Central Zone cricket team

For the similarly named Pakistani team, see Central Zone cricket team (Pakistan). For the similarly named Bangladeshi team, see Central Zone cricket team (Bangladesh).

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 six first-class Indian teams from central India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Chhattisgarh, 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	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991	Right-handed	Right arm off break	LA
Robin Bist	Rajasthan	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Right-handed	Right arm off break	FC
Mukul Dagar	Uttar Pradesh	(1990-12-17) 17 December 1990	Left-handed		LA
Faiz Fazal	Railways	(1985-09-07) 7 September 1985	Left-handed	Right arm medium	FC
Arindam Ghosh	Railways	(1986-10-19) 19 October 1986	Right-handed	Right arm medium	FC
Arjit Gupta	Rajasthan	(1989-09-12) 12 September 1989	Right-handed	Right arm off break	LA
Abhishek Kaushik	Railways	(1985-02-13) 13 February 1985	Left-handed		LA
Akshdeep Nath	Uttar Pradesh	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993	Right-handed	Right arm medium	LA
Shalabh Shrivastava	Vidarbha	(1986-02-02) 2 February 1986	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	FC
All-rounders
Piyush Chawla	Uttar Pradesh	(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988	Left-handed	Right arm leg break	FC & LA; captain
Ashok Menaria	Rajasthan	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	FC & LA
Jalaj Saxena	Madhya Pradesh	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986	Right-handed	Right arm off break	FC & LA
Karn Sharma	Railways	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987	Right-handed	Right arm leg break	FC
Wicket-keepers
Naman Ojha	Madhya Pradesh	(1983-07-20) 20 July 1983	Right-handed	-	FC
Mahesh Rawat	Railways	(1985-10-25) 25 October 1985	Right-handed	-	FC & LA
Jitesh Sharma	Vidarbha	(1993-10-22) 22 October 1993	Right-handed	-	LA
Bowlers
Swapnil Bandiwar	Vidarbha	(1988-08-09) 9 August 1988	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	LA
Amit Mishra	Uttar Pradesh	(1991-11-11) 11 November 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	FC
Ishwar Pandey	Madhya Pradesh	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	FC & LA
Anureet Singh	Railways	(1988-03-02) 2 March 1988	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	FC & LA
Pankaj Singh	Rajasthan	(1985-05-06) 6 May 1985	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	FC & LA
Kuldeep Yadav	Uttar Pradesh	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994	Left-handed	Slow left-arm chinaman	FC & LA

Famous players from Central Zone

Main article: List of Central Zone cricketers

• Pravin Amre
• Murali Kartik
• Mohammad Kaif
• Amay Khurasiya
• Suresh Raina
• R. P. Singh
• Praveen Kumar
• Piyush Chawla
• Umesh Yadav
• Naman Ojha
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Ishwar Pandey
• Pankaj Singh