2005–06 Duleep Trophy Explained

2005–06 Duleep Trophy
Fromdate:	20 October 2005
Todate:	14 November 2005
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class cricket
Tournament Format:	Round-robin and knockout
Champions:	West Zone
Count:	16
Participants:	6
Matches:	7
Most Runs:	Wasim Jaffer (WZ) (309)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Zaheer Khan (WZ) (23)^[2]
Previous Year:	2004–05
Previous Tournament:	2004–05 Duleep Trophy
Next Year:	2006–07
Next Tournament:	2006–07 Duleep Trophy

The 2005–06 Duleep Trophy was the 45th 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. In addition to these five teams, a guest team (Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI) also featured in the tournament.

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

Results

Group stage

Source: Duleep Trophy, 2005–06. CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2023. .

Group A results

• South Zone v West Zone (20–23 October). West Zone (4pts) beat South Zone (0pts) by 7 wickets.
• Central Zone v South Zone (27–30 October). Central Zone (4pts) beat South Zone (0pts) by 8 wickets.
• Central Zone v West Zone (4–7 November). West Zone (4pts) beat Central Zone (0pts) by 7 wickets.

Group A points table

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn (WF)	Drawn (LF)	No result	Points	Quotient
	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	1.548
	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	1.031
	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.622

Group A results

• East Zone v North Zone (20–23 October). East Zone (4pts) beat North Zone (0pts) by 9 wickets.
• North Zone v Zimbabwe A (27–30 October). North Zone (5pts) beat Zimbabwe A (0pts) by an innings and 7 runs.
• East Zone v Zimbabwe A (4–7 November). East Zone (5pts) beat Zimbabwe A (0pts) by an innings and 17 runs.

Group B points table

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn (WF)	Drawn (LF)	No result	Points	Quotient
	2	2	0	0	0	0	9	2.047
	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	1.041
ZCU President's XI	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.459

Final

External links

• Series home at CricketArchive

Notes and References

1. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 2005/06 (Ordered by Runs) . subscription . CricketArchive. 24 June 2016.
2. Web site: Bowling in Duleep Trophy 2005/06 (Ordered by Wickets) . subscription . CricketArchive. 24 June 2016.