1997–98 Duleep Trophy

The 1997–98 Duleep Trophy was the 37th 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.

1997–98 Duleep Trophy
Dates1 December 1997 – 21 December 1997
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
Championsshared by Central Zone (3rd title) and West Zone (14th title)
Participants5
Matches played4
Most runsDevang Gandhi (EZ) (206)[1]
Most wicketsUtpal Chatterjee (EZ) (10)[2]

The title was shared by Central Zone and West Zone.

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

Final
17–21 December 1997
Scorecard
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384/7 dec (149 overs)
Jacob Martin 72
Zakir Hussain 2/48
36/5 (22 overs)
Rizwan Shamshad 11*
Nilesh Kulkarni 2/4
Match drawn; Trophy shared
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
  • West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

References
  1. "Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1997/98 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. "Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1997/98 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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