North Zone cricket team

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The '''North Zone cricket team''' is a [[first class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] team that represents northern [[India]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]] and [[Deodhar Trophy]]. It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from northern India competing in the [[Ranji Trophy]]: [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]], [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] and [[Services cricket team|Services]]. North Zone has the strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 17 times, with the next best team, [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]] having won 16 times. They hold the record for the most consecutive titles, five, from 1990-91 through to 1994-95.

==Current squad==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:90%;"
|-
! Name
! Domestic team
! Birth date
! Batting Style
! Bowling Style
! Notes
|-
! colspan="6" | Batsmen
|-
|| [[Unmukt Chand]] || Delhi || {{Birth date and age|1993|3|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Prashant Chopra]] || Himachal Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1992|10|7|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Gautam Gambhir]]''' || Delhi || {{Birth date and age|1981|10|14|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|| [[Nikhil Gangta]] || Himachal Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1992|9|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|| [[Milind Kumar]] || Delhi || {{birth date and age|1991|2|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Rajat Paliwal]] || Services || {{Birth date and age|1991|9|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Vaibhav Rawal]] || Delhi || {{Birth date and age|1991|11|9|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Gurkeerat Singh]]''' || Punjab ||{{birth date and age|1990|6|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Ian Dev Singh]] || J&K || {{Birth date and age|1989|3|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| [[Jiwanjot Singh]] || Punjab || {{Birth date and age|1990|11|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Mandeep Singh]]''' || Punjab || {{Birth date and age|1991|12|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
! colspan="6" | All-rounders
|-
|| '''[[Rishi Dhawan]]''' || Himachal Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1990|2|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Parvez Rasool]]''' || J&K || {{Birth date and age|1989|2|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
! colspan="6" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|| [[Nitin Saini]] || Haryana || {{Birth date and age|1988|10|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || - ||
|-
! colspan="6" | Bowlers
|-
|| '''[[Parvinder Awana]]''' || Delhi || {{Birth date and age|1986|7|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Siddarth Kaul]]''' || Punjab || {{Birth date and age|1990|5|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| [[Sarabjit Ladda]] || Punjab || {{Birth date and age|1986|7|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|| [[Vikas Mishra]] || Delhi || {{Birth date and age|1992|12|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Ashish Nehra]]''' || Delhi || {{Birth date and age|1979|4|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Ishant Sharma]]''' || Delhi || {{Birth date and age|1988|9|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Mohit Sharma]]''' || Haryana || {{Birth date and age|1988|9|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Sandeep Sharma]]''' || Punjab || {{Birth date and age|1993|5|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|| '''[[Harbhajan Singh]]''' || Punjab || {{Birth date and age|1980|7|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || Captain
|-
|| [[Suraj Yadav]] || Services || {{Birth date and age|1987|10|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|}

==Notable players from North Zone==
{{main article|List of North Zone cricketers}}
*[[Kapil Dev]]
*[[Gautam Gambhir]]
*[[Dinesh Mongia]]
*[[Virender Sehwag]]
*[[Ishant Sharma]]
*[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
*[[Harbhajan Singh]]
*[[Yuvraj Singh]]
*[[Lala Amarnath]]
*[[Surinder Amarnath]]
*[[Mohinder Amarnath]]
*[[Virat Kohli]]
*[[Bishen Singh Bedi]]
*[[Aakash Chopra]]

North Zone also had the services of some very famous Pakistani cricketers before partition, such as
* [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Dr Jehangir Khan]]
* [[Dilawar Hussain]]
* [[Gul Mohammad]]
* [[Nazar Mohammad]]
* [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar|A H Kardar]]
* [[Fazal Mahmood]]
* [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]]

==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1030/match_lists.html Lists of matches played by North Zone] at CricketArchive

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