Duleep Trophy

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The Duleep Trophy competition was started by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 1961-62.

It is named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji.

The original format was that five teams, drawn from the five zones, played each other on a knock-out basis. From the 1993-94 season however, the competition converted to a league format.

The 2005-06 competition was won by West Zone after they beat East Zone by five wickets in the final.

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