2017–18 Zonal T20 League
| Dates | 7 January 2018 – 16 January 2018 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin in 5 groups Two winners per group | 
| Host(s) | Various | 
| Participants | 28 | 
| Official website | bcci.tv | 
2017–18 Zonal T20 League was a Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was played from 7 to 16 January 2018.[1][2] It was the second edition of the tournament, following the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament held in January and February 2017.
On 14 January, in the North Zone fixture between Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, Rishabh Pant scored the second-fastest century in a Twenty20 match, making 100 from 32 balls.[3]
Fixtures[edit]
Central Zone[edit]
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Rajasthan 156/5 (20 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 120 (19.4 overs) | 
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Ankit Dane, Rajat Patidar (Madhya Pradesh), Abhijeet Tomar and Chetan Bist (Rajasthan) all made their T20 debuts.
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Vidarbha 195/7 (20 overs) | v | Chhattisgarh 147/8 (20 overs) | 
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shivendra Singh (Chhattisgarh) made his T20 debut.
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Uttar Pradesh 146/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan 150/6 (19.5 overs) | 
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Vidarbha 163/7 (20 overs) | v | Railways 146/9 (20 overs) | 
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
- Karan Sharma, Abhishek Sharma and Satender Thakran (Railways) all made their T20 debuts.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Uttar Pradesh 108/7 (20 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 110/3 (17 overs) | 
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohsin Khan (Uttar Pradesh) made his T20 debut.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Chhattisgarh 175/5 (20 overs) | v | Railways 150/8 (20 overs) | 
- Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rishabh Tiwari, Rohit Dhruw (Chhattisgarh) and Hitesh Kadam (Railways) all made their T20 debuts.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Vidarbha 156/5 (20 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 149/9 (20 overs) | 
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Anshul Tripathi and Ashutosh Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) both made their T20 debuts.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Chhattisgarh 103 (17.4 overs) | v | Rajasthan 104/3 (17.3 overs) | 
- Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat.
|  13 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Railways 132/8 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 134/3 (18 overs) | 
| Shivam Chaudhary 40 (39)  Abhishek Sharma 2/25 (4 overs) | 
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
|  13 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Vidarbha 131/8 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan 132/4 (18 overs) | 
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Chhattisgarh 150/7 (20 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 154/5 (19.3 overs) | 
- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
|  15 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Madhya Pradesh 135/7 (20 overs) | v | Railways 111/6 (20 overs) | 
- Railways won the toss and elected to field.
|  15 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Uttar Pradesh 137/8 (20 overs) | v | Vidarbha 131/8 (20 overs) | 
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
|  16 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Rajasthan 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Railways 151/6 (19.3 overs) | 
- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
|  16 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Chhattisgarh 113/8 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 114/4 (11.2 overs) | 
- Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nitish Rao (Chhattisgarh) made his T20 debut.
East Zone[edit]
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Tripura 162/5 (20 overs) | v | Assam 154/8 (20 overs) | 
- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
- Rajjakuddin Ahmed, Nipan Deka, Sekhar Barman (Assam) and Abhijit Chakraborty (Tripura) all made their T20 debuts.
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Odisha 157/5 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 158/3 (18.4 overs) | 
- Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rajesh Dhuper, Debasish Samantray, Prayash Singh and Debabrata Pradhan (Odisha) all made their T20 debuts.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Jharkhand 163/6 (20 overs) | v | Tripura 139/9 (20 overs) | 
- Tripura won the tiss and elected to field.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Odisha 128/9 (20 overs) | v | Assam 77 (17.2 overs) | 
- Assam won the toss and elected to field.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Odisha 179/6 (20 overs) | v | Tripura 107 (17.2 overs) | 
- Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Jharkhand 177/9 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 179/4 (19.2 overs) | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Tripura 169/4 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 170/1 (18 overs) | 
- Tripura won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abhoy Negi (Tripura) made his T20 debut.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Assam 148/6 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 149/2 (16 overs) | 
- Assam won the toss and elected to bat
|  16 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Assam 143/9 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 147/4 (17.1 overs) | 
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
|  16 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Odisha 123 (19.4 overs) | v | Jharkhand 129/2 (16.4 overs) | 
- Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Atul Singh Surwar (Jharkhand) made his T20 debut.
North Zone[edit]
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Himachal Pradesh 194/2 (20 overs) | v | Haryana 194/8 (20 overs) | 
- Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
- Ajit Chahal (Haryana) and Kanwar Abhinay (Himachal Pradesh) both made their T20 debuts.
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Jammu & Kashmir 128 (20 overs) | v | Services 130/1 (16.5 overs) | 
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat.
- Arun Bamal (Services) made his T20 debut.
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Punjab 170/3 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 168/4 (20 overs) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Himmat Singh, Lalit Yadav, Kulwant Khejroliya (Delhi) and Abhishek Gupta (Punjab) all made their T20 debuts.
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Himachal Pradesh 130/9 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 97 (17.4 overs) | 
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Haryana 153/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 154/3 (17 overs) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Services 140/9 (20 overs) | v | Punjab 141/2 (19.1 overs) | 
- Services won the toss and elected to bat.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Jammu & Kashmir 100/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 104/2 (11.3 overs) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Punjab 134/9 (20 overs) | v | Haryana 136/5 (17.5 overs) | 
- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
|  13 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Himachal Pradesh 119/8 (20 overs) | v | Services 122/5 (18.1 overs) | 
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
- Sachidanand Pandey (Services) made his T20 debut.
|  13 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Haryana 119 (19.2 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 122/6 (18.4 overs) | 
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
- Prashant Kumar (Haryana) made his T20 debut.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Himachal Pradesh 144/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 148/0 (11.4 overs) | 
| Rishabh Pant 116* (38)  | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Rishabh Pant (Delhi) scored the second-fastest century in a T20 match.[3]
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Jammu & Kashmir 164/3 (20 overs) | v | Punjab 141 (19 overs) | 
- Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
|  15 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Services 140/8 (20 overs) | v | Haryana 141/6 (19.5 overs) | 
- Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
|  15 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Punjab 211/4 (20 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 192/5 (20 overs) | 
- Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shubham Arora (Himachal Pradesh) made his T20 debut.
|  16 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Delhi 225/8 (20 overs) | v | Services 203 (19.1 overs) | 
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
South Zone[edit]
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Karnataka 172/4 (20 overs) | v | Goa 123/8 (20 overs) | 
- Goa won the toss and elected to field.
- Achit Shigwan, Vijesh Prabhudessai (Goa) and Praveen Dubey (Karnataka) all made their T20 debuts.
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Hyderabad 168/5 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 158/7 (20 overs) | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
- Salman Nizar (Kerala) made his T20 debut.
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Andhra 119/7 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 122/3 (14.4 overs) | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (Tamil Nadu) made his T20 debut.
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Tamil Nadu 184/4 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 149/7 (20 overs) | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Goa 181/5 (20 overs) | v | Hyderabad 162/9 (20 overs) | 
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Karnataka 156/8 (20 overs) | v | Andhra 157/3 (20 overs) | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
|  11 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Karnataka 205/5 (20 overs) | v | Hyderabad 203/9 (20 overs) | 
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
|  11 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Kerala 120 (12 overs) | v | Andhra 126/4 (13 overs) | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 13 overs per side.
- Harishankar Reddy (Andhra) and Abhishek Mohan (Kerala) both made their T20 debuts.
|  11 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Tamil Nadu 155/5 (20 overs) | v | Goa 130/7 (20 overs) | 
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Goa 138/8 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 139/1 (15.5 overs) | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
- KM Asif (Kerala) made his T20 debut.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Hyderabad 129/9 (20 overs) | v | Andhra 133/4 (18.2 overs) | 
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Karnataka 179/9 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 101 (16.3 overs) | 
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
- Karun Nair (Karnataka) scored his first century in a T20 match.[4]
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Tamil Nadu 193/7 (20 overs) | v | Hyderabad 177/8 (20 overs) | 
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Karnataka 181/6 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 161 (19.2 overs) | 
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Andhra 201/4 (20 overs) | v | Goa 183/6 (20 overs) | 
- Goa won the toss and elected to field.
West Zone[edit]
|  7 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Baroda 210/3 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai 197/8 (20 overs) | 
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Urvil Patel (Baroda) and Parikshit Valsangkar (Mumbai) both made their T20 debuts.
|  7 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Gujarat 151/8 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 153/6 (19.3 overs) | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- Kshitij Patel (Gujarat) made his T20 debut.
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Saurashtra 142/9 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 138/7 (20 overs) | 
| Prerak Mankad 34 (26)  Domnic Muthuswami 2/27 (4 overs) Shrikant Mundhe 2/27 (4 overs) Jagdish Zope 2/27 (4 overs) | 
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vishvaraj Jadeja, Yuvraj Chudasama and Kushang Patel (Saurashtra) all made their T20 debuts.
|  8 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Gujarat 167/7 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai 168/5 (19.2 overs) | 
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
- Jayveer Parmar (Gujarat) made his T20 debut.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Baroda 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 139 (18 overs) | 
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kedar Devdhar (Baroda) scored his first century in a T20 match.[5]
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Mumbai 130 (19.3 overs) | v | Saurashtra 133/2 (17.2 overs) | 
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Khizer Dafedar (Mumbai) made his T20 debut.
|  11 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Maharashtra 89 (15 overs) | v | Mumbai 92/3 (9.2 overs) | 
- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
- Shams Mulani (Mumbai) made his T20 debut.
|  11 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Saurashtra 131 (19.5 overs) | v | Baroda 132/2 (16.3 overs) | 
- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
|  13 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Saurashtra 133 (19.2 overs) | v | Gujarat 137/2 (18.1 overs) | 
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
|  13 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Maharashtra 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Baroda 180/5 (18.3 overs) | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
Results[edit]
The top two teams from each zone progressed to the 2017–18 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League.
Top teams[edit]
| Rank | West | North | South | Central | East | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baroda | Delhi | Karnataka | Rajasthan | Bengal | 
| 2 | Mumbai | Punjab | Tamil Nadu | Uttar Pradesh | Jharkhand | 
References[edit]
- ↑ "BCCI advances domestic T20 tournaments ahead of IPL auction". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ "Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament advanced on request of IPL teams". Indian Express. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pant wallops 32-ball hundred, the fastest by an Indian". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ↑ "Nair's 111 off 52 flattens TN; Pant makes fifty in Delhi's eight-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ↑ "Kedar Devdhar hits maiden ton, Raina misfires again". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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