Central Zone cricket team
First-class cricket team
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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.[1]
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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 |
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| Batters | ||||||
| Rajat Patidar | Madhya Pradesh | 1 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | First-class | Vice-captain |
| Yash Rathod | Vidarbha | 16 May 2000 | Left-handed | Right arm Offbreak | First-class | |
| Danish Malewar | Vidarbha | 8 October 2003 | Right-handed | Legbreak | First-class | |
| Ayush Pandey | Chhattisgarh | 19 September 2003 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | First-class | |
| Sanjeet Desai | Chhattisgarh | 12 December 1997 | Right-handed | Legbreak Googly | First-class | |
| All-rounder | ||||||
| Manav Suthar | Rajasthan | 3 August 2002 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Harsh Dubey | Vidarbha | 23 July 2002 | Left-handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | First-class | |
| Shubham Sharma | Madhya Pradesh | 24 December 1993 | Right -handed | Right arm Offbreak | First-class | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Dhruv Jurel | Uttar Pradesh | 21 January 2001 | Right-handed | - | First-class | Captain |
| Aryan Juyal | Uttar Pradesh | 11 November 2001 | Right-handed | - | First-class | |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Saransh Jain | Madhya Pradesh | 31 March 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | First-class | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Uttar Pradesh | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Left arm Wrist Spin | First-class | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Khaleel Ahmed | Rajasthan | 5 December 1997 | Right-handed | Left arm Fast medium | First-class | |
| Deepak Chahar | Rajasthan | 7 August 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | First-class | |
| Aditya Thakare | Vidarbha | 8 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | First-class | |
