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{{about||the women's cricket team|Central Zone women's cricket team|the similarly named [[Pakistan]]i team|Central Zone cricket team (Pakistan)}}

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The '''Central Zone cricket team''' is a [[first class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] team that represents central [[India]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]] and [[Deodhar Trophy]]. It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from central India competing in the [[Ranji Trophy]]: [[Chhattisgarh cricket team|Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]], [[Railways cricket team|Railways]], [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]], [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Vidarbha cricket team|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 cricket team|North Zone]] having won 17 times.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/593/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-class matches played by Central Zone (India) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref>

==Current squad==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:90%;"
|-
! Name
! Domestic team
! Birth date
! Batting Style
! Bowling Style
! Notes
|-
! colspan="6" | Batsmen
|-
|| [[Anand Bais]] || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1991|7|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || LA
|-
|| [[Robin Bist]] || Rajasthan || {{Birth date and age|1987|11|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || FC
|-
|| [[Mukul Dagar]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1990|12|17|df=y}} || Left-handed || || LA
|-
|| '''[[Faiz Fazal]]''' || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1985|9|7|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || FC
|-
|| [[Arindam Ghosh (cricketer)|Arindam Ghosh]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1986|10|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || FC
|-
|| [[Arjit Gupta]] || Rajasthan || {{Birth date and age|1989|9|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || LA
|-
|| [[Abhishek Kaushik (cricketer, born 1985)|Abhishek Kaushik]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1985|2|13|df=y}} || Left-handed || || LA
|-
|| [[Akshdeep Nath]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1993|5|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || LA
|-
|| [[Shalabh Shrivastava]] || Vidarbha || {{Birth date and age|1986|2|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || FC
|-
! colspan="6" | All-rounders
|-
|| '''[[Piyush Chawla]]''' || Uttar Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1988|12|24|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || FC & LA; captain
|-
|| [[Ashok Menaria]] || Rajasthan || {{Birth date and age|1990|10|29|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] || FC & LA
|-
|| [[Jalaj Saxena]] || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1986|12|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || FC & LA
|-
|| '''[[Karn Sharma]]''' || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1987|10|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || FC
|-
! colspan="6" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|| '''[[Naman Ojha]]''' || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1983|7|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || FC
|-
|| [[Mahesh Rawat]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1985|10|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || FC & LA
|-
|| [[Jitesh Sharma]] || Vidarbha || {{Birth date and age|1993|10|22|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || LA
|-
! colspan="6" | Bowlers
|-
|| [[Swapnil Bandiwar]] || Vidarbha || {{Birth date and age|1988|8|9|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || LA
|-
|| [[Amit Mishra (cricketer, born 1991)|Amit Mishra]] || Uttar Pradesh || {{birth date and age|1991|11|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || FC
|-
|| [[Ishwar Pandey]] || Madhya Pradesh || {{Birth date and age|1989|8|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || FC & LA
|-
|| [[Anureet Singh]] || Railways || {{Birth date and age|1988|3|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || FC & LA
|-
|| '''[[Pankaj Singh (cricketer)|Pankaj Singh]]''' || Rajasthan || {{Birth date and age|1985|5|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || FC & LA
|-
|| '''[[Kuldeep Yadav]]''' || Uttar Pradesh || {{birth date and age|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm wrist-spin]] || FC & LA
|}

==Famous players from Central Zone==
{{main|List of Central Zone cricketers}}

* [[Pravin Amre]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pravin Amre |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/26238.html |website=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[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 (cricketer)|Pankaj Singh]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cricket in India}}

[[Category:Indian first-class cricket teams]]

Central Zone cricket team - Revision history

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