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Personnel | |
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Captain | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
Coach | Vijay Dahiya |
Owner | Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association |
Team information | |
Colours | Blue White |
Founded | 1903 |
Home ground | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur |
Capacity | 32,000 |
Secondary home ground(s) | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, Varanasi Cricket Stadium, Varanasi, Saifai International Cricket Stadium, Saifai |
Secondary ground capacity | 50,000, 30,000, 43,000 |
History | |
First-class debut | Delhi in 1934 at Sadar Bazar Stadium, Agra |
Ranji Trophy wins | 1 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 1 |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 1 |
Irani Cup wins | 0 |
Nissar Trophy wins | 1 |
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, Rudra Pratap Singh, Praveen Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav have passed through Uttar Pradesh and gone on to represent India.
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.
United Provinces
Uttar Pradesh
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 :
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||
Sameer Rizvi | 6 December 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL |
Priyam Garg | 30 November 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Akshdeep Nath | 10 May 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Swastik Chikara | 3 April 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL |
Rinku Singh | 12 October 1997 | Left-handed | Vice-captain Right-arm off break | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL |
Madhav Kaushik | 3 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Abhishek Goswami | 6 November 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Siddarth Yadav | 13 August 2003 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
All-rounders | ||||
Nitish Rana | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL |
Karan Sharma | 31 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Wicket-keeper | ||||
Aryan Juyal | 11 November 2001 | Right-handed | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL | |
Spin bowlers | ||||
Saurabh Kumar | 1 May 1993 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Shivam Sharma | 14 November 1995 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Vipraj Nigam | 28 July 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL |
Kuldeep Yadav | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm unorthodox | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL |
Pace bowlers | ||||
Yash Dayal | 13 December 1997 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 5 February 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL |
Ankit Rajpoot | 4 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Aaqib Khan | 25 December 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Vineet Panwar | 28 June 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Mohsin Khan | 15 July 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
Shivam Mavi | 26 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Updated as on 23 December 2024
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