2017–18 Deodhar Trophy

2017–18 Deodhar Trophy

Dates	4 March 2018 – 8 March 2018
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	List A cricket
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium
Champions	India B (1st title)
Participants	3
Matches	4
Most runs	Ravikumar Samarth (309)
Most wickets	Shreyas Gopal (7)

The 2017–18 Deodhar Trophy was the 45th edition of the Deodhar Trophy, a List A cricket competition in India. It was contested between Karnataka, the winner of the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy and two other teams selected by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It was played from 4 to 8 March 2018.[1] India B defeated Karnataka in the final by 6 wickets to win the trophy.[2]

Squads

India A[3][4]	India B[3][4]	Karnataka[5]
Ankit Bawne (c) Ricky Bhui Unmukt Chand Shubman Gill Amandeep Khare Kulwant Khejroliya Ishan Kishan (wk) Krunal Pandya Rohit Rayudu Navdeep Saini Mohammed Shami Prithvi Shaw Basil Thampi Suryakumar Yadav Shahbaz Nadeem Ravichandran Ashwin	Shreyas Iyer (c) Khaleel Ahmed KS Bharat (wk) Abhimanyu Easwaran Ruturaj Gaikwad Dharmendrasinh Jadeja Siddarth Kaul Siddhesh Lad Rajat Patidar Harshal Patel Manoj Tiwary Hanuma Vihari Jayant Yadav Umesh Yadav Akshdeep Nath	Karun Nair (c) Mayank Agarwal Stuart Binny Pavan Deshpande C. M. Gautam (wk) Shreyas Gopal Krishnappa Gowtham Abhimanyu Mithun Ronit More T Pradeep Prasidh Krishna Abhishek Reddy Ravikumar Samarth BR Sharath (wk) Jagadeesha Suchith

Ravichandran Ashwin was ruled out ahead of the series due to injury. He was replaced by Shahbaz Nadeem. Ankit Bawne was appointed as captain of the India A squad. Bawne was originally in the India B squad; Akshdeep Nath was moved to the India B squad from the India A squad to facilitate the change.[4]

Group stage

Points table

Team[6]	Pld	W	L	Tie	N/R	Pts	NRR
Karnataka	2	2	0	0	0	8	+0.710
India B	2	1	1	0	0	4	+1.049
India A	2	0	2	0	0	0	–1.927

Matches

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

4 March 2018 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

India A 178 (41.2 overs)	v	India B 175/2 (26.2 overs)
Ricky Bhui 78 (107) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/36 (9 overs)		Hanuma Vihari 95* (76) Krunal Pandya 1/21 (6 overs)

India B won by 8 wickets (VJD method) Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Anil Chaudhary

• India B won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain interrupted the match after 14 overs of India A's innings, reducing the match to 43 overs a side.
• India B were set a revised target of 175 runs from 43 overs.

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5 March 2018 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karnataka 296/8 (50 overs)	v	India B 290/9 (50 overs)
Ravikumar Samarth 117 (115) Siddarth Kaul 3/49 (9 overs)		Manoj Tiwary 120 (110) Shreyas Gopal 3/29 (6 overs)

Karnataka won by 6 runs Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Yeshwant Barde

• Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.

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6 March 2018 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karnataka 339/4 (50 overs)	v	India A 274 (39.5 Overs)
Pavan Deshpande 95 (87) Mohammed Shami 2/96 (10 overs)		Unmukt Chand 81 (70) Krishnappa Gowtham 4/52 (10 overs)

Karnataka won by 65 runs Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Yeshwant Barde

• Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Final 8 March 2018 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karnataka 279/8 (50 overs)	v	India B 281/4 (48.2 overs)
Ravikumar Samarth 107 (120) Khaleel Ahmed 3/49 (10 overs)		Abhimanyu Easwaran 69 (82) Shreyas Gopal 2/55 (10 overs)

India B won by 6 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Anil Chaudhary Player of the match: Ravikumar Samarth (Karnataka)

• Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "BCCI reschedules limited over tournaments and Irani Cup". The Hindu. 21 December 2017.
2. "All-round India B take Deodhar title". Wisden India. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
3. "Ashwin, Iyer to lead Deodhar Trophy squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
4. "'Niggling issue' rules Ashwin out of Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
5. "Karnataka Squad / Players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
6. "Deodhar Trophy, 2017-18 Points table". bcci. bcci.tv. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo