# South Zone cricket team

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 seven first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. 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, West Zone having won 19 times.

## Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | State Team | Format | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| Mayank Agarwal | (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Karnataka | First-class & List A | Vice-captain |
| Hanuma Vihari | (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Andhra | First-class | Captain |
| R Samarth | (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Karnataka | First-class | |
| Tilak Varma | (2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 21) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Hyderabad | First-class | |
| Sai Sudharsan | (2001-10-15) 15 October 2001 (age 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Tamil Nadu | First-class & List A | |
| Sachin Baby | (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Kerala | First-class | |
| Pradosh Ranjan Paul | (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000 (age 23) | Left-handed | | Tamil Nadu | First-class | |
| Suyash Prabhudessai | (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Goa | First-class | |
| Devdutt Padikkal | (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Karnataka | List A | |
| Rohan Kunnummal | (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kerala | List A | |
| Rohit Rayudu | (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Hyderabad | List A | |
| All-rounder |||||||
| Washington Sundar | (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Tamil Nadu | First-class & List A | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Ricky Bhui | (1996-09-29) 29 September 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | | Andhra | First-class & List A | |
| N Jagadeesan | (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28) | Right-handed | | Tamil Nadu | First-class & List A | |
| Arun Karthik | (1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | | Pondicherry | List A | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| Sai Kishore | (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 27) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Tamil Nadu | First-class & List A | |
| Darshan Misal | (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Goa | First-class | |
| Sijomon Joseph | (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Kerala | List A | |
| Mohit Redkar | (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Goa | List A | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| V Vyshak | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka | First-class & List A | |
| Vidwath Kaverappa | (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka | First-class & List A | |
| KV Sasikanth | (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Andhra | First-class | |
| V Koushik | (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka | First-class & List A | |
| Arjun Tendulkar | (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Goa | List A | |
Updated as on 03 Aug 2023

## International players from South Zone

* Kris Srikanth
* Roger Binny
* 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
* Robin Uthappa
* Karun Nair
* Manish Pandey
* Stuart Binny
* Vinay Kumar
* Abhinav Mukund
* Abhimanyu Mithun
* Sreenath Aravind
* Vijay Shankar (cricketer)
* KL Rahul
* Mayank Agarwal
* Hanuma Vihari
* Mohammad Siraj
* Sanju Samson
* Washington Sundar
* T. Natarajan
* Sai Sudharshan
Tinu Yohannan