Duleep Trophy winners list: East Zone near first title in 14 years

By Sohail Khan 9 September 2026, 11:54 am

The 63rd edition of the Duleep Trophy is coming to a close as East Zone face South Zone in the final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Led by Jharkhand star Ishan Kishan and teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, East Zone made their first final in 14 years after beating North East Zone in the first round. They subsequently thumped last season’s winners Central Zone, in the semi-final at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru last week before meeting South Zone in the final.

East Zone were off to a strong start in the final against last year’s runners-up South Zone, after opting to bat first in Chennai. It is incidentally the same venue where they lifted the title in their previous final appearance against Central Zone, a drawn game they won on first-innings lead.

Riding on the back of captain Kishan’s career-best 270, East Zone put on a mammoth 708-run total in the first innings. The side all but ensured a title victory on the penultimate day of the final after knocking out South Zone for 336 to earn a massive 372-run first-innings lead.

Full list of Duleep Trophy winners

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Result
1961–62	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone won by 10 wickets
1962–63	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone won by an Innings and 20 runs
1963–64	West Zone & South Zone (shared)	Draw	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
1964–65	West Zone	Central Zone	West Zone won by an innings and 89 runs
1965–66	South Zone	Central Zone	South Zone won by an innings and 20 runs
1966–67	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South Zone won by first innings lead
1967–68	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South Zone won by first innings lead
1968–69	West Zone	South Zone	Draw, West Zone won by first innings lead
1969–70	West Zone	North Zone	West Zone won by an innings and 81 runs
1970–71	South Zone	East Zone	South Zone won by 10 wickets
1971–72	Central Zone	West Zone	Central Zone by 2 wickets
1972–73	West Zone	Central Zone	West Zone won by an innings and 172 runs
1973–74	North Zone	Central Zone	North Zone won by 76 runs
1974–75	South Zone	West Zone	South Zone won by 9 wickets
1975–76	South Zone	North Zone	South Zone won by 37 runs
1976–77	West Zone	North Zone	West Zone won by 9 wickets
1977–78	West Zone	North Zone	Draw, West Zone won by first innings lead
1978–79	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North Zone won by first innings lead
1979–80	North Zone	West Zone	North Zone won by 104 runs
1980–81	West Zone	East Zone	Draw, West Zone won by first innings lead
1981–82	West Zone	East Zone	Draw, West Zone won by first innings lead
1982–83	North Zone	South Zone	North Zone won by 8 wickets
1983–84	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North Zone won by first innings lead
1984–85	South Zone	North Zone	South Zone won by 73 runs
1985–86	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone by 9 wickets
1986–87	South Zone	West Zone	Draw, South Zone won by first innings lead
1987–88	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North Zone won by first innings lead
1988–89	North Zone & West Zone (shared)	Draw
1989–90	South Zone	Central Zone	South Zone won by 322 runs
1990–91	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North Zone won by first innings lead
1991–92	North Zone	West Zone	North Zone won by 236 runs
1992–93	North Zone	Central Zone	Draw, North Zone won by first innings lead
1993–94	North Zone	West Zone	Round Robin
1994–95	North Zone	South Zone	Round Robin
1995–96	South Zone	Central Zone	Round Robin
1996–97	Central Zone	South Zone	Central Zone won by 161 runs
1997–98	Central Zone & West Zone (shared)	Draw
1998–99	Central Zone	West Zone	Central Zone won by 122 runs
1999–2000	North Zone	West Zone	Draw, North Zone won by first innings lead
2000–01	North Zone	Central Zone	Round Robin
2001–02	West Zone	North Zone	Round Robin
2002–03	Elite C	Plate Group B	Round Robin
2003–04	North Zone	East Zone	North Zone won by 59 runs
2004–05	Central Zone	North Zone	Central Zone won by nine wickets
2005–06	West Zone	East Zone	West Zone won by five wickets
2006–07	North Zone	Sri Lanka A	North Zone won by eight wickets
2007–08	North Zone	West Zone	North Zone won by six wickets
2008–09	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone won by 274 runs
2009–10	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone won by three wickets
2010–11	South Zone	North Zone	South Zone won by seven wickets
2011–12	East Zone	Central Zone	East Zone won by an innings and 20 runs
2012–13	East Zone	Central Zone	Draw, East Zone won by first innings lead
2013–14	North Zone & South Zone (shared)	Draw
2014–15	Central Zone	South Zone	Central Zone won by 9 runs
2016–17	India Blue	India Red	India Blue won by 355 runs
2017–18	India Red	India Blue	India Red won by 163 runs
2018–19	India Blue	India Red	India Blue won by an innings and 187 runs
2019–20	India Red	India Green	India Red won by an innings and 38 runs
2022–23	West Zone	South Zone	West Zone won by 294 runs
2023	South Zone	West Zone	South Zone won by 75 runs
2024–25	No final		India A won by overall points
2025–26	Central Zone	South Zone	Central Zone won by 6 wickets
2026–27	TBD [East Zone]	TBD