Uttar Pradesh cricket team

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Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team
उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम
Personnel
Captain Nitish Rana
Coach Vijay Dahiya
Owner Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Team information
Colours  Blue   White
Founded1903
Home ground Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Capacity32,000
Secondary home ground(s) Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow,
Varanasi Cricket Stadium, Varanasi,
Saifai International Cricket Stadium, Saifai
Secondary ground capacity50,000,
30,000,
43,000
History
First-class debut Delhi
in 1934
at  Sadar Bazar Stadium, Agra
Ranji Trophy  wins1
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins1
Irani Cup  wins0
Nissar Trophy  wins1
Official website UPCA

The Uttar Pradesh cricket team, formerly United Provinces Cricket Team, is a domestic cricket team which is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, run by the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. The team competes in the first-class cricket tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. They have won the Ranji Trophy in 2005–06 and have been runners-up on five occasions. Cricketers such as Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Sudeep Tyagi have passed through Uttar Pradesh and gone on to represent India.

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Competition history

The team was formed in 1934 under the name of "United Provinces". The team's best performance in the Ranji Trophy in their early years came in 1939–40 when they finished as runners-up. In the 1950–51 season, the team's name was changed to "Uttar Pradesh".

Uttar Pradesh have not been strong in the Ranji Trophy cricket for any prolonged period in their history. Their only victory in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group was in the 2005–06 season. The Ranji Trophy win was one of the most spectacular comebacks in cricketing history, since at one point of time in the season Uttar Pradesh were on the brink of relegation.

They have finished runner-up twice before, once in 1997–98 against a strong Karnataka side, and once in 1977–78 against the same team under the captaincy of Mohammad Shahid and team manager was Karim Chishti, former captain Uttar Pradesh. They finished runners-up in the 2007–08 season, reprising a performance, similar to the one witnessed in the 2005–06 season, when they came back from the brink of relegation to win the championship. This time though, they lost to Delhi in the final.

This season's stellar performers were Mohammad Kaif, their captain who finished as the season's 3rd highest run-getter, medium pacer Sudeep Tyagi, season's 2nd highest wicket taker and Praveen Kumar who took 8 wickets in the Ranji Trophy final.

Their best performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy came in 2004–05 when they were joint-winners with Tamil Nadu. In 2006 they won the Nissar Trophy, defeating Sialkot cricket team in Dharmasala. Their only appearance in the Irani Trophy came in the 2006–07 season in which they lost to the Rest of India team.

Honours

Notable players

Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :

Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played T20I but not Test or ODI cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Sameer Rizvi 6 December 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm off break Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Priyam Garg 30 November 2000 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Akshdeep Nath 10 May 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Rinku Singh 12 October 1997 (age 26)Left-handedRight-arm off break Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Samarth Singh 11 September 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Swastik Chikara3 April 2005 (age 18)Right-handedRight-arm off break Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Abhishek Goswami 6 November 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Madhav Kaushik 3 January 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Nitish Rana 27 December 1993 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm off break Captain
Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Karan Sharma 31 October 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Aryan Juyal 11 November 2001 (age 22)Right-handed
Dhruv Jurel 21 January 2001 (age 23)Right-handedPlays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Spin bowlers
Shiva Singh 16 October 1999 (age 24)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Saurabh Kumar 1 May 1993 (age 30)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Jasmer Dhankhar16 October 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Shivam Sharma 14 November 1995 (age 28)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Kuldeep Yadav 14 December 1994 (age 29)Left-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Prashant Veer24 November 2005 (age 18)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
Yash Dayal 13 December 1997 (age 26)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5 February 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium Vice-captain
Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Kartik Tyagi 8 November 2000 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Ankit Rajpoot 4 December 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Aaqib Khan 25 December 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Mohsin Khan 15 July 1998 (age 25)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Prince Yadav2 January 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium

Updated as on 19 February 2024

Coaching staff

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