The Wills Trophy, formally named the Wills One-Day Trophy and named after sponsor Wills of ITC Limited), was an Indian List A cricket tournament organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Established in the 1977–78 season, it was played to find the best limited overs side of the domestic season as only the Ranji Trophy had inter-zonal finals. The annual tournament was played between seven sides, the five zonal winners and two composite teams, Wills XI (named after the title sponsor) and Indian Board President XI. Till the 1992–93 season, the team finishing first in each Zone of the Ranji Trophy qualified to play this tournament. Since the 1993–94 season, the team finishing first in each Zone of the Ranji One-Day Trophy qualified to play this tournament.
Tournament history Year Final host Winner Runner-up Most runs Most wickets Ref 1977–78Chennai Wills XI Indian Board President XI Dilip Vengsarkar (Wil-XI) Karsan Ghavri (IBP-XI) Ashok Mankad (Wil-XI) S. Venkataraghavan (Wil-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1978–79MumbaiMumbai & Delhi (shared)Surinder Amarnath (Del) Sunil Valson (Del) Sandeep Patil (Bom) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1979–80not played 1980–81DelhiWills XI Indian Board President XI Anshuman Gaekwad (Wil-XI) Yograj Singh (IBP-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1981–82KanpurMumbaiSunil Gavaskar (Bom)Ravi Shastri (Bom) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1982–83Kolkata DelhiKirti Azad (Del)Manoj Prabhakar (Del) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1983–84BengaluruIndian Board President XIKarnataka M. R. Srinivasaprasad (Kar)Roger Binny (Kar) Sharad Rao (Kar) Ranjit Khanwilkar (Kar) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1984–85MumbaiWills XI Indian Board President XI Padam Shastri (IBP-XI) Anshuman Gaekwad (Wil-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1985–86DelhiMumbai DelhiAlan Sippy (Bom)Maninder Singh (Del) Madan Lal (Del) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1986–87NagpurDelhi Maharashtra Shrikant Kalyani (Mah)Sunil Gudge (Mah) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1987–88KolkataIndian Board President XIKarnataka W. V. Raman (IBP-XI)Ajay Sharma (IBP-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1988–89ChennaiDelhi Railways Raman Lamba (Del)Manoj Prabhakar (Del) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1989–90MumbaiWills XI Delhi Navjot Sidhu (Wil-XI) Ravi Shastri (Wil-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1990–91DelhiMumbai Wills XIRavi Shastri (Bom)Raju Kulkarni (Bom) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1991–92KanpurIndian Board President XISachin Tendulkar (IBP-XI)Ravi Shastri (IBP-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1992–93GuwahatiDelhi & Indian Board President XI (shared)Ravi Sehgal (Del) B Iqbal Khan (Mum) K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (IBP-XI) Kirti Azad (Del) Kartar Nath (Del) Atul Wassan (Del) Ravi Sehgal (Del) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1993–94not played 1994–95ChennaiMumbai HaryanaSachin Tendulkar (Bom)Obaid Kamal (Wil-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1995–96MumbaiWills XI Bengal Sachin Tendulkar (Wil-XI) Arindam Sarkar (Ben) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1996–97MohaliMumbai HaryanaSanjay Manjrekar (Mum)Sairaj Bahutule (Mum) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1997–98Lucknow Indian Board President XIVikram Rathour (IBP-XI)Sairaj Bahutule (Mum) Sandeep Sharma (IBP-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1998–99KolkataMadhya Pradesh Bengal Amay Khurasiya (MP) Laxmi Ratan Shukla (Ben) Harvinder Sodhi (MP) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020. 1999–2000VisakhapatnamIndian Board President XIKarnataka Sanjay Bangar (IBP-XI)Murali Kartik (IBP-XI) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 Apr 2020.
Teams summary
AppearancesStatisticsTeamTotalChampionsRunners-upWonLostTieNRWin%*Mumbai148-322461179.03Indian Board President XI21554124142162.50Wills XI21524023160058.97Delhi1343271692062.96Madhya Pradesh5109531061.11Karnataka8-316771150.00Bengal15-2248150134.87Haryana6-210460040.00Railways2-15320060.00Maharashtra4-17340042.86Tamil Nadu7--9171016.67Hyderabad5--6140120.00Uttar Pradesh12--13112007.69Bihar3--303000.00Odisha2--202000.00Rajasthan2--202000.00Baroda2--202000.00Punjab2--202000.00Gujarat1--101000.00Andhra1--101000.00Assam1--101000.00Bangladesh Cricket Board XI1--101000.00
See also Cricket in India NKP Salve Challenger Trophy Deodhar Trophy Vijay Hazare Trophy
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