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The '''Central Zone cricket team''' is a [[first class cricket|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 cricket team|Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]], [[Railways cricket team|Railways]], [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]], [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand cricket team|Uttarakhand]] and [[Vidarbha cricket team|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 cricket team|North Zone]] having won 17 times.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/593/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-class matches played by Central Zone (India) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref>

==Current squad==
Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''. ''Updated as on 30 Jul 2023''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Name
! Domestic team
! Birth date
! Batting Style
! Bowling Style
! Format
! Notes
|-
! colspan="7" | Batters
|-
|| [[Rinku Singh (cricketer)|Rinku Singh]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1997|10|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh cricketer)|Shubham Sharma]] || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1993|12|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Vivek Singh (cricketer)|Vivek Singh]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1993|11|1|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Kunal Chandela]] || Uttarakhand || {{Birth date and age|1994|7|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Amandeep Khare]] || Chhattisgarh || {{Birth date and age|1997|8|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Shivam Chaudhary]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1997|4|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Madhav Kaushik]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1998|1|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Yash Dubey]] || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1998|12|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Yash Kothari]] || Rajasthan || {{Birth date and age|1995|10|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Pratham Singh]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1992|8|31|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || List A ||
|-
! colspan="7" | All-rounder
|-
|| '''[[Venkatesh Iyer]]''' || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1994|12|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || List A || Captain
|-
! colspan="7" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|| [[Himanshu Mantri]] || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1994|2|9|df=y}} || Left-handed || - || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Akshay Wadkar]] || Vidarbha || {{Birth date and age|1994|7|9|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Upendra Yadav (cricketer)|Upendra Yadav]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1996|10|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Dhruv Jurel]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|2001|1|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Aryan Juyal]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|2001|11|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || List A ||
|-
! colspan="7" | Spin Bowlers
|-
|| [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{birth date and age|1993|5|1|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Saransh Jain]] || Madhya Pradesh || {{birth date and age|1993|3|31|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| Manav Suthar || Rajasthan || {{birth date and age|2002|8|3|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || First-class ||
|-
|| '''[[Karn Sharma]]''' || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1987|10|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Aditya Sarwate]] || Vidarbha || {{birth date and age|1989|12|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || List A ||
|-
! colspan="7" | Pace Bowlers
|-
|| '''[[Avesh Khan]]''' || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1996|12|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || First-class ||
|-
|| '''[[Shivam Mavi]]''' || Uttar Pradesh || {{birth date and age|1998|11|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || First-class & List A || Vice-captain
|-
|| [[Yash Thakur]] || Vidarbha || {{Birth date and age|1998|12|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Aniket Choudhary]] || Rajasthan || {{Birth date and age|1990|1|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Akash Madhwal]] || Uttarakhand || {{Birth date and age|1993|11|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || List A ||
|}

==Famous players from Central Zone==
{{main|List of Central Zone cricketers}}

* [[Pravin Amre]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pravin Amre |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/26238.html |website=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[Murali Kartik]]
* [[Mohammad Kaif]]
* [[Amay Khurasiya]]
* [[Suresh Raina]]
* [[R. P. Singh]]
* [[Praveen Kumar]]
* [[Piyush Chawla]]
* [[Umesh Yadav]]
* [[Naman Ojha]]
* [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]]
* [[Ishwar Pandey]]
* [[Pankaj Singh (cricketer)|Pankaj Singh]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cricket in India}}

[[Category:Indian first-class cricket teams]]

Central Zone cricket team - Revision history

Neo at 07:17, 30 July 2023