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. It took place from 28 March to 11 April 2024. The tournament featured six zonal teams – Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, North East Zone, South Zone and West Zone. The fixtures were hosted by the Maharashtra Cricket Association at Pune. The tournament saw the teams competing in five knockout games including the final, with each match lasting a maximum of three days. It was the first women's domestic red-ball competition in India since 2018. North Zone were the defending champions. East Zone were crowned as the champions after beating South Zone by one wicket in the final.
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.
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. Fixtures
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Most runs PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverage100s50sPunam RautCentral Zone12258129.0017411Dhara GujjarEast Zone3523647.2014011Tamanna NigamSouth Zone2419047.509902Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets PlayerTeamOversWicketsAverage5wDeepti SharmaEast Zone94.1277.2936/49Minnu ManiSouth Zone611413.2126/73Radha YadavWest Zone90.5928.7704/72Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo