Central Zone cricket team

For the women's cricket team, see Central Zone women's cricket team. For the similarly named Pakistani team, see Central Zone cricket team (Pakistan). For the similarly named Bangladeshi team, see Central Zone cricket team (Bangladesh).

The Central Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents central India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is a composite team of players from seven first-class Indian teams from central India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Vidarbha. Central Zone has the fourth strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 5 times, with the best team, North Zone having won 17 times.[1]

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. Updated as on 30 Jul 2023

Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Format Notes
Batters
Rinku Singh Uttar Pradesh (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 Left-handed Right arm off break First-class & List A
Shubham Sharma Madhya Pradesh (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 Right-handed Right arm off break First-class
Vivek Singh Railways (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 Left-handed Right arm medium First-class
Kunal Chandela Uttarakhand (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 Right-handed Right arm medium First-class
Amandeep Khare Chhattisgarh (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 Right-handed Right arm medium First-class
Shivam Chaudhary Railways (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 Right-handed Right arm off break List A
Madhav Kaushik Uttar Pradesh (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 Right-handed Right arm off break List A
Yash Dubey Madhya Pradesh (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 Right-handed Right arm leg break List A
Yash Kothari Rajasthan (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 Right-handed Right arm leg break List A
Pratham Singh Railways (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 Left-handed Right arm off break List A
All-rounder
Venkatesh Iyer Madhya Pradesh (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 Right-handed Right arm medium List A Captain
Wicket-keepers
Himanshu Mantri Madhya Pradesh (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 Left-handed - First-class
Akshay Wadkar Vidarbha (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 Right-handed - First-class
Upendra Yadav Railways (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 Right-handed - First-class & List A
Dhruv Jurel Uttar Pradesh (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 Right-handed - First-class
Aryan Juyal Uttar Pradesh (2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 Right-handed - List A
Spin Bowlers
Saurabh Kumar Uttar Pradesh (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Saransh Jain Madhya Pradesh (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 Left-handed Right-arm off break First-class & List A
Manav Suthar Rajasthan (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Karn Sharma Railways (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 Right-handed Right arm leg break List A
Aditya Sarwate Vidarbha (1989-12-10) 10 December 1989 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox List A
Pace Bowlers
Avesh Khan Madhya Pradesh (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast First-class
Shivam Mavi Uttar Pradesh (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast First-class & List A Vice-captain
Yash Thakur Vidarbha (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast First-class & List A
Aniket Choudhary Rajasthan (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast List A
Akash Madhwal Uttarakhand (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast List A

Famous players from Central Zone

Main article: List of Central Zone cricketers

References

  1. ^ "First-class matches played by Central Zone (India)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Pravin Amre". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 January 2021.


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