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 five first-class Indian teams from central India competing in the Ranji Trophy: 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.

Current squad

Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Anand Bais Madhya Pradesh 18 July 1991 Right-handed Right arm off break LA
Robin Bist Rajasthan 2 November 1987 Right-handed Right arm off break FC
Mukul Dagar Uttar Pradesh 17 December 1990 Left-handed LA
Faiz Fazal Railways 7 September 1985 Left-handed Right arm medium FC
Arindam Ghosh Railways 19 October 1986 Right-handed Right arm medium FC
Arjit Gupta Rajasthan 12 September 1989 Right-handed Right arm off break LA
Abhishek Kaushik Railways 13 February 1985 Left-handed LA
Akshdeep Nath Uttar Pradesh 10 May 1993 Right-handed Right arm medium LA
Shalabh Shrivastava Vidarbha 2 February 1986 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast FC
All-rounders
Piyush Chawla Uttar Pradesh 24 December 1988 Left-handed Right arm leg break FC & LA; captain
Ashok Menaria Rajasthan 29 October 1990 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox FC & LA
Jalaj Saxena Madhya Pradesh 15 December 1986 Right-handed Right arm off break FC & LA
Karn Sharma Railways 23 October 1987 Right-handed Right arm leg break FC
Wicket-keepers
Naman Ojha Madhya Pradesh 20 July 1983 Right-handed - FC
Mahesh Rawat Railways 25 October 1985 Right-handed - FC & LA
Jitesh Sharma Vidarbha 22 October 1993 Right-handed - LA
Bowlers
Swapnil Bandiwar Vidarbha 9 August 1988 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast LA
Amit Mishra Uttar Pradesh 11 November 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast FC
Ishwar Pandey Madhya Pradesh 15 August 1989 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast FC & LA
Anureet Singh Railways 2 March 1988 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast FC & LA
Pankaj Singh Rajasthan 6 May 1985 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast FC & LA
Kuldeep Yadav Uttar Pradesh 14 December 1994 Left-handed Slow left-arm chinaman FC & LA

Famous players from Central Zone

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