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 8 Aug 2025

Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Format Notes
Batters
Rajat Patidar Madhya Pradesh (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 Right-handed Right arm off break First-class Vice-captain
Yash Rathod Vidarbha (2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 Left-handed Right arm Offbreak First-class
Danish Malewar Vidarbha (2003-10-08) 8 October 2003 Right-handed Legbreak First-class
Ayush Pandey Chhattisgarh (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 Left-handed Right-arm offbreak First-class
Sanjeet Desai Chhattisgarh (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 Right-handed Legbreak Googly First-class
All-rounder
Manav Suthar Rajasthan (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Harsh Dubey Vidarbha (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 Left-handed Slow Left arm Orthodox First-class
Shubham Sharma Madhya Pradesh (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 Right -handed Right arm Offbreak First-class
Wicket-keepers
Dhruv Jurel Uttar Pradesh (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 Right-handed - First-class Captain
Aryan Juyal Uttar Pradesh (2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 Right-handed - First-class
Spin Bowlers
Saransh Jain Madhya Pradesh (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 Left-handed Right-arm off break First-class
Kuldeep Yadav Uttar Pradesh (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 Left-handed Left arm Wrist Spin First-class
Pace Bowlers
Khaleel Ahmed Rajasthan (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 Right-handed Left arm Fast medium First-class
Deepak Chahar Rajasthan (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium First-class
Aditya Thakare Vidarbha (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 Right-handed Right arm medium First-class

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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