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The '''All-India Inter-University Cricket Championship''' held for the '''Rohinton Baria Gold Trophy''' (or simply, '''Rohinton Baria Trophy''') is [[India|India's]] premier inter-university [[cricket]] tournament. It has been contested annually since the 1935/36 season.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

==History==
The trophy was donated in 1935 by [[Ardeshir Dadabhoy Baria]] of [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in memory of his son Rohinton, for a tournament to be played between the Indian universities. Initially, the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)]] organised the tournament, but the [[Inter-University Sports Board of India]] (IUSB) took over in 1940/41.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is the Rohinton Baria Trophy?|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/videos/what-is-the-rohinton-baria-trophy-263184|website=NDTV Sports|date=27 January 2013|access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref>

The university teams compete in zones before the winners and runners-up from each zone play off in semi-finals and finals. Until 1989/90, when the format was changed to a one-day 50-over contest, the finals were usually held over three or four days at the campus of one of the finalists or at a neutral venue. Sometimes matches were played to a finish regardless of time; the 1956-57 match went on for eight days and finished when [[Mumbai University|Bombay University]], having set [[Delhi University]] 728 to win, dismissed them for 611 in 304.1 overs.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/137/137509.html | title = Bombay University v Delhi University 1956-57| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 2 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Abhishek|title=Bombay and Delhi Universities play cricket for 8 continuous days|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bombay-and-delhi-universities-play-cricket-for-8-continuous-days-in-rohinton-baria-trophy-final-1956-57-393488|website=Cricket Country|date=19 January 2017 |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>

Apart from Indian universities, [[Ceylon University College|Ceylon University]] also participated from 1947/48 to 1969/70.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/5/5426/Other_Matches.html| title = Other matches played by Ceylon University| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 2 October 2015| archive-date = 2 October 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151002230939/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/5/5426/Other_Matches.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> The only university from the future [[Pakistan]] to compete before [[Partition of India|Partition]] was the [[University of the Punjab]] in [[Lahore]], which won the title four times.

In its early decades participation in the tournament helped prepare many future [[Test cricket|Test]] and [[first-class cricket|first-class]] players, especially in the larger universities.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fuloria|first1=Devashish|title=Varsity cricket back in the spotlight|url=http://phone.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/623453.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> In their team that won the 1940/41 final, [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] had four future Indian Test players ([[Ranga Sohoni]], [[Hemu Adhikari]], [[Chandra Sarwate]] and [[Sadu Shinde]]),<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/136/136360.html | title = Bombay University v Benares Hindu University 1940/41 | publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 2 October 2015}}</ref> while in their 1958/59 champion team they had five future Test players ([[Arvind Apte]], [[Dilip Sardesai]], [[Ajit Wadekar]] – who scored 324 in the final – [[Farokh Engineer]] and [[Ramakant Desai]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/137/137735.html | title = Bombay University v Delhi University 1958-59 | publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 2 October 2015}}</ref> In their 1945-46 team Punjab University included seven players ([[Nazar Mohammad]], [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]], [[Maqsood Ahmed]], [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar]], [[Fazal Mahmood]], [[Khan Mohammad]] and [[Shujauddin Butt]]) who later played a prominent part in Pakistan's Test successes in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/446/446685.html | title = Calcutta University v Punjab University 1945-46 | publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 2 October 2015}}</ref> In the 1966–67 final [[Sunil Gavaskar]] played for Bombay University, in 1972-73 [[Mohinder Amarnath]] led Delhi University to victory, and [[Sanjay Manjrekar]]'s six consecutive [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] for Bombay University propelled him into [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay's]] [[Ranji Trophy]] team.<ref name=DF/>

According to the writer and former Rohinton Baria Trophy and [[Ranji Trophy]] player [[Venkatraman Ramnarayan]], the Rohinton Baria provided a valuable "finishing school" for future leaders, and a model of dignified behaviour on the sports field which is now lacking.<ref>{{cite news| work=Wisden India | first=V. |last=Ramnarayan |access-date=2 October 2015| title= Oh, for the finishing school world cricket misses now|url= http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/oh-finishing-school-world-cricket-misses/121562 |date=15 August 2014}}</ref> With the rise of widespread junior competitions and coaching for young players, interest in inter-university cricket has waned in recent decades.<ref>{{cite news| work=Wisden India | first=Shamya |last=Dasgupta |access-date=2 October 2015| title=Cricket can soar if it spreads its wings |url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-blog/cricket-soar-spreads-wings/126806|date=15 September 2014}}</ref> According to [[Harsha Bhogle]], who played for [[Osmania University]], the growth of under-19 cricket destroyed university cricket.<ref name=DF>{{Cite web |last=Fuloria |first=Devashish |work=ESPNcricinfo |title=Varsity cricket back in the spotlight |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/varsity-cricket-back-in-the-spotlight-623453 |date=4 March 2013}}</ref>

==Winners ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season !! Winner !! Runner-up !! 3rd Place !! 4th Place
|-
| 1935/36 || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1936/37 || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || [[Nagpur University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1937/38 || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || [[Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1938/39 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1939/40 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Mysore University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1940/41 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Benares Hindu University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1941/42 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1942/43 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1943/44 || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || [[Madras University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1944/45 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1945/46 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] || N/A || N/A
|-
| 1946/47 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1947/48 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Agra University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1948/49 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Calcutta University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1949/50 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Calcutta University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1950/51 || [[Mysore University]] || [[Delhi University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1951/52 || [[Mysore University]] || [[Allahabad University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1952/53 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Delhi University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1953/54 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Mysore University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1954/55 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Panjab University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1955/56 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Delhi University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1956/57 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Delhi University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1957/58 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Panjab University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1958/59 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Delhi University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1959/60 || [[Delhi University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1960/61 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Allahabad University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1961/62 || [[Mysore University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1962/63 || [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Poona University]] || [[Madras University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1963/64 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Madras University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1964/65 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Calcutta University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1965/66 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Bangalore University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1966/67 || [[Osmania University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1967/68 || [[Calcutta University]] || [[Indore University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1968/69 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Osmania University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1969/70 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Bangalore University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1970/71 || [[Madras University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1971/72 || [[Punjabi University]] || [[Mohanlal Sukhadia University|Udaipur University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1972/73 || [[Madras University]] || [[Delhi University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1973/74 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Bangalore University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1974/75 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Delhi University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1975/76 || [[Madras University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1976/77 || [[Osmania University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] ||N/A || N/A
|-
| 1977/78 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Osmania University]] || [[Calcutta University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]]
|-
| 1978/79 || [[Delhi University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Madras University]] || [[Allahabad University]]
|-
| 1979/80 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Osmania University]] || [[Bangalore University]] || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]
|-
| 1980/81 || [[Delhi University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Madras University]] || [[Calcutta University]]
|-
| 1981/82 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Madras University]] || [[Calcutta University]]
|-
| 1982/83 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Poona University]] || [[Patna University]] || [[Panjab University]]
|-
| 1983/84 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Panjab University]] || [[University of Pune|Poona University]] || [[Bangalore University]]
|-
| 1984/85 || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Delhi University]] || [[Panjab University]] || [[Calcutta University]]
|-
| 1985/86 || [[Madras University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Delhi University]] || [[Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University]]
|-
| 1986/87 || [[Bangalore University]] || [[Madras University]] || [[Panjab University]] || [[Calcutta University]]
|-
| 1987/88 || [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]] || [[Bangalore University]] || [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]] || [[University of Pune|Poona University]]
|-
| 1988/89 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Delhi University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[University of Rajasthan|Rajasthan University]]
|-
| 1989/90 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] || [[Panjab University]]
|-
| 1990/91 || [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] || [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Poona University]] || [[Delhi University]] || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]
|-
| 1991/92 || [[South Gujarat University]] || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Gujarat University]] || [[Delhi University]]
|-
| 1992/93 || [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]] || [[Bhavnagar University]] || [[Bangalore University]] || [[Kurukshetra University]]
|-
| 1993/94 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]] || [[Lalit Narayan Mithila University]] || [[Karnatak University]]
|-
| 1994/95 || [[Panjab University]] || [[Ranchi University]]|| ? || ?
|-
| 1995/96 || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
| 1996/97 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || ? || ? || ?
|-
| 1997/98 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || ? || ? || ?
|-
| 1998/99 || [[Delhi University]] || [[Osmania University]]|| ? || ?
|-
| 1999/00 || [[Madras University]] || [[Barkatullah University]] || ? ||?
|-
| 2000/01 || ? || [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]] || [[Madras University]] || [[Osmania University]]
|-
| 2001/02 || [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]]|| ? || ?
|-
| 2002/03 ||[[Chaudhary Charan Singh University]] || [[Gujarat University]] || [[Bangalore University]] || [[Ranchi University]]
|-
| 2003/04 || ?|| ? ||? ||?
|-
| 2004/05 || [[University of Calcutta|Calcutta University]]|| [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] || [[Osmania University]] || [[Mysore University]]
|-
| 2005/06 || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]] || ? || ? || ?
|-
| 2006/07 || [[Madras University]] || [[Mysore University]] || [[Calcutta University]] || [[Saurashtra University]]
|-
| 2007/08 ||[[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]]|| [[Madras University]] || [[SRM Institute of Science and Technology]] || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]
|-
| 2008/09 ||[[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]]|| [[SRM Institute of Science and Technology]] || [[Delhi University]] || [[Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University]]
|-
| 2009/10 ||[[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]]|| [[Punjabi University]] || [[Madras University]] || [[SRM Institute of Science and Technology]]
|-
| 2010/11 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]] || [[Osmania University]] || [[Madras University]]
|-
| 2011/12 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Banaras Hindu University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]] || [[Jain University]]
|-
| 2012/13 || [[Jain University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]] || [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] || [[Jiwaji University]]
|-
| 2013/14 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Maharshi Dayanand University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]] || [[Jain University]]
|-
| 2014/15 || [[Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University]] || [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]] || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]] || [[SRM Institute of Science and Technology]]
|-
| 2015/16 || [[SRM Institute of Science and Technology]] || [[University of Mumbai|Mumbai University]] || [[Jain University]] || [[Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University]]
|-
| 2016/17 || [[Veer Narmad South Gujarat University]] || [[Delhi University]] || [[Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University]] || [[Chaudhary Charan Singh University]]
|-
| 2017/18 || [[Maharishi Dayanand University]] || [[Saurashtra University]] || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Mumbai University]]
|-
| 2018/19 || [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] || [[Mysore University]]|| [[Mumbai University]] || [[Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University]]
|-
| 2019/20 || [[Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University]] || [[Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University]] || [[Delhi University]] || [[Mysore University]]
|}

''Notes:-''
*N/A means not applicable.
*Before the 1977/78 season no matches were held for 3rd and 4th positions.
*For some of the tournaments between 1994/95 and 2005/06 the finalists and winners are obscure.
*The Punjab University that competed before [[Partition of India|Partition]] is the [[University of the Punjab]] in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], and the ones that have competed since Partition are the [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]], and the [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]].

== See also ==

* [[Vizzy Trophy]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com CricketArchive]
* [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%2019/when-varsity-cricket-reigned.html "When 'Varsity cricket reigned" by P.R. Man Singh]

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