The 2017–18 Duleep Trophy was the 56th season of the
Duleep Trophy, a
first-class cricket tournament in India.
It took place between 7 and 29 September 2017, with all of the matches being played as
day/night fixtures.
India Blue were the defending champions.
Initially, the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the principal national governing body of the sport of cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at the Cricket Centre in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. BCCI is the wealthiest governing body ...
(BCCI) had cancelled the tournament because of fixture congestion in both India's domestic and international calendar,
but it was restored shortly after the original announcement. India Red qualified for the final, after winning their first game and drawing the second.
The final round-robin match between India Blue and India Green ended in a draw, after three of the four days were washed out with no play possible.
India Blue progressed to the final, as a result of their earlier drawn game against India Red.
India Red won the tournament by beating India Blue by 163 runs in the final.
Squads
Abhinav Mukund was unavailable because of
dengue fever
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.
replaced him on the India Red squad.
Ambati Rayudu was unavailable for the tournament because of knee injury.
Prithvi Shaw replaced him in India Red's squad.
Siddarth Kaul, who was initially named in India Green, was picked by India Red as an injury replacement.
Krishnappa Gowtham was left out of the squad.
Priyank Panchal,
Sudip Chatterjee,
Rishabh Pant and
Karn Sharma were released from India Red's squad for the India A series.
Suryakumar Yadav and
Washington Sundar were added to the India Red squad.
and
Jayant Yadav were unavailable due to injuries.
Akshay Wakhare and
Pankaj Rao were named as replacements.
Ankit Rajpoot was released from the India Blue squad for the India A series and
Pankaj Singh was added to India Blue's squad.
was released from the India Blue squad ahead of finals.
Shreyas Iyer was unavailable due to injury.
Varun Aaron was added to India Green's squad as cover.
who was initially named in India Blue's squad was added to India Green's squad.
,
Ravikumar Samarth,
Ankit Bawne,
Shahbaz Nadeem,
Navdeep Saini and
Mohammed Siraj were released from India Green's squad for the India A series and
Manpreet Juneja,
Shivam Chaudhary,
Amandeep Khare and
Anupam Sanklecha were added to India Green's squad.
Dhawal Kulkarni who was initially named in India Blue's squad, was added to India Green's squad.
Fixtures
Round-robin
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Final
References
External links
Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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