1977–78 Duleep Trophy

The 1977–78 Duleep Trophy was the 17th 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.

1977–78 Duleep Trophy
Dates23 September 1977 – 12 October 1977
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsWest Zone (9th title)
Participants5
Matches played4
Most runsDilip Vengsarkar (WZ) (345)[1]
Most wicketsHyder Ali (CZ) (12)[2]

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

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

Final
9–12 October 1977
Scorecard
v
482/8 dec (187.5 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 137
Chetan Chauhan 3/67
324 (142.4 overs)
Chetan Chauhan 128
Dhiraj Parsana 5/80
121/6 dec (38 overs)
Yajurvindra Singh 52*
Rajinder Goel 2/23
77/0 (28 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 44*
Match drawn; West Zone won on first innings lead
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
  • North Zone won the toss and elected to field.

References
  1. "Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1977/78 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. "Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1977/78 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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