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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 (also known as "Duleep").
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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 17 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Since, the format has been replaced by the original 5-team knockout tournament.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:
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 Finals appearances by team
Team Wins Appearances Win % Last win West Zone 17 32 .531 2010 South Zone 12 21 .571 2011 Central Zone 5 13 .385 2005 North Zone 17 25 .680 2008 Sri Lanka A 0 1 .000 East Zone 0 5 .000 See also
- Cricket in India
- History of cricket
- Ranji Trophy
- Irani Trophy
- Deodhar Trophy
- NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
References
- ^ "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
- ^ "Duleep Trophy to revert back to old format". Cricinfo. 1 September 2003. http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/133340.html. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
- ^ "No foreign team for Duleep Trophy". Cricinfo. 10 December 2008. http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/381544.html. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
External links
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