2014–15 Duleep Trophy Explained

2014–15 Duleep Trophy
Fromdate:15 October 2014
Todate:2 November 2014
Administrator:BCCI
Cricket Format:First-class cricket
Tournament Format:Knockout
Champions:Central Zone
Count:6
Participants:5
Matches:4
Most Runs:KL Rahul (SZ) (336)
Most Wickets:Rana Dutta (EZ) & Pragyan Ojha (SZ) (8 each)
Previous Year:2013–14
Previous Tournament:2013–14 Duleep Trophy
Next Year:2016–17
Next Tournament:2016–17 Duleep Trophy

2014–15 Duleep Trophy was the 54th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by 5 zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.[1] Central Zone won the tournament after beating South Zone by 9 runs in the final at Delhi.

Schedule

The 2014–15 Duleep Trophy consisted of four matches played between the teams, where the two teams that performed the worst in the 2013–14 season of the Duleep Trophy, East Zone and West Zone, had to play each other in an additional knockout game to progress to the semifinals.

The schedule:

  1. 15–18 October - Quarterfinal - East Zone vs West Zone
  2. 22–25 October - Semifinal1 - Central Zone vs North Zone
  3. 22–25 October - Semifinal2 - South Zone vs Winner Quarterfinal
  4. 29 October-2 November - Final - Winner Semifinal1 vs Winner Semifinal2

Results

Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Duleep Trophy, 2014/15. ESPNcricinfo. 9 November 2014.