Uttar Pradesh cricket team

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Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team
उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम
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Ekana Cricket Stadium
Personnel
Captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar
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, Rudra Pratap Singh, Praveen Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav 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".A stellar role was played for standard upgrade by the team captain Ashwani Chaturvedi during 1958 to 1965 .

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

United Provinces

Uttar Pradesh

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
Priyam Garg 30 November 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Rinku Singh 12 October 1997 (age 27)Left-handedRight-arm off break Vice-captain
Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Madhav Kaushik 3 January 1998 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Abhishek Goswami 6 November 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sameer Rizvi 6 December 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm off break Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Siddarth Yadav13 August 2003 (age 22)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Swastik Chikara3 April 2005 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm off break Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL
Rituraj Sharma27 November 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Nitish Rana 27 December 1993 (age 31)Left-handedRight-arm off break Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Karan Sharma 31 October 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Aryan Juyal 11 November 2001 (age 23)Right-handedPlays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Aaditya Sharma7 December 2000 (age 24)Right-handed
Dhruv Jurel 21 January 2001 (age 24)Right-handedPlays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Spin bowlers
Saurabh Kumar 1 May 1993 (age 32)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Vipraj Nigam28 July 2004 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Shivam Sharma 14 November 1995 (age 29)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Piyush Chawla 24 December 1988 (age 36)Left-handedRight-arm leg break
Kuldeep Yadav 14 December 1994 (age 30)Left-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Pace bowlers
Shivam Mavi 26 November 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Aaqib Khan 25 December 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Yash Dayal 13 December 1997 (age 27)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Mohsin Khan 15 July 1998 (age 27)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Vijay Kumar24 December 2005 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5 February 1990 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium Captain
Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL
Vineet Panwar 28 June 1998 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Ankit Rajpoot 4 December 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast

Updated as on 21 April 2025

Coaching staff

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vijay Dahiya replaces Gyanendra Pandey as Uttar Pradesh coach". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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