Indian domestic cricket
Indian Domestic Season 2022-23 To Start With Duleep Trophy; Irani Cup Set To Return
The prestigious Duleep Trophy, to be held in its original zonal format, will mark the start of a full-fledged Indian domestic season 2022-23, said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday. The BCCI also said that Irani Cup too makes a return to the domestic calendar where over 1500 matches will be held from the first week of September 2022 till mid-March 2023.
"The Duleep Trophy (8th September-25th September) will be contested between six zones (North, South, Central, West, East and Northeast) on a knockout basis. The two multi-day tournaments will be followed by the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy.