# 2023 Deodhar Trophy

The 2023 Deodhar Trophy was the 48th edition of the Deodhar Trophy, a domestic List A cricket competition that was played in India. It took place from 24 July to 3 August 2023. The tournament was played across six zones, forming part of the 2023 Indian domestic cricket season, announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in April 2023. Deodhar Trophy was last held in 2019, and this was also the first time it was played in zonal format since 2014.
In the final, South Zone defeated East Zone by 45 runs to win their ninth title.

## Teams

The following teams took part in the tournament:
* Central Zone
* East Zone
* North Zone
* North East Zone
* South Zone
* West Zone

## Squads

Source:
| Central Zone | East Zone | North Zone | North East Zone | South Zone | West Zone |
| Venkatesh Iyer (c) Aryan Juyal (wk) Madhav Kaushik Rinku Singh Upendra Yadav Aniket Choudhary Akash Madhwal Saransh Jain Karn Sharma Shivam Mavi Yash Thakur Shivam Chaudhary Yash Dubey Yash Kothari Aditya Sarwate Pratham Singh Mohsin Khan | Saurabh Tiwary (c) Abhishek Porel (wk) Abhimanyu Easwaran Riyan Parag Subhranshu Senapati Virat Singh Akash Deep Manisankar Murasingh Shahbaz Ahmed Utkarsh Singh Avinov Choudhury Rishav Das Sudip Kumar Gharami Kumar Kushagra (wk) Mukhtar Hussain Abhijeet Saket | Nitish Rana (c) Himanshu Rana Prabhsimran Singh (wk) Mandeep Singh Abhishek Sharma Rishi Dhawan Nishant Sindhu Vivrant Sharma Vaibhav Arora Harshit Rana Sandeep Sharma Yudhvir Singh Shubham Khajuria Mayank Markande Shubham Rohilla Mayank Dagar Shubham Arora | Langlonyamba Keishangbam (c) Imliwati Lemtur Abhishek Kumar Anup Ahlawat Jehu Anderson Khrievitso Kense Nilesh Lamichaney Lee Yong Lepcha Nabam Abo Larry Sangma Rex Rajkumar Palzor Tamang Priyojit Singh Kangabam Asish Thapa Kamsha Yangfo Pheiroijam Jotin | Mayank Agarwal (c) Arun Karthik (wk) Devdutt Padikkal Ricky Bhui Narayan Jagadeesan Washington Sundar Vidwath Kaverappa Vasuki Koushik R. Sai Kishore Arjun Tendulkar Vijaykumar Vyshak Sijomon Joseph Rohan Kunnummal Mohit Redkar Rohit Rayudu Sai Sudharsan | Priyank Panchal (c) Ankit Bawne Rahul Tripathi Kathan Patel Harvik Desai (wk) Sarfaraz Khan Het Patel (wk) Shivam Dube Rajvardhan Hangargekar Shams Mulani Atit Sheth Parth Bhut Samarth Vyas Chintan Gaja Arzan Nagwaswalla Prithvi Shaw |
* Mohsin Khan, Pheiroijam Jotin and Prithvi Shaw were withdrawn from the squad ahead of the series and were replaced by Saransh Jain, Priyojit Singh Kangabam and Kathan Patel respectively.
* Mayank Dagar, Shubham Arora and Abhijeet Saket were added as cover for Harshit Rana, Nishant Sindhu and Riyan Parag, who were not available for the opening fixture due to 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.
* Aryan Juyal and Devdutt Padikkal were replaced by Pratham Singh and Sai Sudharsan respectively ahead of the fourth round of matches.

## Group stage
### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | Tie | N/R | Pts | NRR |
| South Zone | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.820 |
| East Zone | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.385 |
| West Zone | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.161 |
| North Zone | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.179 |
| Central Zone | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.018 |
| North East Zone | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.302 |

### Matches

* 24 July 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Zone 303/8 (50 overs) | v | North Zone 60 (23 overs) |
| Narayan Jagadeesan 72 (66) Rishi Dhawan 2/30 (4 overs) | | Mandeep Singh 18* (45) Vidwath Kaverappa 5/17 (6 overs) |
* South Zone won by 185 runs (VJD method) Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Tapan Sharma
* South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* North Zone were set a revised target of 246 runs from 28 overs.
* 24 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| Central Zone 207 (50 overs) | v | East Zone 208/4 (46.1 overs) |
| Rinku Singh 54 (63) Manisankar Murasingh 3/29 (10 overs) | | Utkarsh Singh 89 (104) Karn Sharma 3/35 (9.1 overs) |
* East Zone won by 6 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Navdeep Singh
* East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
* 24 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| North East Zone 207 (47 overs) | v | West Zone 208/1 (25.1 overs) |
| Imliwati Lemtur 38 (38) Arzan Nagwaswalla 3/31 (7 overs) | | Priyank Panchal 99* (69) Lee Yong Lepcha 1/29 (4 overs) |
* West Zone won by 9 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry Umpires: Mohamed Rafi and Virender Sharma
* West Zone won the toss and elected to field.
* Anup Ahlawat and Jehu Anderson (North East Zone) both made their List-A debut.
* 26 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| North Zone 307/8 (50 overs) | v | Central Zone 259 (47.4 overs) |
| Prabhsimran Singh 121 (107) Venkatesh Iyer 2/50 (7 overs) | | Yash Dubey 78 (92) Nitish Rana 4/48 (10 overs) |
* North Zone won by 48 runs Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Madanagopal Kuppuraj
* Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 July 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| North East Zone 169 (48 overs) | v | East Zone 170/2 (31.3 overs) |
| Rex Rajkumar 65* (74) Riyan Parag 4/30 (10 overs) | | Abhimanyu Easwaran 100* (102) Lee Yong Lepcha 2/34 (5 overs) |
* East Zone won by 8 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry Umpires: Mohamed Rafi and Virender Sharma
* East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| South Zone 206 (46.4 overs) | v | West Zone 194 (36.2 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 98 (115) Parth Bhut 3/25 (10 overs) | | Sarfaraz Khan 42 (42) R. Sai Kishore 3/44 (9.2 overs) |
* South Zone won by 12 runs Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Tapan Sharma and Navdeep Singh
* West Zone won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| East Zone 337/8 (50 overs) | v | North Zone 249 (45.3 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 131 (102) Mayank Yadav 4/63 (10 overs) | | Mandeep Singh 50 (52) Riyan Parag 4/57 (10 overs) |
* East Zone won by 88 runs Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry Umpires: Mohamed Rafi and Tapan Sharma
* East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* 28 July 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Central Zone 243/7 (50 overs) | v | West Zone 244/9 (49.4 overs) |
| Yash Dubey 49 (81) Shams Mulani 2/42 (10 overs) | | Harvik Desai 57 (86) Shivam Chaudhary 4/18 (10 overs) |
* West Zone won by 1 wicket Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Navdeep Singh
* Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* 28 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| North East Zone 136 (49.2 overs) | v | South Zone 137/1 (19.3 overs) |
| Priyojit Singh Kangabam 40 (104) R. Sai Kishore 3/22 (10 overs) | | Rohan Kunnummal 87* (58) Imliwati Lemtur 1/22 (3.3 overs) |
* South Zone won by 9 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Virender Sharma
* North East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 July 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| North Zone 259/6 (50 overs) | v | West Zone 260/4 (48.5 overs) |
| Shubham Rohilla 56* (52) Shams Mulani 3/29 (10 overs) | | Shivam Dube 83* (78) Rishi Dhawan 1/30 (8 overs) |
* West Zone won by 6 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Tapan Sharma
* North Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| East Zone 229 (46 overs) | v | South Zone 230/5 (44.2 overs) |
| Virat Singh 49 (67) Vasuki Koushik 3/37 (8 overs) | | Mayank Agarwal 84 (88) Avinov Choudhury 2/58 (10 overs) |
* South Zone won by 5 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Virender Sharma
* East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| North East Zone 164 (49 overs) | v | Central Zone 165/2 (33 overs) |
| Kamsha Yangfo 35 (91) Aditya Sarwate 3/19 (10 overs) | | Shivam Chaudhary 85* (90) Imliwati Lemtur 1/39 (8 overs) |
* Central Zone won by 8 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Navdeep Singh
* Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 August 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| North East Zone 101 (32.1 overs) | v | North Zone 102/1 (12.5 overs) |
| Langlonyamba Keishangbam 36 (69) Mayank Markande 4/14 (9.1 overs) | | Himanshu Rana 52* (33) |
* North Zone won by 9 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Mohamed Rafi
* North East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1 August 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| East Zone 319/7 (50 overs) | v | West Zone 162 (34 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 102* (68) Shams Mulani 3/45 (10 overs) | | Harvik Desai 92 (92) Manisankar Murasingh 5/28 (7 overs) |
* East Zone won by 157 runs Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 3, Puducherry Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Tapan Sharma
* East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1 August 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Central Zone 261/9 (50 overs) | v | South Zone 262/3 (48.2 overs) |
| Yash Dubey 77 (99) Mohit Redkar 3/51 (9 overs) | | Sai Sudharsan 132* (136) Venkatesh Iyer 1/22 (4 overs) |
* South Zone won by 7 wickets Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2, Puducherry Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Virender Sharma
* Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final

* 3 August 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Zone 328/8 (50 overs) | v | East Zone 283 (46.1 overs) |
| Rohan Kunnummal 107 (75) Utkarsh Singh 2/50 (10 overs) | | Riyan Parag 95 (65) Washington Sundar 3/60 (10 overs) |
* South Zone won by 45 runs Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Tapan Sharma Player of the match: Rohan Kunnummal (South Zone)
* South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.