1968–69 Duleep Trophy

The 1968–69 Duleep Trophy was the eighth season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.

1968–69 Duleep Trophy
Dates17 January 1969 – 3 March 1969
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsWest Zone (5th title)
Participants5
Matches4
Most runsAjit Wadekar (WZ) (212)[1]
Most wicketsAjit Pai (WZ) (10)[2]

West Zone won the final against South Zone on first innings lead.

Results edit

Quarterfinal Semifinals Final
         
West Zone FIL
North Zone
North Zone FIL
Central Zone
West Zone FIL
South Zone
East Zone
South Zone W

Final edit

28 February–3 March 1969
Scorecard
v
333 (151.4 overs)
Chetan Chauhan 103
E. A. S. Prasanna 4/85
251 (113 overs)
Abbas Ali Baig 49
Ajit Pai 6/93
388/7 dec (104.5 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 144
Venkataraman Subramanya 2/35
143/4 (33 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 76*
Chetan Chauhan 3/39
Match drawn; West Zone won on first innings lead
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
  • West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

References edit

  1. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1968/69 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1968/69 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

External links edit