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 7 times, with the best team, North Zone having won 17 times.
Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Updated as on 8 Aug 2025
Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Format Notes Batters Rajat Patidar Madhya Pradesh Right-handed Right arm off break First-class Vice-captain Yash Rathod Vidarbha Left-handed Right arm Offbreak First-class Danish Malewar Vidarbha Right-handed Legbreak First-class Ayush Pandey Chhattisgarh Left-handed Right-arm offbreak First-class Sanjeet Desai Chhattisgarh Right-handed Legbreak Googly First-class All-rounder Manav Suthar Rajasthan Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class Harsh Dubey Vidarbha Left-handed Slow Left arm Orthodox First-class Shubham Sharma Madhya Pradesh Right -handed Right arm Offbreak First-class Wicket-keepers Dhruv Jurel Uttar Pradesh Right-handed - First-class Captain Aryan Juyal Uttar Pradesh Right-handed - First-class Spin Bowlers Saransh Jain Madhya Pradesh Left-handed Right-arm off break First-class Kuldeep Yadav Uttar Pradesh Left-handed Left arm Wrist Spin First-class Pace Bowlers Khaleel Ahmed Rajasthan Right-handed Left arm Fast medium First-class Deepak Chahar Rajasthan Right-handed Right-arm medium First-class Aditya Thakare Vidarbha Right-handed Right arm medium First-class
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
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