Duleep Trophy: A decade long wait ends for South Zone

South Zone outclassed West Zone to win the Duleep Trophy with a 75-run victory at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. In pursuit of a target of 298 runs, West Zone, who resumed their innings at 182/5 on the final day, were eventually bowled out for 222. This victory marked South Zone’s 14th Duleep Trophy title, and it held special significance as a form of redemption. In the previous year’s final, West Zone had triumphed over South Zone by a massive margin of 294 runs.

South Zone faced a major hurdle in their quest for the title in the form of Priyank Panchal, who had resumed his innings on 92. However, Panchal could only add three runs to his overnight score before edging a delivery from pacer Vidwath Kaverappa, who was later named the ‘Man of the Match’, to wicketkeeper Ricky Bhui.

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