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| Countries | India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | BCCI |
| Format | List A cricket |
| First edition | 1977–78 |
| Latest edition | 1999–2000 |
| Tournament format | Knock out |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Most successful | Bombay/Mumbai (8 titles) |
| Qualification | Ranji Trophy orVijay Hazare Trophy |
TheWills Trophy, formally named the Wills One-Day Trophy and named after sponsorWills ofITC Limited), was an IndianList A cricket tournament organized by theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Established in the 1977–78 season, it was played to find the best limited overs side of the domestic season as only the Ranji Trophy had inter-zonal finals. The annual tournament was played between seven sides, the five zonal winners and two composite teams, Wills XI (named after the title sponsor) andIndian Board President XI. Till the 1992–93 season, the team finishing first in each Zone of theRanji Trophy qualified to play this tournament. Since the 1993–94 season, the team finishing first in each Zone of theRanji One-Day Trophy qualified to play this tournament.
| Appearances | Statistics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Mat. | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win%* |
| Bombay / Mumbai | 14 | 8 | - | 32 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 79.03 |
| Indian Board President XI | 21 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 62.50 |
| Wills XI | 21 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 58.97 |
| Delhi | 13 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 62.96 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61.11 |
| Karnataka | 8 | - | 3 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Bengal | 15 | - | 2 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 34.87 |
| Haryana | 6 | - | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Railways | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Maharashtra | 4 | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Tamil Nadu | 7 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Hyderabad | 5 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20.00 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 12 | - | - | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 |
| Bihar | 3 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Orissa | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rajasthan | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Baroda | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Punjab | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gujarat | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andhra | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Assam | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bangladesh Cricket Board XI | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
