Duleep Trophy

The Duleep Trophy (named after KS Duleepsinhji) was started by the Indian board in 1961-62 as a zonal rather than a state first-class competition. The original format was that five teams, drawn from the five zones - North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone - played each other on a knock-out basis. From 1993-94 the competition converted to a league format. In 2002-03 the zonal teams were replaced by five new sides - Elite A, Elite B, Elite C, Plate A and Plate B but this lasted for only one season as it was felt that the new teams lacked a sense of identity. From 2003-04 the zones returned and an overseas guest side was included. The first was England A. The tournament didn't take place in 2015-16 but returned the next season with a different format - the teams weren't separated by zones, instead the best players in the country were taken and distributed into three teams, India Red, Blue and Green. It was also the first time first-class matches in India were played with the pink ball.

Year Winner 1961-62 West Zone

1962-63 West Zone

1963-64 West Zone / South Zone (joint)

1964-65 West Zone

1965-66 South Zone

1966-67 South Zone

1967-68 South Zone

1968-69 West Zone

1969-70 West Zone

1970-71 South Zone

1971-72 Central Zone

1972-73 West Zone

1973-74 North Zone

1974-75 South Zone

1975-76 South Zone

1976-77 West Zone

1977-78 West Zone

1978-79 North Zone

1979-80 North Zone

1980-81 West Zone

1981-82 West Zone

1982-83 North Zone

1983-84 North Zone

1984-85 South Zone

1985-86 West Zone

1986-87 South Zone

1987-88 North Zone

1988-89 North Zone / West Zone (joint)

1989-90 South Zone

1990-91 North Zone

1991-92 North Zone

1992-93 North Zone

1993-94 North Zone

1994-95 North Zone

1995-96 South Zone

1996-97 Central Zone

1997-98 Central Zone / West Zone

1998-99 Central Zone

1999-00 North Zone

2000-01 North Zone

2001-02 West Zone

2002-03 Elite C

2003-04 North Zone

2004-05 Central Zone

2005-06 West Zone

2006-07 North Zone

2007-08 North Zone

2008-09 West Zone

2009-10 West Zone

2010-11 South Zone

2011-12 East Zone

2012-13 East Zone

2013-14 North Zone/South Zone (Joint)

2014-15 Central Zone

2015-16 Not Played

2016-17 India Blue