1971–72 Duleep Trophy

The 1971–72 Duleep Trophy was the 11th 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.

1971–72 Duleep Trophy

Dates	11 February 1972 – 14 March 1972
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Central Zone (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches	4
Most runs	Salim Durani (CZ) (237)
Most wickets	Salim Durani (CZ) (22)

Central Zone won the title, defeating West Zone in the final.

Results

Quarterfinal

Semifinals

Final

South Zone

Central Zone

W

Central Zone

W

North Zone

Central Zone

W

West Zone

East Zone

West Zone

FIL

Final

11–14 March 1972 Scorecard

West Zone	v	Central Zone
279 (101.5 overs) Hemant Kanitkar 57 Salim Durani 6/44		200 (83.3 overs) Ashok Jagdale 59 Eknath Solkar 6/59
195 (63.5 overs) Hemant Kanitkar 47 Parthasarathy Sharma 4/38		277/8 (111.2 overs) Salim Durani 83* Eknath Solkar 3/63

Central Zone won by 2 wickets Central College Ground, Bangalore

• West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

External links

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