Top 5 best bowling figures in Duleep Trophy history

Only one bowler has taken 10 wickets in an innings in the Duleep Trophy history.

The Duleep Trophy is a domestic First Class (FC) cricket tournament in India. Its inaugural edition was played in 1961. The competition has mostly been played in the zonal format, with teams representing various geographical zones of the country.

However, there have been a few editions where the BCCI selected teams. There have been four editions between 2016–17 and 2019–20 in which the BCCI named three teams – India Blue, Red and Green. In the 2024-25 edition, the BCCI picked four teams, named Team A, B, C and D.

In this article, we will talk about a major bowling statistic in Duleep Trophy history: the best bowling figures in an innings in the competition.

Once each a bowler has taken a 10-wicket innings haul and a nine-wicket innings haul. We will look at them and more below.

Top 5 best bowling figures in Duleep Trophy history:

5. Anshul Kamboj – 8/69

Playing for India C against India B in the Duleep Trophy 2024-25 match in Anantapur, Haryana’s Anshul Kamboj took 8/69 in India B’s first innings, helping his side bowl the opposition out for 332 and take a big first innings lead of 193 runs.

A medium pacer, Kamboj dismissed five of India B’s top six batters before cleaning up the tail. He registered the fifth-best figures in Duleep Trophy history.

4. Arshad Ayub – 8/65

Andhra Pradesh off-spinner Arshad Ayub recorded terrific bowling figures of 8/65 while playing for South Zone against North Zone in Kanpur in the Duleep Trophy 1987 semi-final.

Ayub’s eight-wicket haul bundled North Zone for 334. Despite Ayub’s heroics with the ball, South Zone eventually lost the match by 149.

3. Saurabh Kumar – 8/64

Bowling for Central Zone, Uttar Pradesh’s left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar took eight wickets for 64 runs in the quarter-final of the 2023 Duleep Trophy against East Zone in Alur.

While defending a target of 300 runs in the fourth innings of the game, Saurabh rolled through the East Zone batting line-up to scalp eight wickets, bowling the opposition out for only 129 runs. Central Zone won the quarter-final by 170 runs and proceeded to the semi-final.

2. Baloo Gupte – 9/55

Former Mumbai leg-spinner holds the record for the second-best bowling figures in Duleep Trophy history. Gupte took 9/55 while playing for West Zone against South Zone at the Eden Gardens in the final of the 1963 edition.

Gupte’s 9-for meant South Zone managed to score only 132 runs in their first innings. West Zone scored 415 in reply before bowling out South Zone for 263. West Zone won the final by an innings and 20 runs, thanks to Gupte’s epic bowling performance.

1. Debasis Mohanty – 10/46

Orissa’s Debasis Mohanty holds the record for best innings bowling figures in Duleep Trophy history, as he took all 10 wickets in an innings while bowling for East Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy 2001.

Mohanty, a right-arm pacer, grabbed all 10 wickets in South Zone’s first innings, bowling them out for only 113 runs. He also took four wickets in South Zone’s second innings. East Zone won the match by four wickets.

(All stats updated till 15th September, 2024)

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