# Central Zone cricket team

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 seven first-class Indian teams from central India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand 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

Players with international caps are listed in bold. Updated as on 30 Jul 2023
| Name | Domestic team | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Format | Notes |
| Batters |||||||
| Rinku Singh | Uttar Pradesh | (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | First-class & List A | |
| Shubham Sharma | Madhya Pradesh | (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | First-class | |
| Vivek Singh | Railways | (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | First-class | |
| Kunal Chandela | Uttarakhand | (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | First-class | |
| Amandeep Khare | Chhattisgarh | (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | First-class | |
| Shivam Chaudhary | Railways | (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Madhav Kaushik | Uttar Pradesh | (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Yash Dubey | Madhya Pradesh | (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | List A | |
| Yash Kothari | Rajasthan | (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | List A | |
| Pratham Singh | Railways | (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| All-rounder |||||||
| Venkatesh Iyer | Madhya Pradesh | (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | List A | Captain |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Himanshu Mantri | Madhya Pradesh | (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | - | First-class | |
| Akshay Wadkar | Vidarbha | (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | - | First-class | |
| Upendra Yadav | Railways | (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | - | First-class & List A | |
| Dhruv Jurel | Uttar Pradesh | (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | - | First-class | |
| Aryan Juyal | Uttar Pradesh | (2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | - | List A | |
| Spin Bowlers |||||||
| Saurabh Kumar | Uttar Pradesh | (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Saransh Jain | Madhya Pradesh | (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | First-class & List A | |
| Manav Suthar | Rajasthan | (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Karn Sharma | Railways | (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | List A | |
| Aditya Sarwate | Vidarbha | (1989-12-10) 10 December 1989 (age 34) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||||
| Avesh Khan | Madhya Pradesh | (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class | |
| Shivam Mavi | Uttar Pradesh | (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | Vice-captain |
| Yash Thakur | Vidarbha | (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | |
| Aniket Choudhary | Rajasthan | (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | List A | |
| Akash Madhwal | Uttarakhand | (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |

## Famous players from Central Zone

* 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