1996–97 Duleep Trophy

The 1996–97 Duleep Trophy was the 36th 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.

Central Zone won the title, defeating South Zone in the final. It was their second win in 25 years.[3]

Results

Quarterfinal

Semifinals

Final

North Zone

FIL

South Zone

W

Central Zone

W

Central Zone

FIL

4–8 December 1996
Scorecard

Central Zone	v	South Zone
264 (96.1 overs) Gagan Khoda 72 B. Ramprakash 5/85 (32 overs)		225 (91.1 overs) M. V. Sridhar 90 Zakir Hussain 4/68 (22 overs)
359 (139 overs) Rahul Sapru 161 D. J. Gokulakrishnan 4/81 (40 overs)		237 (83.3 overs) Sadagoppan Ramesh 77 Zakir Hussain 5/88 (30.3 overs)

Central Zone won by 161 runs
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Player of the match: Rahul Sapru (Central Zone)[3]

South Zone won the toss and elected to field.
Rahul Sapru (Central Zone), and Amit Pathak and Sadagoppan Ramesh (both South Zone) passed 5,000, 2,000 and 1,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.[4]
K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (South Zone) claimed his 200th wicket in first-class cricket.[4]

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"Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1996/97 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
"Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1996/97 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
Kochhar, Sanjeev (9 December 1996). "Central Zone lift Duleep Trophy". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 April 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
Central Zone v South Zone, Duleep Trophy 1996/97 (Final) at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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