Cricket tournament
| Dates | 23 August – 1 September 2016 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Champions | India Blue (1st title) |
| Participants | 3 |
| Matches | 4 |
| Most runs | Cheteshwar Pujara (453) |
| Most wickets | Kuldeep Yadav (17) |
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The 2016–17 Duleep Trophy was the 55th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India. In June 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the tournament will feature day/night matches and pink ball will be used. The tournament was contested by three teams.
In August 2016 the BCCI confirmed that three teams, India Red, India Blue and India Green would play in a round-robin league stage. Each of these matches will last for four days, with the final scheduled to last five days, starting on 10 September. India Blue won the trophy, beating India Red by 355 runs in the final.
Squads
| India Red | India Blue | India Green |
|---|---|---|
Fixtures
Round-robin
| 23–26 August Scorecard |
| India Red | v | India Green |
| 161 (48.2 overs) Abhinav Mukund 77 (116) Sandeep Sharma 4/62 (15 overs) |
151 (45.4 overs) Saurabh Tiwary 50 (80) Nathu Singh 6/53 (12.4 overs) | |
| 486 (116.5 overs) Abhinav Mukund 169 (221) Shreyas Gopal 5/123 (28.5 overs) |
277 (56.2 overs) Suresh Raina 90 (101) Kuldeep Yadav 6/88 (18 overs) |
| India Red won by 219 runs Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Nand Kishore Player of the match: Abhinav Mukund (India Red) |
- India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
| 29 August – 1 September Scorecard |
| India Blue | v | India Red |
| 285/5 (78.2 overs) Mayank Agarwal 92 (167) Kuldeep Yadav 4/78 (23 overs) |
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| Match drawn Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Virender Sharma |
- India Red won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play in the 35th over on Day 1, with no further play possible.
- Only 30 overs of play was possible on Day 2 and just 16.2 overs on Day 3.
- No play was possible on Day 4.
| 4–7 September Scorecard |
| India Blue | v | India Green |
| 707 (176.3 overs) Cheteshwar Pujara 166 (280) Shreyas Gopal 5/173 (37.3 overs) |
237 (61 overs) Parthiv Patel 55 (80) Abhimanyu Mithun 3/16 (7 overs) | |
| 298 (66.2 overs) Sheldon Jackson 79* (77) Shreyas Gopal 4/53 (10.2 overs) |
179/4 (34 overs) Murali Vijay 73 (96) Karn Sharma 2/68 (10 overs) |
| Match drawn Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Nitin Menon Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (India Blue) |
- India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
| 10–14 September Scorecard |
| India Blue | v | India Red |
| 693/6d (168.2 overs) Cheteshwar Pujara 256* (363) Amit Mishra 2/171 (41 overs) |
356 (98.1 ov) Stuart Binny 98 (159) Ravindra Jadeja 5/95 (34 overs) | |
| 179/5d (45 overs) Mayank Agarwal 52 (83) Kuldeep Yadav 3/62 (19 overs) |
161 (44.1 overs) Gurkeerat Singh 39 (37) Ravindra Jadeja 5/76 (18.1 overs) |
| India Blue won by 355 runs Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Chettithody Shamshuddin Player of the match: Cheteshwar Pujara (India Blue) |
- India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- "Duleep trophy to be D/N affair; Chhattisgarh to debut in Ranji". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- "I am really excited about this pink ball in Duleep Trophy: Ajinkya Rahane". Hindustan Times. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- "No clarity yet on Duleep format". The Hindu. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Raina, Yuvraj to captain Duleep Trophy teams". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- "Jadeja's 10 in match gives India Blue title". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
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