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 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | First-class & List A | |
| Shubham Sharma | Madhya Pradesh | 1993-12-24 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | First-class | |
| Vivek Singh | Railways | 1993-11-1 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | First-class | |
| Kunal Chandela | Uttarakhand | 1994-7-7 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | First-class | |
| Amandeep Khare | Chhattisgarh | 1997-8-5 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | First-class | |
| Shivam Chaudhary | Railways | 1997-4-4 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Madhav Kaushik | Uttar Pradesh | 1998-1-3 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Yash Dubey | Madhya Pradesh | 1998-12-23 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | List A | |
| Yash Kothari | Rajasthan | 1995-10-6 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | List A | |
| Pratham Singh | Railways | 1992-8-31 (age 34) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| All-rounder | ||||||
| Venkatesh Iyer | Madhya Pradesh | 1994-12-25 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | List A | Captain |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Himanshu Mantri | Madhya Pradesh | 1994-2-9 (age 32) | Left-handed | - | First-class | |
| Akshay Wadkar | Vidarbha | 1994-7-9 (age 32) | Right-handed | - | First-class | |
| Upendra Yadav | Railways | 1996-10-8 (age 30) | Right-handed | - | First-class & List A | |
| Dhruv Jurel | Uttar Pradesh | 2001-1-21 (age 25) | Right-handed | - | First-class | |
| Aryan Juyal | Uttar Pradesh | 2001-11-11 (age 25) | Right-handed | - | List A | |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Saurabh Kumar | Uttar Pradesh | 1993-5-1 (age 33) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Saransh Jain | Madhya Pradesh | 1993-3-31 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | First-class & List A | |
| Manav Suthar | Rajasthan | 2002-8-3 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Karn Sharma | Railways | 1987-10-23 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | List A | |
| Aditya Sarwate | Vidarbha | 1989-12-10 (age 37) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Avesh Khan | Madhya Pradesh | 1996-12-13 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class | |
| Shivam Mavi | Uttar Pradesh | 1998-11-26 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | Vice-captain |
| Yash Thakur | Vidarbha | 1998-12-28 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | |
| Aniket Choudhary | Rajasthan | 1990-1-28 (age 36) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | List A | |
| Akash Madhwal | Uttarakhand | 1993-11-25 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |
Famous players from Central Zone
- Pravin Amre[2]
- 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
References
- ↑ First-class matches played by Central Zone (India). CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ↑ Pravin Amre. Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 January 2021.