Deodhar Trophy
The Deodhar Trophy is a List A cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket. It is named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar (known as the Grand Old Man of Indian cricket) and is a 50-over knockout competition played on an annual basis among the 3 national level teams - India A, India B and India C. India B are the current champions, winning the 2019-20 after defeating India C by 51 runs in the final.[1]
Countries | India |
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Administrator | BCCI |
Format | List A cricket |
First edition | 1973-74 |
Latest edition | 2019-20 |
Tournament format | Round Robin and Finals |
Number of teams | 3 |
Current champion | India B (2nd title) |
Most successful | North Zone (13 titles) |
Website | BCCI |
History and format
The competition was introduced in 1973-74 season as an inter-zonal tournament. From 1973–74 to 2014–15, two zonal teams played in a quarter-final, with the winner joining the other three zonal teams in the semi-finals. From there, it was a simple knockout tournament. From 2015–16 to 2017-18, the winners of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, India A and India B play each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams progress to the finals.
From 2018–19, India A, India B and India C play each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams progress to the finals.
Past winners
Season | Winner[2] |
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1973-74 | South Zone |
1974-75 | South Zone |
1975-76 | West Zone |
1976-77 | Central Zone |
1977-78 | North Zone |
1978-79 | South Zone |
1979-80 | West Zone |
1980-81 | South Zone |
1981-82 | South Zone |
1982-83 | West Zone |
1983-84 | West Zone |
1984-85 | West Zone |
1985-86 | West Zone |
1986-87 | North Zone |
1987-88 | North Zone |
1988-89 | North Zone |
1989-90 | North Zone |
1990-91 | West Zone |
1991-92 | South Zone |
1992-93 | East Zone |
1993-94 | East Zone |
1994-95 | Central Zone |
1995-96 | North Zone |
1996-97 | East Zone |
1997-98 | North Zone |
1998-99 | Central Zone |
1999-2000 | North Zone |
2000-01 | South Zone and Central Zone (shared) |
2001-02 | South Zone |
2002-03 | North Zone |
2003-04 | East Zone |
2004-05 | North Zone |
2005-06 | North Zone |
2006-07 | West Zone |
2007-08 | Central Zone |
2008-09 | West Zone |
2009-10 | North Zone |
2010-11 | North Zone |
2011-12 | West Zone |
2012-13 | West Zone |
2013-14 | West Zone |
2014-15 | East Zone |
2015-16 | India A |
2016-17 | Tamil Nadu |
2017-18 | India B |
2018-19 | India C |
2019-20 | India B |
See also
References
- RanchiNovember 4, Rohan Sen; November 4, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 17:07. "Deodhar Trophy final: India B ride on Kedar Jadhav, Shahbaz Nadeem show to beat India C". India Today. Retrieved 2019-11-06.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2018.