The 2023 Deodhar Trophy was the 48th edition of the Deodhar Trophy, a domestic List A cricket competition that was played in India.[1] It took place from 24 July to 3 August 2023.[2] The tournament was played across six zones, forming part of the 2023 Indian domestic cricket season, announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in April 2023.[3] Deodhar Trophy was last held in 2019,[4] and this was also the first time it was played in zonal format since 2014.[5][6]

2023 Deodhar Trophy
Dates24 July – 3 August 2023
Administrator(s)Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket formatList A
Host(s)India
ChampionsSouth Zone (9th title)
Participants6
Matches16
Player of the seriesRiyan Parag (East Zone)
Most runsRiyan Parag (354) (East Zone)
Most wicketsVidwath Kaverappa (13) (South Zone)

In the final, South Zone defeated East Zone by 45 runs to win their ninth title.[7]

Teams

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The following teams took part in the tournament:[8]

Squads

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Source:[9]

Central Zone East Zone North Zone North East Zone South Zone West Zone

Group stage

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Points table

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Team Pld W L Tie N/R Pts NRR
South Zone 5 5 0 0 0 20 1.820
East Zone 5 4 1 0 0 16 1.385
West Zone 5 3 2 0 0 12 -0.161
North Zone 5 2 3 0 0 8 -0.179
Central Zone 5 1 4 0 0 4 0.018
North East Zone 5 0 5 0 0 0 -3.302

Matches

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24 July 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Zone
303/8 (50 overs)
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North Zone
60 (23 overs)
Narayan Jagadeesan 72 (66)
Rishi Dhawan 2/30 (4 overs)
Mandeep Singh 18* (45)
Vidwath Kaverappa 5/17 (6 overs)
South Zone won by 185 runs (VJD method)
Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Tapan Sharma
  • South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
  • North Zone were set a revised target of 246 runs from 28 overs.

24 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Central Zone
207 (50 overs)
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East Zone
208/4 (46.1 overs)
Rinku Singh 54 (63)
Manisankar Murasingh 3/29 (10 overs)
Utkarsh Singh 89 (104)
Karn Sharma 3/35 (9.1 overs)
East Zone won by 6 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry
Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Navdeep Singh
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to field.

24 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
North East Zone
207 (47 overs)
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West Zone
208/1 (25.1 overs)
Imliwati Lemtur 38 (38)
Arzan Nagwaswalla 3/31 (7 overs)
Priyank Panchal 99* (69)
Lee Yong Lepcha 1/29 (4 overs)
West Zone won by 9 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry
Umpires: Mohamed Rafi and Virender Sharma
  • West Zone won the toss and elected to field.
  • Anup Ahlawat and Jehu Anderson (North East Zone) both made their List-A debut.

26 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
North Zone
307/8 (50 overs)
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Central Zone
259 (47.4 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 121 (107)
Venkatesh Iyer 2/50 (7 overs)
Yash Dubey 78 (92)
Nitish Rana 4/48 (10 overs)
North Zone won by 48 runs
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Madanagopal Kuppuraj
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.

26 July 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
North East Zone
169 (48 overs)
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East Zone
170/2 (31.3 overs)
Rex Rajkumar 65* (74)
Riyan Parag 4/30 (10 overs)
Abhimanyu Easwaran 100* (102)
Lee Yong Lepcha 2/34 (5 overs)
East Zone won by 8 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry
Umpires: Mohamed Rafi and Virender Sharma
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to field.

26 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
South Zone
206 (46.4 overs)
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West Zone
194 (36.2 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 98 (115)
Parth Bhut 3/25 (10 overs)
Sarfaraz Khan 42 (42)
R. Sai Kishore 3/44 (9.2 overs)
South Zone won by 12 runs
Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Umpires: Tapan Sharma and Navdeep Singh
  • West Zone won the toss and elected to field.

28 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
East Zone
337/8 (50 overs)
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North Zone
249 (45.3 overs)
Riyan Parag 131 (102)
Mayank Yadav 4/63 (10 overs)
Mandeep Singh 50 (52)
Riyan Parag 4/57 (10 overs)
East Zone won by 88 runs
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry
Umpires: Mohamed Rafi and Tapan Sharma
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

28 July 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Central Zone
243/7 (50 overs)
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West Zone
244/9 (49.4 overs)
Yash Dubey 49 (81)
Shams Mulani 2/42 (10 overs)
Harvik Desai 57 (86)
Shivam Chaudhary 4/18 (10 overs)
West Zone won by 1 wicket
Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Navdeep Singh
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

28 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
North East Zone
136 (49.2 overs)
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South Zone
137/1 (19.3 overs)
Priyojit Singh Kangabam 40 (104)
R. Sai Kishore 3/22 (10 overs)
Rohan Kunnummal 87* (58)
Imliwati Lemtur 1/22 (3.3 overs)
South Zone won by 9 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Virender Sharma
  • North East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

30 July 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
North Zone
259/6 (50 overs)
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West Zone
260/4 (48.5 overs)
Shubham Rohilla 56* (52)
Shams Mulani 3/29 (10 overs)
Shivam Dube 83* (78)
Rishi Dhawan 1/30 (8 overs)
West Zone won by 6 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Tapan Sharma
  • North Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

30 July 2023
09:00
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East Zone
229 (46 overs)
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South Zone
230/5 (44.2 overs)
Virat Singh 49 (67)
Vasuki Koushik 3/37 (8 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 84 (88)
Avinov Choudhury 2/58 (10 overs)
South Zone won by 5 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Virender Sharma
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

30 July 2023
09:00
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North East Zone
164 (49 overs)
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Central Zone
165/2 (33 overs)
Kamsha Yangfo 35 (91)
Aditya Sarwate 3/19 (10 overs)
Shivam Chaudhary 85* (90)
Imliwati Lemtur 1/39 (8 overs)
Central Zone won by 8 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry
Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Navdeep Singh
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.

1 August 2023
09:00
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North East Zone
101 (32.1 overs)
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North Zone
102/1 (12.5 overs)
Langlonyamba Keishangbam 36 (69)
Mayank Markande 4/14 (9.1 overs)
North Zone won by 9 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Mohamed Rafi
  • North East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

1 August 2023
09:00
Scorecard
East Zone
319/7 (50 overs)
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West Zone
162 (34 overs)
Riyan Parag 102* (68)
Shams Mulani 3/45 (10 overs)
Harvik Desai 92 (92)
Manisankar Murasingh 5/28 (7 overs)
East Zone won by 157 runs
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry
Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Tapan Sharma
  • East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

1 August 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Central Zone
261/9 (50 overs)
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South Zone
262/3 (48.2 overs)
Yash Dubey 77 (99)
Mohit Redkar 3/51 (9 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 132* (136)
Venkatesh Iyer 1/22 (4 overs)
South Zone won by 7 wickets
Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Virender Sharma
  • Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

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3 August 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Zone
328/8 (50 overs)
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East Zone
283 (46.1 overs)
Rohan Kunnummal 107 (75)
Utkarsh Singh 2/50 (10 overs)
Riyan Parag 95 (65)
Washington Sundar 3/60 (10 overs)
South Zone won by 45 runs
Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Tapan Sharma
Player of the match: Rohan Kunnummal (South Zone)
  • South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  4. ^ "Deodhar Trophy returns after a gap of 3 years; Ranji Trophy to begin from January 5". Circle of Cricket. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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