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The '''Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament''' is an Indian [[cricket]] competition that has been held in [[Hyderabad]] (and sometimes nearby [[Secunderabad]]) since 1930-31. From 1930-31 to 1937-38, and from 1962-63 to 1973-74, it had [[first-class cricket|first-class]] status.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1220029/extraordinary-leagues-of-gentlemen |title=Extraordinary leagues of gentlemen |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=2 June 2020}}</ref>

==1930-31 to 1937-38==
In 1930 the Nawab of Moin-ud-Dowlah donated a trophy to be played for each year by a team representing Hyderabad and various invitational teams. Many of the best Indian players played in the tournaments, and in the 1930s several overseas players also played. In the final in 1930-31 [[Jack Hobbs]] and [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] played for the Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI in their victory over the Nawab of Moin-ud-Dowlah's XI, although the key player in the victory was [[C. K. Nayudu]], who made a century and took seven wickets.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13759.html Nawab of Moin-ud-Dowlah's XI v Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI 1930-31]</ref>

In the 1931-32 final [[Freelooters cricket team|Freelooters]] overwhelmed [[Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University Past and Present]] by 432 runs; for the victors [[Vijay Merchant]] and [[Sorabji Colah]] each scored a century and [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] took nine wickets.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14110.html Freelooters v Aligarh Muslim University Past and Present 1931-32]</ref> In 1932-33 Freelooters again won the final easily, beating Karachi by an innings and 166 runs, with another century to Colah, one to [[Dilawar Hussain]], and seven more wickets to Amar Singh.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14504.html Freelooters v Karachi 1932-33]</ref> The next tournament was in 1934-35, and despite being reinforced by the presence of [[Learie Constantine]], Freelooters lost this time to [[Retrievers cricket team|Retrievers]], by three wickets,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15242.html Freelooters v Retrievers 1934-35]</ref> in a match watched by 15,000 spectators.<ref>Mihir Bose, ''A History of Indian Cricket'', Andre Deutsch, London, 1990, p. 93.</ref> The last tournament in the 1930s was in 1937-38, when Hyderabad State beat Hyderabad Cricket Association XI by 159 runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16429.html Hyderabad Cricket Association XI v Hyderabad State 1937-38]</ref>

The advent of the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1934-35, which for the first time brought together teams from all over India in first-class competition, took away some of the interest in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup. It lost its first-class status after 1938 and became a minor local competition.

==1962-63 to 1973-74==
With the aim of strengthening domestic first-class cricket, the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] instituted the [[Irani Trophy]] in 1959-60, the [[Duleep Trophy]] in 1961-62, and revived the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup in 1962-63. Held in October at [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], Hyderabad, for 12 years it served as a first-class season-opener for most of the leading Indian players. Many of the participating teams were sponsored: [[VST Industries|Vazir Sultan Tobacco]], U-Foam (a polyurethane manufacturer)<ref>[http://www.ufoam.com/ U-Foam website]</ref> (both companies based in Hyderabad), [[State Bank of India]] and [[ACC Limited|Associated Cement Company]] were some of the companies that fielded teams. The [[Indian Starlets]] team of young players also competed, and Hyderabad Cricket Association XI resumed the spot it had held in the competition in the 1930s.

At first [[Associated Cement Company cricket team|Associated Cement Company]], led by [[Madhav Mantri]]<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25817.html Associated Cement Company v M.A. Chidambaram's XI 1962-63]</ref> and [[Bapu Nadkarni]], were the strongest team, but in the late 1960s [[State Bank of India cricket team|State Bank of India]] came to dominate, winning seven of the last eight first-class competitions. They played 19 matches, winning 7, losing 2 and drawing 10. They were undefeated in their last 15 matches. The Test players [[Ajit Wadekar]], [[Bishan Bedi]], [[Vaman Kumar|V.V. Kumar]], [[Hanumant Singh]], [[Baloo Gupte]], [[Budhi Kunderan]], [[Venkataraman Subramanya]], [[Ambar Roy]] and [[Syed Abid Ali]] were among the team's regular members.<ref>For example, [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29766.html Bandodkar's XI v State Bank of India 1968-69].</ref>

==First-class winners==
In the years when the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament had first-class status, the winners and runners-up were as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align="center"
! Season
! Winners
! Runners-up
! Margin
|- align="center"
|1930-31||Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI||Nawab of Moin-ud-Dowlah's XI||9 wickets
|- align="center"
|1931-32||[[Freelooters cricket team|Freelooters]]||[[Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University Past and Present]]||432 runs
|- align="center"
|1932-33||Freelooters||Karachi||Innings and 166 runs
|- align="center"
|1934-35||[[Retrievers cricket team|Retrievers]]||Freelooters||3 wickets
|- align="center"
|1937-38||Hyderabad State||Hyderabad Cricket Association XI||159 runs
|- align="center"
|1962-63||[[Associated Cement Company cricket team|Associated Cement Company]]||M.A. Chidambaram's XI||First innings lead
|- align="center"
|1963-64||Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI||Associated Cement Company||5 wickets
|- align="center"
|1964-65||Associated Cement Company||[[Indian Starlets]]||First innings lead
|- align="center"
|1965-66||Hyderabad Cricket Association XI||[[State Bank of India cricket team|State Bank of India]] ||100 runs
|- align="center"
|1966-67||State Bank of India||Indian Starlets||16 runs
|- align="center"
|1967-68||State Bank of India||Dungarpur XI||7 wickets
|- align="center"
|1968-69||State Bank of India||Bandodkar's XI||9 wickets
|- align="center"
|1969-70||[[R. K. Mody's XI]]||Hyderabad Cricket Association XI||5 wickets
|- align="center"
|1970-71||State Bank of India||Hyderabad Cricket Association XI||First innings lead
|- align="center"
|1971-72||State Bank of India||Associated Cement Company||First innings lead
|- align="center"
|1972-73||State Bank of India||[[U-Foam cricket team|U-Foam]]||8 wickets
|- align="center"
|1973-74||State Bank of India||U-Foam||First innings lead
|- align="center"
|}

==Current status==
The non-first-class competition was of three-day matches until 1989-90. After a hiatus it resumed in 1993-94 as a one-day 50-over competition. It is now held each year in August and September at various grounds in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, with the final at [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]] in Hyderabad. Teams from various regional cricket associations around India compete. The Hyderabad Cricket Association XI won in 2017-18.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament 2017/18|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/Moin-ud-Dowlah_Gold_Cup_Tournament_2017-18.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 September 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com CricketArchive]

==Other source==
* ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]''

[[Category:Indian domestic cricket competitions]]

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