South Zone cricket team

For the Bangladeshi team, see South Zone cricket team (Bangladesh).

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, North Zone having won 17 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	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Karnataka	First-class & List A	Vice-captain
Hanuma Vihari	(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Andhra	First-class	Captain
R Samarth	(1993-01-22) 22 January 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Karnataka	First-class
Tilak Varma	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Hyderabad	First-class
Sai Sudharsan	(2001-10-15) 15 October 2001	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Tamil Nadu	First-class & List A
Sachin Baby	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Kerala	First-class
Pradosh Ranjan Paul	(2000-12-21) 21 December 2000	Left-handed		Tamil Nadu	First-class
Suyash Prabhudessai	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Goa	First-class
Devdutt Padikkal	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Karnataka	List A
Rohan Kunnummal	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Kerala	List A
Rohit Rayudu	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Hyderabad	List A
All-rounder
Washington Sundar	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Tamil Nadu	First-class & List A
Wicket-keepers
Ricky Bhui	(1996-09-29) 29 September 1996	Right-handed		Andhra	First-class & List A
N Jagadeesan	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995	Right-handed		Tamil Nadu	First-class & List A
Arun Karthik	(1986-02-15) 15 February 1986	Right-handed		Pondicherry	List A
Spin bowlers
Sai Kishore	(1996-11-06) 6 November 1996	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Tamil Nadu	First-class & List A
Darshan Misal	(1992-09-11) 11 September 1992	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Goa	First-class
Sijomon Joseph	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Kerala	List A
Mohit Redkar	(2000-09-27) 27 September 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Goa	List A
Pace bowlers
V Vyshak	(1997-01-31) 31 January 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Karnataka	First-class & List A
Vidwath Kaverappa	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Karnataka	First-class & List A
KV Sasikanth	(1995-07-17) 17 July 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Andhra	First-class
V Koushik	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Karnataka	First-class & List A
Arjun Tendulkar	(1999-09-24) 24 September 1999	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Goa	List A

Updated as on 03 Aug 2023

International players from South Zone

Main article: List of South Zone cricketers

• 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

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External links

• South Zone at CricketArchive