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{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2018–19 Duleep Trophy
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| fromdate = 17 August
| todate = 9 September 2018
| caption = 
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format =[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Playoff format|Finals]] 
| host = 
| champions = India Blue
| count = 2
| participants = 3
| matches = 4
| most runs = [[Dhruv Shorey]] (293)
| most wickets = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] (19)
| website = 
| previous_year = 2017–18
| previous_tournament = 2017–18 Duleep Trophy
| next_year = 2019–20
| next_tournament = 2019–20 Duleep Trophy
}}
{{2018–19 Indian domestic cricket season}}
The '''2018–19 Duleep Trophy''' was the 57th season of the [[Duleep Trophy]], a [[first-class cricket|first-class]] cricket tournament in India, which took place in August and September 2018.<ref name="DT">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24129178/nine-new-teams-ranji-trophy-2018-19 |title=Nine new teams in Ranji Trophy 2018–19 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref> India Red were the defending champions.<ref name="def">{{cite news |title=Brilliant Washington fires India Red to title |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8630/report/1118611/day/4/ |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 September 2017}}</ref> All of the matches took place at the [[NPR College Ground]] in [[Dindigul]].<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/duleep-trophy-2018-schedule-announced |title=Duleep Trophy 2018 Schedule Announced |work=SportsKeeda |date=23 July 2018 |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> The BCCI's technical committee structured the tournament to have four teams from four [[2018–19 Ranji Trophy|Ranji Trophy Groups]], similar to the [[2002–03 Duleep Trophy]], but on the day of team selections, the format of the [[2017–18 Duleep Trophy|previous season]] was retained.<ref>{{cite news |author=Arani Basu |title=Three teams picked for Duleep Trophy after BCCI had decided |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/three-teams-picked-for-duleep-trophy-after-bcci-had-decided-to-have-four/articleshow/65112553.cms |work=Times of India |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite work |author=ESPNcricinfo Staff |title=Duleep Trophy |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/313361.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>

All three round-robin matches finished as draws. The first match, India Red took three points, as a result of a first-innings lead, with India Green getting one point.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24425902/rajneesh-gurbani-seven-ensures-three-points-india-red |title=Gurbani's seven-for ensures three points for India Red |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> The second match, India Red had a first-innings lead over India Blue, therefore gaining three points, and advancing to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1156695.html |title=Lad, Rasool and Nadeem take India Red to Duleep Trophy final |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> In the third and final match, India Blue finished with a first-innings lead against India Green, and advanced to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/india-blue-make-duleep-trophy-final/articleshow/65639194.cms |title=India Blue make Duleep Trophy final |work=Times of India |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>

India Blue won the tournament, beating India Red by an innings and 187 runs in the final.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.india.com/sports/india-blue-trounce-india-red-to-win-duleep-trophy-3293384/|title=India Blue Thrash India Red to Win Duleep Trophy|work=Press Trust of India|date=7 September 2018|access-date=7 September 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8630/report/1153169/day/4/india-red-vs-india-blueduleep-trophy |title=Nikhil Gangta, spinners drive India Blue to Duleep title |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| India Blue<ref name="Squads">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24173214/sanju-samson-picked-india-passing-yo-yo-test |title=Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test |work=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 July 2018 |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| India Red<ref name="Squads"/>
! style="width:15%;"| India Green<ref name="Squads"/>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Faiz Fazal]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Abhishek Raman]]
* [[Anmolpreet Singh]]
* [[Ganesh Satish]]
* [[Nikhil Gangta]]
* [[Dhruv Shorey]]
* [[K. S. Bharat]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Akshay Wakhare]]
* [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]]
* [[Swapnil Singh]]
* [[Basil Thampi]]
* [[Bandaru Ayyappa]]
* [[Jaydev Unadkat]]
* [[Dhawal Kulkarni]]
* [[Ricky Bhui]]
|
* [[Abhinav Mukund]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Sanjay Raghunath]]
* [[Ashutosh Singh (cricketer)|Ashutosh Singh]]
* [[Baba Aparajith]]
* [[Writtick Chatterjee]]
* [[Bavanaka Sandeep]]
* <s>[[Abhishek Gupta (cricketer)|Abhishek Gupta]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])</s>
* [[Shahbaz Nadeem]]
* [[Mihir Hirwani]]
* [[Parvez Rasool]]
* [[Rajneesh Gurbani]]
* [[Abhimanyu Mithun]]
* [[Ishan Porel]]
* [[Prithvi Raj (cricketer)|Prithvi Raj]]
* [[Akshay Wadkar]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Siddhesh Lad]]
|
* [[Parthiv Patel]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]], [[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Prashant Chopra]]
* [[Priyank Panchal]]
* [[Sudip Chatterjee (cricketer)|Sudip Chatterjee]]
* [[Gurkeerat Singh]]
* [[Baba Indrajith]]
* [[Vishnu Solanki]]
* [[Jalaj Saxena]]
* [[Karn Sharma]]
* [[Vikas Mishra]]
* [[Krishnamoorthy Vignesh]]
* [[Ankit Rajpoot]]
* [[Ashoke Dinda]]
* [[Atit Sheth]]
|}
[[Akshay Wadkar]] replaced [[Abhishek Gupta (cricketer)|Abhishek Gupta]] in India Red's squad, as Gupta's doping ban was going to expire after the start of the Duleep Trophy.<ref>{{cite news| last=Somani |first=Saurabh |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24173798/akshay-wadkar-replaces-abhishek-gupta-duleep-trophy-squad |title=Akshay Wadkar replaces Abhishek Gupta in Duleep Trophy squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref> On 22 August, [[Siddhesh Lad]] and [[Ricky Bhui]] were released from their [[Australia A and South Africa A cricket team in India in 2018#Quadrangular Series|Quadrangular Series]] squads and added to the India Red and Blue teams respectively.<ref name="New">{{cite news |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/103732/india-a-team-quadrangular-series-2018-rayudu-jadhav-added-to-quadrangular-series |title=Rayudu, Jadhav added to Quadrangular series |work=Cricbuzz |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=22 August 2018}}</ref>

==Points table==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name="Points">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/8630/duleep-trophy |title=Duleep Trophy Table - 2018 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;" 
|style="text-align:left"|India Red
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 ||  '''6'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|India Blue
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 ||  '''4'''  
|-
|style="text-align:left"|India Green
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 ||  '''2''' 
|- 
|}
* {{color box|border=darkgray|#cfc}}Top two teams advance to the [[2018–19 Duleep Trophy#Final|Final]].

==Fixtures==
===Round-robin===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 August 2018
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = India Red
| team2 = India Green
| score-team1-inns1 = 337 (132.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ashutosh Singh (cricketer)|Ashutosh Singh]] 80 (256)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ankit Rajpoot]] 4/57 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 309 (111.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Baba Indrajith]] 109 (228)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rajneesh Gurbani]] 7/81 (27 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 261/1[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (79 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sanjay Raghunath]] 123[[not out|*]] (245)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ankit Rajpoot]] 1/40 (11 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| venue = [[NPR College Ground]], [[Dindigul]]
| toss = India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary]] and [[Anil Dandekar]]
| motm = [[Rajneesh Gurbani]] (India Red)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153166.html Scorecard]
| notes =  Points: India Red 3, India Green 1.
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 23–26 August 2018
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = India Red
| team2 = India Blue
| score-team1-inns1 = 316 (114.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Siddhesh Lad]] 88 (142)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 3/75 (33.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 293 (95.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Dhruv Shorey]] 97 (188)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 4/107 (36 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 255 (84.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Siddhesh Lad]] 68 (152)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 4/79 (34 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 128/8 (47 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Dhruv Shorey]] 45 (102)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 5/53 (23 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| venue = [[NPR College Ground]], [[Dindigul]]
| toss = India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire)|Abhijit Deshmukh]] and [[C. K. Nandan]]
| motm = [[Siddhesh Lad]] (India Red)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153167.html Scorecard]
| notes = Points: India Red 3, India Blue 1.
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 29 August–1 September 2018
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = India Blue
| team2 = India Green
| score-team1-inns1 = 340 (119.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Dhruv Shorey]] 93 (215)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Krishnamoorthy Vignesh]] 5/50 (25.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 257 (88.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Prashant Chopra]] 80 (194)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 5/98 (27 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 117 (34 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Dhruv Shorey]] 40 (50)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Aditya Sarwate]] 5/32 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 20/2 (6.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sudip Chatterjee (cricketer)|Sudip Chatterjee]] 11[[not out|*]] (13)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 2/11 (3.4 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| venue = [[NPR College Ground]], [[Dindigul]]
| toss = India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Ulhas Gandhe]] and [[Vineet Kulkarni]]
| motm = [[Dhruv Shorey]] (India Blue)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153168.html Scorecard]
| notes = Points: India Blue 3, India Green 1.
}}

===Final===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–8 September 2018
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = India Blue
| team2 = India Red
| score-team1-inns1 = 541 (167.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Nikhil Gangta]] 130 (241)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Parvez Rasool]] 4/150 (53.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 182 (69.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Bavanaka Sandeep]] 57 (112)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Swapnil Singh]] 5/58 (22 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 172 (38.4 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Abhinav Mukund]] 46 (55)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 5/51 (13 overs)

| result = India Blue won by an innings and 187 runs
| venue = [[NPR College Ground]], [[Dindigul]]
| toss = India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Chettithody Shamshuddin]] and [[Nitin Menon]]
| motm = [[Nikhil Gangta]] (India Blue)
| rain = 
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153169.html Scorecard]
| notes = 
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/1153165/season/2018/duleep-trophy Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

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