The Deodhar Trophy is one of the popular domestic One-Day Cricket tournaments in India that has already set a high benchmark for it, among the Cricket administrators and Cricket enthusiasts in India. The trophy has a rich history and tradition since it started its journey in the years of 1973-74 and it is also played on a zonal basis, just like the other famous trophies such as Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) launched the tournament in 1973-74 and named the trophy after the grand old man of Indian Cricket - the Late Prof. Dinkar Balwant Deodhar. Mr. Deodhar was one of the premier first class batsmen, who led the Maharashtra team, with distinction. He died in 1993 at the age of 101 at his birthplace, Pune.

The format of the 50-over tournament is mainly a league format, where a number of 5 zonal teams compete with each other for the trophy. The five zones are named as the North zone, South zone, East zone, West zone and Central Zone and an interesting thing about the tournament is that there is no semi-final or final in the Deodhar Trophy. The BCCI announce the team that earns the most of the points after all the matches, as the winner of the tournament. All the teams have to play with each other in the tournament, as there is no group division in the Deodhar Trophy.

The first season of the Deodhar Trophy that is the 1973-74 saw the South Zone winning the trophy. The South Zone has won the trophy for several times in the later period also. However, the record of winning the Deodhar Trophy for most of the times is held by the North Zone that won the trophy for as many as 13 times. The North Zone won the Trophy in the season of 2010-11 for the last time, so far. The Central Zone was the winner of the 2007-08 competitions.

The winners` list of the Deodhar Trophy so far is given below:

Year	Winning Zone	Year	Winning Zone
1973-74	South Zone	1991-92	South Zone
1974-75	South Zone	1992-93	East Zone
1975-76	South Zone	1993-94	East Zone
1976-77	Central Zone	1994-95	Central Zone
1977-78	North Zone	1995-96	North Zone
1978-79	South Zone	1996-97	East Zone
1979-80	West Zone	1997-98	North Zone
1980-81	South Zone	1998-99	Central Zone
1981-82	South Zone	1999-2000	North Zone
1982-83	West Zone	2000-01	South Zone / Central Zone
1983-84	West Zone	2001-02	South Zone
1984-85	West Zone	2002-03	North Zone
1985-86	West Zone	2003-04	East Zone
1986-87	North Zone	2004-05	North Zone
1987-88	North Zone	2005-06	North Zone
1988-89	North Zone	2006-07	West Zone
1989-90	North Zone	2007-08	Central Zone
1990-91	West Zone	2010-11	North Zone