From the 1993–94 season, the Duleep Trophy was converted from a knockout competition to a league format.
Several team names and spellings were altered during the 1990s when traditional Indian names were introduced to replace those that were associated with the British Raj. Most notably, Bombay became Mumbai and the famous venue of Madras became Chennai.
1985–86 – Delhi1986–87 – Hyderabad1987–88 – Tamil Nadu1988–89 – Delhi1989–90 – Bengal1990–91 – Haryana1991–92 – Delhi1992–93 – Punjab1993–94 – Bombay1994–95 – Bombay1995–96 – Karnataka1996–97 – Mumbai1997–98 – Karnataka1998–99 – Karnataka1999–00 – Mumbai1985–86 – West Zone1986–87 – South Zone1987–88 – North Zone1988–89 – North Zone & West Zone (shared)1989–90 – South Zone1990–91 – North Zone1991–92 – North Zone1992–93 – North Zone1993–94 – North Zone1994–95 – North Zone1995–96 – South Zone1996–97 – Central Zone1997–98 – Central Zone & West Zone (shared)1998–99 – Central Zone1999–00 – North Zone1st Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – tied match2nd Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – match drawn3rd Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – match drawn1st Test at Modi Stadium, Kanpur – match drawn2nd Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur – India won by an innings and 106 runs3rd Test at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack – India won by an innings and 67 runs1st Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – match drawn2nd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – match drawn3rd Test at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur – match drawn4th Test at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad – match drawn5th Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – Pakistan won by 16 runsFor details of this tour, see : Pakistani cricket team in India in 1986–87
1st Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – West Indies won by 5 wickets2nd Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – match drawn3rd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – match drawn4th Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – India won by 255 runs1988–89 New Zealand
1st Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – India won by 172 runs2nd Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – New Zealand won by 136 runs3rd Test at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad – India won by 10 wickets1st Test at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh – India won by an innings and 8 runsThis tour marked South Africa's return to official international cricket. A series of three Limited Overs Internationals was won 2–1 by India.
For details of this tour, see : South African cricket team in India in 1991–92
1992–93 England
1st Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – India won by 8 wickets2nd Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – India won by an innings and 22 runs3rd Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – India won by an innings and 15 runsFor details of this tour, see : English cricket team in India in 1992–93
1st Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – India won by an innings and 13 runs1st Test at KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow – India won by an innings and 119 runs2nd Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – India won by an innings and 95 runs3rd Test at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad – India won by an innings and 17 runs1st Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – India won by 96 runs2nd Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur – match drawn3rd Test at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali – West Indies won by 243 runs1995–96 New Zealand
1st Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – India won by 8 wickets2nd Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – match drawn3rd Test at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack – match drawn1st Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – India won by 7 wickets1st Test at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad – India won by 64 runs2nd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – South Africa won by 329 runs3rd Test at Modi Stadium, Kanpur – India won by 280 runs1st Test at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali – match drawn2nd Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur – match drawn3rd Test at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – match drawn1st Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai – India won by 179 runs2nd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – India won by an innings and 219 runs3rd Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – Australia won by 8 wickets1st Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai – Pakistan won by 12 runs2nd Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – India won by 212 runs1999–00 New Zealand
1st Test at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali – match drawn2nd Test at Modi Stadium, Kanpur – India won by 8 wickets3rd Test at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad – match drawn1st Test at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – South Africa Won by 4 wickets2nd Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – South Africa won by an innings and 71 runs