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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1968–69 Duleep Trophy
| image =
| imagesize =
| fromdate = 17 January 1969
| todate = 3 March 1969
| caption =
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]]
| count = 5
| participants = 5
| matches = 4
| attendance =
| most runs = [[Ajit Wadekar]] (WZ) (212)<ref>{{cite web|title=Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1968/69 (Ordered by Runs) |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Duleep_Trophy_1968-69/Batting_by_Runs.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Ajit Pai]] (WZ) (10)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1968/69 (Ordered by Wickets) |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Duleep_Trophy_1968-69/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1967–68
| previous_tournament = 1967–68 Duleep Trophy
| next_year = 1969–70
| next_tournament = 1969–70 Duleep Trophy
}}

The '''1968–69 Duleep Trophy''' was the eighth season of the [[Duleep Trophy]], a [[first-class cricket|first-class]] cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]], [[East Zone cricket team|East Zone]], [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]], [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]] and [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]].

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

==Results==
{{5TeamBracket
| RD1=Quarterfinal
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=Final

| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1='''[[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]'''
| RD1-score1=FIL
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=[[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]]
| RD1-score2=

| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1='''[[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]]'''
| RD2-score1=FIL
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2=[[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]
| RD2-score2=

| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3=[[East Zone cricket team|East Zone]]
| RD2-score3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4='''[[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]]'''
| RD2-score4=W

| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1='''[[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]]'''
| RD3-score1=FIL
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2=[[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]]
| RD3-score2=
}}

===Final===
{{Test match | date = 28 February–3 March 1969
| team1 = [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]] | team2 = [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 333 (151.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Chetan Chauhan]] 103
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[E. A. S. Prasanna]] 4/85
| score-team2-inns1 = 251 (113 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Abbas Ali Baig]] 49
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ajit Pai (cricketer)|Ajit Pai]] 6/93
| score-team1-inns2 = 388/7 dec (104.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 144
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Venkataraman Subramanya]] 2/35
| score-team2-inns2 = 143/4 (33 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Gundappa Viswanath]] 76*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Chetan Chauhan]] 3/39
| venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29936.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn; West Zone won on first innings lead
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Duleep_Trophy_1968-69.html Series home at CricketArchive]

{{Duleep Trophy}}

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[[Category:Duleep Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1968–69|Duleep Trophy]]
[[Category:1969 in Indian cricket|Duleep Trophy]]

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1968 69 Duleep Trophy - Revision history

AnnieSneed66 at 22:27, 28 January 2024