South Zone cricket team
Appearance
The South Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents southern India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. South Zone has the third strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 11 times, with the best team, North Zone having won 17 times.
Current squad
Name | Domestic team | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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Batsmen | |||||
Ricky Bhui | Andhra | 29 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
Sagun Kamat | Goa | 11 May 1983 | Left-handed | Right arm leg break | |
Abhinav Mukund | Tamil Nadu | 6 January 1990 | Left-handed | Right arm leg break | |
Karun Nair | Karnataka | 6 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
Manish Pandey | Karnataka | 10 September 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
Rohan Prem | Kerala | 13 September 1986 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
Lokesh Rahul | Karnataka | 18 April 1992 | Right-handed | - | |
Akshath Reddy | Hyderabad | 11 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
Bodapati Sumanth | Andhra | 10 May 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
Robin Uthappa | Karnataka | 11 November 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
Murali Vijay | Tamil Nadu | 1 April 1984 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
All-rounders | |||||
Baba Aparajith | Tamil Nadu | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
Malolan Rangarajan | Tamil Nadu | 22 April 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
CM Gautam | Karnataka | 8 March 1986 | Right-handed | - | |
Dinesh Karthik | Tamil Nadu | 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | - | |
Sanju Samson | Kerala | 11 November 1994 | Right-handed | - | |
Bowlers | |||||
Vinay Kumar | Karnataka | 12 February 1984 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Captain |
Abhimanyu Mithun | Karnataka | 25 October 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
Pragyan Ojha | Hyderabad | 5 September 1986 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Prasanth Parameswaran | Kerala | 30 May 1985 | Right-handed | Left arm medium-fast | |
Rahil Shah | Tamil Nadu | 20 October 1985 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Chovvakkaran Shahid | Kerala | 8 February 1983 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
HS Sharath | Karnataka | 2 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
Aushik Srinivas | Tamil Nadu | 16 March 1993 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Sandeep Warrier | Kerala | 4 April 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
Yo Mahesh | Tamil Nadu | 21 December 1987 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
International players from South Zone
- S. Venkataraghavan
- Syed Abid Ali
- Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
- Syed Kirmani
- Brijesh Patel
- M. L. Jaisimha
- Abbas Ali Baig
- Mohammad Azharuddin
- Lakshmipathy Balaji
- Rahul Dravid
- Dinesh Karthik
- Anil Kumble
- V. V. S. Laxman
- Sreesanth
- Javagal Srinath
- Venkatesh Prasad
- Pragyan Ojha
- Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
- Erapalli Prasanna
- Kris Srikkanth
- Gundappa Viswanath
- Sunil Joshi
- Murali Vijay
- Vijay Bhardwaj
- Ravichandran Ashwin