Duleep Trophy

Duleep Trophy

Countries	India
Administrator	BCCI
Format	First-class cricket
First edition	1961–62
Latest edition	2023
Next edition	2023–24
Tournament format	Round-robin and Finals
Number of teams	6
Current champion	South Zone (14th title)
Most successful	West Zone (19 titles)
Most runs	Wasim Jaffer (2545)
Most wickets	Narendra Hirwani (126)
Website	BCCI

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 2002-23 following a three year hiatus due to Covid-19. South zone won the 2023 tournament and are the defending champions.

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]

• North Zone
  • Chandigarh
  • Delhi
  • Haryana
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Jammu & Kashmir
  • Punjab
  • Services
• South Zone
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Goa
  • Hyderabad
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Pondicherry
  • Tamil Nadu
• Central Zone
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Railways
  • Rajasthan
  • Uttarakhand
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Vidarbha
• East Zone
  • Assam
  • Bihar
  • Bengal
  • Jharkhand
  • Orissa
  • Tripura
• North East Zone
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Manipur
  • Meghalaya
  • Mizoram
  • Nagaland
  • Sikkim
• West Zone
  • Baroda
  • Gujarat
  • Maharashtra
  • Mumbai
  • Saurashtra

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
1961–62	West Zone	South Zone	West zone won by 10 wickets	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1962–63	West Zone	South Zone	West zone won by an Innings and 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 won by an innings and 89 runs	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1965–66	South Zone	Central Zone	South zone won by an innings and 20 runs	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1966–67	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South zone won by first innings lead	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1967–68	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South zone won by first innings lead	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1968–69	West Zone	South Zone	Draw, West zone won by first innings lead	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 zone won by 10 wickets	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1971–72	Central Zone	West Zone	Central zone 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 zone won by 9 wickets	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1975–76	South Zone	North Zone	South zone won by 37 runs	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
1976–77	West Zone	North Zone	West zone won by 9 wickets	Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda
1977–78	West Zone	North Zone	Draw, West zone won by first innings lead	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1978–79	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North zone won by first innings lead	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1979–80	North Zone	West Zone	North zone won by 104 runs	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1980–81	West Zone	East Zone	Draw, West zone won by first innings lead	Eden Gardens, Calcutta
1981–82	West Zone	East Zone	Draw, West zone won by first innings lead	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
1982–83	North Zone	South Zone	North zone won by 8 wickets	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1983–84	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North zone won by first innings lead	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
1984–85	South Zone	North Zone	South zone won by 73 runs	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1985–86	West Zone	South Zone	West zone by 9 wickets	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
1986–87	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South zone won by first innings lead	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
1987–88	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North zone won by first innings lead	Jayanti Stadium, Bhilai
1988–89	North Zone & West Zone (shared)		Draw	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1989–90	South Zone	Central Zone	South zone won by 322 runs	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad
1990–91	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North zone won by first innings lead	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
1991–92	North Zone	West Zone	North zone won by 236 runs	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
1992–93	North Zone	Central Zone	Draw, North zone won by first innings lead	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
1993–94	North Zone	West Zone	Round Robin	NA
1994–95	North Zone	South Zone	Round Robin	NA
1995–96	South Zone	Central Zone	Round Robin	NA
1996–97	Central Zone	South Zone	Central zone 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 zone won by 122 runs	N2 Stadium, Aurangabad
1999–2000	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North zone won by first innings lead	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2000–01	North Zone	Central Zone	Round Robin	NA
2001–02	West Zone	North Zone	Round Robin	NA
2002–03	Elite C	Plate Group B	Round Robin	NA
2003–04	North Zone	East Zone	North zone won by 59 runs	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
2004–05	Central Zone	North Zone	Central zone won by nine wickets	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
2005–06	West Zone	East Zone	West zone won by five wickets	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
2006–07	North Zone	Sri Lanka A	North zone won by eight wickets	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2007–08	North Zone	West Zone	North zone won by six wickets	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2008–09	West Zone	South Zone	West zone won by 274 runs	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2009–10	West Zone	South Zone	West zone won by three wickets	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
2010–11	South Zone	North Zone	South zone won by seven wickets	ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
2011–12	East Zone	Central Zone	East zone won by an innings and 20 runs	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
2012–13	East Zone	Central Zone	Draw, East zone won by first 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
2016–17	India Blue	India Red	India Blue won by 355 runs	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
2017–18	India Red	India Blue	India Red won by 163 runs	Lucknow International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
2018–19	India Blue	India Red	India Blue won by an innings and 187 runs	NPR College Ground, Dindigul
2019–20	India Red	India Green	India Red won by an innings and 38 runs	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
2022–23	West Zone	South Zone	West zone won by 294 runs	SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
2023	South Zone	West Zone	South zone won by 75 runs	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Statistics

Appearances by team

Team	Matches	Win	Loss	Draw	Last appearance
West Zone	108	56	33	19	2022
North Zone	106	51	31	24	2022
South Zone	103	43	38	22	2022
Central Zone	97	26	45	26	2022
East Zone	87	20	45	22	2022
India Red	12	4	2	6	2019
India Blue	11	2	1	8	2019
India Green	9	0	3	6	2019
Elite Group A	4	1	0	3	2003
Elite Group B	4	1	1	2	2003
Elite Group C	4	1	0	3	2003
Plate Group A	4	0	3	1	2003
Plate Group B	4	1	0	3	2003
England A	4	1	3	0	2008
Sri Lanka A	3	2	1	0	2006
Bangladesh Board XI	2	0	1	1	2005
Zimbabwe Board XI	2	0	2	0	2005
North East Zone	1	0	0	1	2022

Finals appearances by team

Team	Wins	Appearances	Win %	Last win
West Zone	18	33	50.00	2009/10
North Zone	18	26	65.38	2013/14
South Zone	13	23	52.17	2013/14
Central Zone	6	16	34.37	2014/15
East Zone	2	7	28.57	2012/13
India Blue	2	3	66.67	2018/19
India Red	2	4	50.00	2019/20
Elite C	1	1	100.00	2002/03
Plate 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

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 Jaffer	Elite Group B, West Zone	1997–2013	30	54	2545	55.32	173*	8	13
Vikram Rathour	North Zone	1993–2002	25	45	2265	51.47	249	6	11
Anshuman Gaekwad	West Zone	1974–1987	26	42	2004	52.73	216	4	2
Ajay Sharma	North Zone	1984–1997	26	37	1961	57.67	202	7	9
Akash Chopra	Central Zone,North Zone,Elite A	1997–2011	24	43	1918	53.27	205*	6	8
Source:ESPNcricinfo [14]

Most wickets

Player	Team(s)	Span	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	SR	BBI	BBM	5	10
Narendra Hirwani	Central Zone, Plate Group B	1987–2004	29	45	126	34.12	2.99	68.4	7/129	12/200	8	2
Sairaj Bahutule	Elite Group B, West Zone	1993–2006	30	48	112	26.76	2.84	56.4	6/41	9/114	4	0
B. S. Chandrasekhar	South Zone	1963–1979	24	41	99	24.30	2.81	51.7	8/80	10/183	7	1
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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External links

• The Duleep Trophy at ESPNcricinfo
• Index to all Duleep Trophy tournaments at CricketArchive