Central Zone cricket team

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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]

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Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. Updated as on 8 Aug 2025

NameDomestic teamBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleFormatNotes
Batters
Rajat Patidar Madhya Pradesh1 June 1993 (age 32)Right-handedRight arm off break First-classVice-captain
Yash Rathod Vidarbha16 May 2000 (age 25)Left-handed Right arm Offbreak First-class
Danish MalewarVidarbha8 October 2003 (age 21)Right-handed Legbreak First-class
Ayush PandeyChhattisgarh19 September 2003 (age 21)Left-handed Right-arm offbreak First-class
Sanjeet Desai Chhattisgarh12 December 1997 (age 27)Right-handed Legbreak Googly First-class
All-rounder
Manav Suthar Rajasthan3 August 2002 (age 23)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Harsh Dubey Vidarbha23 July 2002 (age 23)Left-handed Slow Left arm Orthodox First-class
Shubham Sharma Madhya Pradesh24 December 1993 (age 31)Right -handed Right arm Offbreak First-class
Wicket-keepers
Dhruv Jurel Uttar Pradesh21 January 2001 (age 24)Right-handed-First-classCaptain
Aryan Juyal Uttar Pradesh11 November 2001 (age 23)Right-handed-First-class
Spin Bowlers
Saransh Jain Madhya Pradesh31 March 1993 (age 32)Left-handedRight-arm off break First-class
Kuldeep Yadav Uttar Pradesh14 December 1994 (age 30)Left-handedLeft arm Wrist Spin First-class
Pace Bowlers
Khaleel Ahmed Rajasthan5 December 1997 (age 27)Right-handedLeft arm Fast medium First-class
Deepak Chahar Rajasthan7 August 1992 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium First-class
Aditya Thakare Vidarbha8 November 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight arm medium First-class

Famous players from Central Zone

References

  1. "First-class matches played by Central Zone (India)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. "Pravin Amre". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 January 2021.