2014–15 Duleep Trophy
Dates15 October 2014 – 2 November 2014
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsCentral Zone (6th title)
Participants5
Matches4
Most runsKL Rahul (SZ) (336)
Most wicketsRana Dutta (EZ) & Pragyan Ojha (SZ) (8 each)

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

Squads

Central Zone East Zone North Zone South Zone West Zone

Results

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

Quarterfinal

15–18 October
Scorecard
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278 (75 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 100* (140)
Dhawal Kulkarni 3/62 (21 overs)
322 (90.4 overs)
Ankit Bawne 105 (194)
Rana Dutta 5/60 (19 overs)
281/7d (76 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 109 (167)
Dhawal Kulkarni 4/28 (16 overs)
135 (44 overs)
Parthiv Patel 39 (71)
Basant Mohanty 4/44 (16 overs)
East Zone won by 102 runs
CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Mick Martell (Aus)
Player of the match: Basant Mohanty (EZ)
  • West Zone won the toss and elected to field.

Semifinal 1

22–25 October
Scorecard
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538 (145.4 overs)
Naman Ojha 217 (348)
Rishi Dhawan 3/123 (32 overs)
457 (118.1 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 167 (242)
Kuldeep Yadav 3/94 (23 overs)
312 (74.4 overs)
Mahesh Rawat 116 (161)
Parvinder Awana 3/30 (10 overs)
24/1 (5 overs)
Parvez Rasool 12* (9)
Mahesh Rawat 1/11 (2 overs)
Match drawn; Central Zone advanced on first innings lead
PCA Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Mick Martell (Aus) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Naman Ojha (CZ)
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Semifinal 2

22–25 October
Scorecard
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264 (101.1 overs)
Robin Uthappa 120 (196)
Laxmi Ratan Shukla 4/40 (21 overs)
84 (47.4 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 17 (43)
Stuart Binny 4/24 (13 overs)
62 (23.4 overs)
Laxmi Ratan Shukla 18 (23)
HS Sharath 4/27 (7.4 overs)
South Zone won by an innings and 118 runs
CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Shavir Tarapore (both Ind)
Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (SZ)
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to field.

Final

29 October–2 November
Scorecard
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276 (100 overs)
Robin Bist 79 (153)
Pragyan Ojha 2/49 (19 overs)
379 (90.3 overs)
KL Rahul 185 (233)
Ali Murtaza 4/59 (13 overs)
403 (105.5 overs)
Robin Bist 112* (174)
Shreyas Gopal 4/60 (14.5 overs)
291 (88.4 overs)
KL Rahul 130 (152)
Ali Murtaza 3/59 (16.4 overs)
Central Zone won by 9 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and K Srinath (both Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (SZ)
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ↑ "Duleep Trophy, 2014/15". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
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