2018–19 Duleep Trophy

The 2018–19 Duleep Trophy was the 57th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India, which took place in August and September 2018.[1] India Red were the defending champions.[2] All of the matches took place at the NPR College Ground in Dindigul.[3] The BCCI's technical committee structured the tournament to have four teams from four Ranji Trophy Groups, similar to the 2002–03 Duleep Trophy, but on the day of team selections, the format of the previous season was retained.[4][5]

2018–19 Duleep Trophy
Dates17 August – 9 September 2018
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Finals
ChampionsIndia Blue (2nd title)
Participants3
Matches played4
Most runsDhruv Shorey (293)
Most wicketsSaurabh Kumar (19)
2018–19 Indian domestic cricket season
Men
Women

All three round-robin matches finished as draws. The first match, India Red took three points, as a result of a first-innings lead, with India Green getting one point.[6] The second match, India Red had a first-innings lead over India Blue, therefore gaining three points, and advancing to the final.[7] In the third and final match, India Blue finished with a first-innings lead against India Green, and advanced to the final.[8]

India Blue won the tournament, beating India Red by an innings and 187 runs in the final.[9][10]

Squads
India Blue[11] India Red[11] India Green[11]

Akshay Wadkar replaced Abhishek Gupta in India Red's squad, as Gupta's doping ban was going to expire after the start of the Duleep Trophy.[12] On 22 August, Siddhesh Lad and Ricky Bhui were released from their Quadrangular Series squads and added to the India Red and Blue teams respectively.[13]

Points table
Team[14] Pld W L D A Pts
India Red 200206
India Blue 200204
India Green 200202
  •  Top two teams advance to the Final.

Fixtures

Round-robin
17–20 August 2018 (D/N)
Scorecard
India Red
v
India Green
337 (132.5 overs)
Ashutosh Singh 80 (256)
Ankit Rajpoot 4/57 (29 overs)
309 (111.3 overs)
Baba Indrajith 109 (228)
Rajneesh Gurbani 7/81 (27 overs)
261/1d (79 overs)
Sanjay Ramaswamy 123* (245)
Ankit Rajpoot 1/40 (11 overs)
Match drawn
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Anil Dandekar
Player of the match: Rajneesh Gurbani (India Red)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Red 3, India Green 1.
23–26 August 2018 (D/N)
Scorecard
India Red
v
India Blue
316 (114.5 overs)
Siddhesh Lad 88 (142)
Saurabh Kumar 3/75 (33.5 overs)
293 (95.3 overs)
Dhruv Shorey 97 (188)
Parvez Rasool 4/107 (36 overs)
255 (84.3 overs)
Siddhesh Lad 68 (152)
Saurabh Kumar 4/79 (34 overs)
128/8 (47 overs)
Dhruv Shorey 45 (102)
Shahbaz Nadeem 5/53 (23 overs)
Match drawn
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and C. K. Nandan
Player of the match: Siddhesh Lad (India Red)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Red 3, India Blue 1.
29 August–1 September 2018 (D/N)
Scorecard
India Blue
v
India Green
340 (119.1 overs)
Dhruv Shorey 93 (215)
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh 5/50 (25.1 overs)
257 (88.5 overs)
Prashant Chopra 80 (194)
Saurabh Kumar 5/98 (27 overs)
117 (34 overs)
Dhruv Shorey 40 (50)
Aditya Sarwate 5/32 (13 overs)
20/2 (6.4 overs)
Sudip Chatterjee 11* (13)
Saurabh Kumar 2/11 (3.4 overs)
Match drawn
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Vineet Kulkarni
Player of the match: Dhruv Shorey (India Blue)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Blue 3, India Green 1.

Final
4–8 September 2018 (D/N)
Scorecard
India Blue
v
India Red
541 (167.3 overs)
Nikhil Gangta 130 (241)
Parvez Rasool 4/150 (53.3 overs)
182 (69.1 overs)
Bavanaka Sandeep 57 (112)
Swapnil Singh 5/58 (22 overs)
172 (38.4 overs) (f/o)
Abhinav Mukund 46 (55)
Saurabh Kumar 5/51 (13 overs)
India Blue won by an innings and 187 runs
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Nitin Menon
Player of the match: Nikhil Gangta (India Blue)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.

References
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  2. "Brilliant Washington fires India Red to title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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  5. ESPNcricinfo Staff. Duleep Trophy. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. "Gurbani's seven-for ensures three points for India Red". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. "Lad, Rasool and Nadeem take India Red to Duleep Trophy final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  8. "India Blue make Duleep Trophy final". Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. "India Blue Thrash India Red to Win Duleep Trophy". Press Trust of India. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  10. "Nikhil Gangta, spinners drive India Blue to Duleep title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  11. "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  12. Somani, Saurabh (24 July 2018). "Akshay Wadkar replaces Abhishek Gupta in Duleep Trophy squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  13. "Rayudu, Jadhav added to Quadrangular series". Cricbuzz. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  14. "Duleep Trophy Table - 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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