Central Zone cricket team

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 six first-class Indian teams from central India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 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]

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).

Current squad
Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Anand BaisMadhya Pradesh (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991Right-handedRight arm off breakLA
Robin BistRajasthan (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987Right-handedRight arm off breakFC
Mukul DagarUttar Pradesh (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990Left-handedLA
Faiz FazalRailways (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985Left-handedRight arm mediumFC
Arindam GhoshRailways (1986-10-19) 19 October 1986Right-handedRight arm mediumFC
Arjit GuptaRajasthan (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989Right-handedRight arm off breakLA
Abhishek KaushikRailways (1985-02-13) 13 February 1985Left-handedLA
Akshdeep NathUttar Pradesh (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993Right-handedRight arm mediumLA
Shalabh ShrivastavaVidarbha (1986-02-02) 2 February 1986Right-handedRight arm medium-fastFC
All-rounders
Piyush ChawlaUttar Pradesh (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988Left-handedRight arm leg breakFC & LA; captain
Ashok MenariaRajasthan (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxFC & LA
Jalaj SaxenaMadhya Pradesh (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986Right-handedRight arm off breakFC & LA
Karn SharmaRailways (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987Right-handedRight arm leg breakFC
Wicket-keepers
Naman OjhaMadhya Pradesh (1983-07-20) 20 July 1983Right-handed-FC
Mahesh RawatRailways (1985-10-25) 25 October 1985Right-handed-FC & LA
Jitesh SharmaVidarbha (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993Right-handed-LA
Bowlers
Swapnil BandiwarVidarbha (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fastLA
Amit MishraUttar Pradesh (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastFC
Ishwar PandeyMadhya Pradesh (1989-08-15) 15 August 1989Right-handedRight arm medium-fastFC & LA
Anureet SinghRailways (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fastFC & LA
Pankaj SinghRajasthan (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985Right-handedRight arm medium-fastFC & LA
Kuldeep YadavUttar Pradesh (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spinFC & LA

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". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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