1971–72 Duleep Trophy

The 1971–72 Duleep Trophy was the 11th 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.

1971–72 Duleep Trophy

Dates	11 February 1972 – 14 March 1972
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Central Zone (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches	4
Most runs	Salim Durani (CZ) (237)[1]
Most wickets	Salim Durani (CZ) (22)[2]
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Central Zone won the title, defeating West Zone in the final.

Results

Quarterfinal

Semifinals

Final

South Zone

Central Zone

W

Central Zone

W

North Zone

Central Zone

W

West Zone

East Zone

West Zone

FIL

Final

11–14 March 1972 Scorecard

West Zone	v	Central Zone
279 (101.5 overs) Hemant Kanitkar 57 Salim Durani 6/44		200 (83.3 overs) Ashok Jagdale 59 Eknath Solkar 6/59
195 (63.5 overs) Hemant Kanitkar 47 Parthasarathy Sharma 4/38		277/8 (111.2 overs) Salim Durani 83* Eknath Solkar 3/63

Central Zone won by 2 wickets Central College Ground, Bangalore

• West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.