2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy

2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy was the fifth season of the Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy, a women's first-class cricket competition played in India.[1] It took place from 28 March to 11 April 2024.[2] The tournament featured six zonal teams – Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, North East Zone, South Zone and West Zone.[3] The fixtures were hosted by the Maharashtra Cricket Association at Pune.[4] The tournament saw the teams competing in five knockout games including the final, with each match lasting a maximum of three days.[5] It was the first women's domestic red-ball competition in India since 2018.[6] North Zone were the defending champions. East Zone were crowned as the champions after beating South Zone by one wicket in the final.[7]

2023–24 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy
Dates28 March – 11 April 2024
Administrator(s)Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
Host(s)India
ChampionsEast Zone (1st title)
Runners-upSouth Zone
Participants6
Matches5
Player of the seriesDeepti Sharma (East Zone)
Most runsPunam Raut (258) (Central Zone)
Most wicketsDeepti Sharma (27) (East Zone)

Fixtures

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Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
North Zone
East Zone  
North East Zone  
 
South Zone
West Zone  
Central Zone

Quarter-finals

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28–30 March 2024
Scorecard
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385/8d (100 overs)
Dhara Gujjar 140 (216)
Debasmita Dutta 5/76 (32 overs)
108 (34.3 overs)
Prodhan Samayita 40 (72)
Deepti Sharma 5/9 (7 overs)
157 (75.3 overs) (f/o)
Ningthoujam Devi 39 (84)
Suravi Roy 2/0 (1.3 overs)
East Zone won by an innings and 120 runs
Pune Club Ground, Pune
Umpires: Ritika Buley and Kaushik Gandhi
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

28–30 March 2024
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245 (87.3 overs)
Punam Raut 84 (209)
Anuja Patil 5/75 (27.3 overs)
356 (76.2 overs)
Anuja Patil 122 (120)
Poonam Yadav 7/116 (25 overs)
307/4d (92 overs)
Punam Raut 174 (281)
Radha Yadav 2/69 (25 overs)
Match drawn
DY Patil Academy, Ambi
Umpires: Ankita Guha and Anoop Pai
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Semi-finals

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3–5 April 2024
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132 (71.4 overs)
Monika Das 29 (75)
Shafali Verma 2/4 (5.4 overs)
144 (41.3 overs)
Shafali Verma 58 (88)
Mamta Paswan 5/53 (18 overs)
282/9d (80 overs)
Dhara Gujjar 58 (131)
Mannat Kashyap 4/72 (16 overs)
135 (48.2 overs)
Shafali Verma 49 (66)
Deepti Sharma 6/49 (20 overs)
East Zone won by 135 runs
Pune Club Ground, Pune
Umpires: Nikhil Patil and Rohan Shrivastava
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

3–5 April 2024
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289 (94.5 overs)
Arundhati Reddy 85 (166)
Radha Yadav 4/72 (21.5 overs)
230 (70.5 overs)
Yastika Bhatia 67 (127)
Minnu Mani 6/73 (23.5 overs)
262/5 (101 overs)
Tamanna Nigam 99 (200)
Shradda Pokharkar 2/23 (12 overs)
  • South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

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9–11 April 2024
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133 (54.5 overs)
Arundhati Reddy 57 (122)
Deepti Sharma 4/28 (14.5 overs)
129 (43.4 overs)
Richa Ghosh 25 (43)
Minnu Mani 5/47 (15.4 overs)
179 (70.5 overs)
Miriyala Durga 64 (130)
Deepti Sharma 6/61 (25.5 overs)
184/9 (61.3 overs)
Deepti Sharma 46 (92)
Sahana Pawar 3/44 (17 overs)
  • South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Punam Raut Central Zone 1 2 258 129.00 174 1 1
Dhara Gujjar East Zone 3 5 236 47.20 140 1 1
Tamanna Nigam South Zone 2 4 190 47.50 99 0 2
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

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Player Team Overs Wickets Average 5w BBI
Deepti Sharma East Zone 94.1 27 7.29 3 6/49
Minnu Mani South Zone 61 14 13.21 2 6/73
Radha Yadav West Zone 90.5 9 28.77 0 4/72
Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

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  1. ^ "BCCI Set To Revive Women's Multi-Day Red-Ball Games". Female Cricket. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "BCCI to conduct women's red-ball tournament in Pune from March 28". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "BCCI announces multi-day tournament for women cricketers from March 28". WION. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's red-ball domestic cricket tournament to return to India after six years". Firstpost. March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's red-ball cricket to return to India's domestic calendar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Red ball cricket for women returns to India's domestic calendar after six years". ANI News. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Annapurna Das and Titas Sadhu guides East Zone to Victory in Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy". Female Cricket. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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