North Zone, West Zone dominate Deodhar Trophy winners list

The Deodhar Trophy is an annual Indian domestic List A 50-over cricket tournament.

Named after former Indian First-Class cricketer Dinkar Balwant Deodhar, the Deodhar Trophy was introduced as an inter-zonal tournament in the 1973-74 season.

Between 1973-74 and 2014-15, the Deodhar Trophy witnessed two zonal teams clash in a quarter-final. The winner of the quarter-final joined the other three zonal teams in the semi-finals. From there on, it was a straight knockout cricket competition.

South Zone won the inaugural Deodhar Trophy in the 1973-74 season. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) changed the Deodhar Trophy format from the 2015-16 season.

The winner of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, as well as India A and India B clashed in a round-robin format in the Deodhar Trophy from 2015-16 till the 2017-18 season. The top two teams later advanced to the Deodhar Trophy final.

Tamil Nadu is the only state team to win the Deodhar Trophy in the 2016-17 season.

For the 2018-19 and 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy seasons, India A, India B and India C played each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams at the end of the round-robin games clashed in the Deodhar Trophy final.

Deodhar Trophy will make a return to the Indian domestic cricket calendar after a four-year hiatus in the 2023-24 season. It will once again be played in an inter-zonal format for the first time since the 2014-15 season.

North Zone are the most successful team in the Deodhar Trophy with 13 trophies, while West Zone have bagged 12 titles. South Zone have won the 50-over competition on eight occasions so far.

India B won the last edition of the Deodhar Trophy in 2019 after defeating India C by 51 runs.

Deodhar Trophy winners list

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