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 (BCCI). The championship reverted to the original format in 2022-23 following a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. South zone won the 2023 tournament and are the defending champions.
| 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 |
History
editThe competition was established by the BCCI 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
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:[12]
Winners
editWest zone with 19 trophies is the most successful team in the competition. South zone are the defending champions.[13]
Statistics
editAppearances by team
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editSports18 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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