West Zone cricket team

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The '''West Zone cricket team''' is a [[first class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] team that represents [[western India]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]] and [[Deodhar Trophy]]. It is a composite team of players from five first-class Indian teams from western India competing in the [[Ranji Trophy]]: [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]], [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]], [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]], [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] and [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]. West Zone has the best track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 17 times, similar to [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]. This included four consecutive titles from 1961-62 through to the 1964-65 season, although the third of these were shared with [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]]. Playing against [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]] at the [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium|Rajiv Gandhi Stadium]] in the 2009-10 Duleep Trophy final, West Zone set a new first-class record for the highest fourth innings total to win a match, scoring 541-7.<ref>{{cite web|title=Duleep Trophy: Yusuf Pathan scripts historic run chase|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Articles/12/12344.html|work=www.cricketarchive.co.uk|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=South Zone v West Zone|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/259/259166.html|work=www.cricketarchive.co.uk|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref>

==Current squad==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:90%;"
|-
! Name
! Domestic team
! Birth date
! Batting Style
! Bowling Style
! Notes
|-
! colspan="6" | Batsmen
|-
|| [[Ankit Bawne]] || [[Maharashtra]] || {{Birth date and age|1992|12|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Saurabh Chauhan]] || Rampur || {{Birth date and age|1992|09|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
|| '''[[Kedar Jadhav]]''' || Maharashtra || {{Birth date and age|1985|3|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Wasim Jaffer]]''' || Mumbai || {{Birth date and age|1978|2|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || FC captain
|-
|| [[Manpreet Juneja]] || Gujarat || {{Birth date and age|1990|9|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||

|-
|| [[Harshad Khadiwale]] || Maharashtra || {{Birth date and age|1988|10|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Cheteshwar Pujara]]''' || Saurashtra || {{Birth date and age|1988|1|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || LA captain
|-
|| '''[[Ambati Rayudu]]''' || Baroda || {{Birth date and age|1985|9|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Hiken Shah]] || Mumbai || {{Birth date and age|1984|11|15|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|| [[Arpit Vasavada]] || Saurashtra || {{Birth date and age|1988|10|28|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|| [[Aditya Waghmode]] || Baroda || {{Birth date and age|1989|11|8|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Suryakumar Yadav]] || Mumbai || {{Birth date and age|1990|9|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
! colspan="6" | All-rounders
|-
|| [[Jesal Karia]] || Gujarat || {{Birth date and age|1989|11|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Kamlesh Makvana]] || Saurashtra || {{birth date and age|1983|8|31|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Axar Patel]]''' || Gujarat || {{Birth date and age|1994|1|20|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Yusuf Pathan]]''' || Baroda || {{birth date and age|1982|11|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||

! colspan="6" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|| [[Sushant Marathe]] || Mumbai || {{Birth date and age|1985|10|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || - ||
|-
|| [[Rohit Motwani]] || Maharashtra || {{Birth date and age|1990|12|13|df=y}} || Left-handed || - ||
|-
|| '''[[Parthiv Patel]]''' || Gujarat || {{Birth date and age|1985|3|9|df=y}} || Left-handed || - ||
|-
|| [[Smit Patel]] || Gujarat || {{Birth date and age |1993|5|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || - ||
|-
! colspan="6" | Bowlers
|-
|| '''[[Jasprit Bumrah]]''' || Gujarat || {{Birth date and age|1993|12|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| [[Akshay Darekar]] || Maharashtra || {{Birth date and age|1988|7|31|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|| [[Rakesh Dhruv]] || Gujarat || {{Birth date and age|1981|5|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|| [[Samad Fallah]] || Maharashtra || {{Birth date and age|1985|5|2|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Dhawal Kulkarni]]''' || Mumbai || {{Birth date and age|1988|12|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Jaydev Unadkat]]''' || Saurashtra || {{Birth date and age|1991|10|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| [[Murtuja Vahora]] || Baroda || {{Birth date and age|1985|12|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|}

==Famous players from West Zone==
{{main|List of West Zone cricketers}}
*[[Ajit Agarkar]]
*[[Sairaj Bahutule]]
*[[Sunil Gavaskar]]
*[[Vijay Hazare]]
*[[Wasim Jaffer]]
*[[Vinod Kambli]]
*[[Saurabh Chauhan]]
*[[Vinoo Mankad]]
*[[Vijay Merchant]]
*[[Nayan Mongia]]
*[[Parthiv Patel]]
*[[Irfan Pathan]]
*[[Yusuf Pathan]]
*[[Rohit Sharma]]
*[[Sachin Tendulkar]]
*[[Zaheer Khan]]
*[[Dilip Vengsarkar]]
*[[Ravi Shastri]]
*[[Ajinkya Rahane]]
*[[Kedar Jadhav]]
*[[Hardik Pandey]]
*[[Kunal Pandey]]
*[[Jorprit bumra]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1369/1369.html West Zone] at CricketArchive

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