The Deodhar Trophy, also known as
Mastercard Devdhar trophy due to sponsorship reasons (also spelled Devdhar Trophy), is a
List A cricket
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numb ...
domestic cricket tournament of India. It is named after
D. B. Deodhar
Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948.
Cricket career
Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor of Sanskrit at Pune ...
(known as the Grand Old Man of Indian cricket) and is a
50-over knockout competition played on an annual basis among the 3 national level teams -
India A
The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is currently captained by Priyank Panchal in first-class cricket a ...
,
India B and
India C. India B are the current champions, winning the
2019-20 after defeating India C by 51 runs in the final.
History and format
The competition was introduced in 1973-74 season as an inter-zonal tournament. From 1973–74 to 2014–15, two zonal teams played in a quarter-final, with the winner joining the other three zonal teams in the semi-finals. From there, it was a simple knockout tournament. From 2015–16 to 2017-18, the winners of the
Vijay Hazare Trophy
The Vijay Hazare Trophy, (officially known as Mastercard Vijay Hazare trophy for sponsorship reasons) also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy p ...
,
India A
The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is currently captained by Priyank Panchal in first-class cricket a ...
and
India B play each other in a
round-robin format. The top two teams progress to the finals.
From 2018–19,
India A
The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is currently captained by Priyank Panchal in first-class cricket a ...
,
India B and
India C play each other in a
round-robin format. The top two teams progress to the finals.
Past winners
See also
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Cricket in India
Cricket has been the most popular sport in India in modern era since the British Raj, and is played almost everywhere in the country. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body of Indian cricket and conduct all do ...
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Vijay Hazare Trophy
The Vijay Hazare Trophy, (officially known as Mastercard Vijay Hazare trophy for sponsorship reasons) also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy p ...
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Duleep Trophy
The Duleep Trophy, also known as Mastercard Duleep trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. Named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as 'Duleep'), the competition wa ...
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Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...
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NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
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BCCI
References
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Indian domestic cricket competitions
List A cricket competitions