The Duleep Trophy is an annual Indian domestic First-Class cricket tournament.
Organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Duleep Trophy features teams representing geographical zones of India.
East Zone, Central Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone are the five teams that initially competed for the Duleep Trophy.
Named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as Duleep), the first edition of Duleep Trophy was played during the 1961-62 season. West Zone won the inaugural edition of the tournament after defeating South Zone by 10 wickets in the final.
Since then, there have been 61 editions of the Duleep Trophy being hosted so far.
West Zone is the most successful team in Duleep Trophy history with 19 titles, while North Zone are the second-most successful team with 18 title triumphs. Meanwhile, South Zone are next in terms of most Duleep Trophy trophies having won it 14 times.
The zonal teams were replaced by five new teams - Elite A, Elite B, Elite C, Plate A and Plate B during the 2002-03 season. However, this format was used for only one season.
Later from the 2003-04 season till 2008, the Duleep Trophy featured five zonal teams and another guest team from a foreign nation.
This domestic cricket competition was not held during the 2015-16 season, but later made a comeback with a new format in 2016-17.
India Blue, India Green and India Red were the three teams that competed for the Duleep Trophy for next three years till the 2019-20 season.
In the 2022-23 season, the BCCI once again introduced the zonal format with the addition of a new team - North East Zone, apart from the original five zones.
West Zone are the defending champions of the Duleep Trophy, having defeated South Zone by 294 runs in the 2022-23 final. Get the Duleep Trophy winners list.
Duleep Trophy winners list
|
Season |
Winner |
Runner-up |
Result |
Venue |
|
1961–62 |
West Zone |
South Zone |
West Zone by 10 wickets |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1962–63 |
West Zone |
South Zone |
West Zone by an innings and 20 runs |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
|
1963–64 |
West Zone & South Zone (shared) |
Draw |
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
|
|
1964–65 |
West Zone |
Central Zone |
West Zone by an innings and 89 runs |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1965–66 |
South Zone |
Central Zone |
South Zone by an innings and 20 runs |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
|
1966–67 |
South Zone |
West Zone |
South Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1967–68 |
South Zone |
West Zone |
South Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1968–69 |
West Zone |
South Zone |
West Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad |
|
1969–70 |
West Zone |
North Zone |
West Zone 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, Mumbai |
|
1971–72 |
Central Zone |
West Zone |
Central Zone won by 2 wickets |
Central College Ground, Bangalore |
|
1972–73 |
West Zone |
Central Zone |
West Zone by an innings and 172 runs |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1973–74 |
North Zone |
Central Zone |
Central Zone won by 76 runs |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
|
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, Chennai |
|
1976–77 |
West Zone |
North Zone |
West Zone won by 9 wickets |
Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda |
|
1977–78 |
West Zone |
North Zone |
West Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1978–79 |
North Zone |
West Zone |
North Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
|
1979–80 |
North Zone |
West Zone |
North Zone won by 104 runs |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1980–81 |
West Zone |
East Zone |
West Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Eden Gardens,Kolkata |
|
1981–82 |
West Zone |
East Zone |
West Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1982–83 |
North Zone |
South Zone |
North Zone won by 8 wickets |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1983–84 |
North Zone |
West Zone |
North Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
|
1984-85 |
South Zone |
North Zone |
South Zone won by 83 runs |
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
|
1985–86 |
West Zone |
South Zone |
West Zone won by 9 wickets |
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
|
1986–87 |
South Zone |
West Zone |
South Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
|
1987–88 |
North Zone |
West Zone |
North Zone won on 1st innings lead |
Jayanti Stadium, Bhilai |
|
1988–89 |
North Zone & West Zone (shared) |
Draw |
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
|
|
1989–90 |
South Zone |
Central Zone |
South Zone won by 322 runs |
Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad |
|
1990–91 |
North Zone |
West Zone |
North Zone won on 1st 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 |
North Zone won on 1st innings lead |
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 Zone won by 161 runs |
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali |
|
1997–98 |
Central Zone & North 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 |
North Zone won on 1st innings lead |
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 Zone won by 59 runs |
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali |
|
2004–05 |
Central Zone |
North Zone |
Central Zone won by 9 wickets |
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur |
|
2005–06 |
West Zone |
East Zone |
West Zone won by 5 wickets |
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad |
|
2006–07 |
North Zone |
Sri Lanka A |
North Zone won by 8 wickets |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
|
2007–08 |
North Zone |
West Zone |
North Zone won by 6 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 3 wickets |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad |
|
2010–11 |
South Zone |
North Zone |
South Zone won by 7 wickets |
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vizag |
|
2011–12 |
East Zone |
Central Zone |
East Zone by an innings and 20 runs |
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore |
|
2012–13 |
East Zone |
Central Zone |
East Zone won on 1st 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 |
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
|
2016–17 |
India Blue |
India Red |
India Blue by 355 runs |
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida |
|
2017–18 |
India Red |
India Blue |
India Red 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, Bengaluru |
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