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

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

Final

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28 February–3 March 1969
Scorecard
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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

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  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.
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