1977–78 Duleep Trophy

1977–78 Duleep Trophy

Dates	23 September 1977 – 12 October 1977
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	West Zone (9th title)
Participants	5
Matches	4
Most runs	Dilip Vengsarkar (WZ) (345)[1]
Most wickets	Hyder Ali (CZ) (12)[2]

The 1977–78 Duleep Trophy was the 17th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.

West Zone won the final against North Zone on first innings lead.

Results

Quarterfinal

Semifinals

Final

West Zone

FIL

Central Zone

Central Zone

W

East Zone

West Zone

FIL

North Zone

South Zone

North Zone

FIL

Final

9–12 October 1977 Scorecard

West Zone	v	North Zone
482/8 dec (187.5 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 137 Chetan Chauhan 3/67		324 (142.4 overs) Chetan Chauhan 128 Dhiraj Parsana 5/80
121/6 dec (38 overs) Yajurvindra Singh 52* Rajinder Goel 2/23		77/0 (28 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 44*

Match drawn; West Zone won on first innings lead Wankhede Stadium, Bombay

• North Zone won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1977/78 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
2. "Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1977/78 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

External links

• Series home at CricketArchive