2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy

2023–24 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy

Dates	28 March – 11 April 2024
Administrator(s)	Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	East Zone (1st title)
Runners-up	South Zone
Participants	6
Matches	5
Player of the series	Deepti Sharma (East Zone)
Most runs	Punam Raut (258) (Central Zone)
Most wickets	Deepti Sharma (27) (East Zone)

2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy was the fifth season of the Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy, a women's first-class cricket competition played in India.[1] It took place from 28 March to 11 April 2024.[2] The tournament featured six zonal teams – Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, North East Zone, South Zone and West Zone.[3] The fixtures were hosted by the Maharashtra Cricket Association at Pune.[4] The tournament saw the teams competing in five knockout games including the final, with each match lasting a maximum of three days.[5] It was the first women's domestic red-ball competition in India since 2018.[6] North Zone were the defending champions. East Zone were crowned as the champions after beating South Zone by one wicket in the final.[7]

Format

Unlike the previous four seasons in which the five participating teams played against each other team once in the round-robin and the table topper was crowned the winner, the 2023-24 season was in a single-elimination format. After a drawing of lots, North Zone and South Zone were immediately placed in the semi-finals. East Zone faced North East Zone and West Zone faced Central Zone in the quarter-finals. [5]

In case of a draw, the team with the lead in the first innings would proceed to the next round, as West Zone's first innings lead in the quarter-finals and South Zone's first innings lead in the semi-finals took them to the semi-finals and the final respectively. [8]

Fixtures

Quarter-finals

28–30 March 2024 Scorecard

East Zone	v	North East Zone
385/8d (100 overs) Dhara Gujjar 140 (216) Debasmita Dutta 5/76 (32 overs)		108 (34.3 overs) Prodhan Samayita 40 (72) Deepti Sharma 5/9 (7 overs)
		157 (75.3 overs) (f/o) Ningthoujam Devi 39 (84) Suravi Roy 2/0 (1.3 overs)

East Zone won by an innings and 120 runs Pune Club Ground, Pune Umpires: Ritika Buley and Kaushik Gandhi

• East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

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28–30 March 2024 Scorecard

Central Zone	v	West Zone
245 (87.3 overs) Punam Raut 84 (209) Anuja Patil 5/75 (27.3 overs)		356 (76.2 overs) Anuja Patil 122 (120) Poonam Yadav 7/116 (25 overs)
307/4d (92 overs) Punam Raut 174 (281) Radha Yadav 2/69 (25 overs)

Match drawn DY Patil Academy, Ambi Umpires: Ankita Guha and Anoop Pai

• Central Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

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Semi-finals

3–5 April 2024 Scorecard

East Zone	v	North Zone
132 (71.4 overs) Monika Das 29 (75) Shafali Verma 2/4 (5.4 overs)		144 (41.3 overs) Shafali Verma 58 (88) Mamta Paswan 5/53 (18 overs)
282/9d (80 overs) Dhara Gujjar 58 (131) Mannat Kashyap 4/72 (16 overs)		135 (48.2 overs) Shafali Verma 49 (66) Deepti Sharma 6/49 (20 overs)

East Zone won by 135 runs Pune Club Ground, Pune Umpires: Nikhil Patil and Rohan Shrivastava

• East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

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3–5 April 2024 Scorecard

South Zone	v	West Zone
289 (94.5 overs) Arundhati Reddy 85 (166) Radha Yadav 4/72 (21.5 overs)		230 (70.5 overs) Yastika Bhatia 67 (127) Minnu Mani 6/73 (23.5 overs)
262/5 (101 overs) Tamanna Nigam 99 (200) Shradda Pokharkar 2/23 (12 overs)

Match drawn DY Patil Academy, Ambi Umpires: HD Rawle and Tanmay Srivastava

• South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

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Final

9–11 April 2024 Scorecard

South Zone	v	East Zone
133 (54.5 overs) Arundhati Reddy 57 (122) Deepti Sharma 4/28 (14.5 overs)		129 (43.4 overs) Richa Ghosh 25 (43) Minnu Mani 5/47 (15.4 overs)
179 (70.5 overs) Miriyala Durga 64 (130) Deepti Sharma 6/61 (25.5 overs)		184/9 (61.3 overs) Deepti Sharma 46 (92) Sahana Pawar 3/44 (17 overs)

East Zone won by 1 wickets Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Narayanan Janani and Gayathri Venugopalan

• South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Punam Raut	Central Zone	1	2	258	129.00	174	1	1
Dhara Gujjar	East Zone	3	5	236	47.20	140	1	1
Tamanna Nigam	South Zone	2	4	190	47.50	99	0	2
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Average	5w	BBI
Deepti Sharma	East Zone	94.1	27	7.29	3	6/49
Minnu Mani	South Zone	61	14	13.21	2	6/73
Radha Yadav	West Zone	90.5	9	28.77	0	4/72
Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

1. "BCCI Set To Revive Women's Multi-Day Red-Ball Games". Female Cricket. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
2. "BCCI to conduct women's red-ball tournament in Pune from March 28". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
3. "BCCI announces multi-day tournament for women cricketers from March 28". WION. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
4. "Women's red-ball domestic cricket tournament to return to India after six years". Firstpost. March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
5. "Women's red-ball cricket to return to India's domestic calendar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
6. "Red ball cricket for women returns to India's domestic calendar after six years". ANI News. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
7. "Annapurna Das and Titas Sadhu guides East Zone to Victory in Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy". Female Cricket. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
8. "Senior Womens Inter Zonal Multi Day Trophy". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo