guest team was dropped, with the original five-team knockout tournament being used until the 2014–15 season.[9]

The championship was not held in 2015–16 but returned to in 2016–17 with a new format where three teams chosen by the BCCI took part, designated as Blue, Green and Red.[10] The teams played a round-robin tournament, with the top two advancing to the final. All games were staged as day-night games and used pink cricket balls. The trophy was cancelled for three seasons due to Covid-19 and the zonal format returned when it was re-started in 2022-23 with the original five zonal teams joined by a new North East zone.[11]

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:[12]

Winners

West zone with 19 trophies is the most successful team in the competition. South zone are the defending champions.[13]

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

Statistics

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
Source:ESPNcricinfo[14]

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
Source:ESPNcricinfo[15]

Broadcasters

Sports18 is the official television broadcaster of Duleep trophy and holds the internet streaming rights to stream on the JioCinema app from 2023 to 2028.[16]

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