North Zone cricket team

The North Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents northern India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is a composite team of players from seven first-class Indian teams from northern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and 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 having won 16 times. They hold the record for the most consecutive titles, five, from 1990/91 through to 1994/95.

Current squad

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Players with international caps are listed in bold. Updated as on 24 Jul 2023

Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Format Notes
Batsmen
Manan Vohra Chandigarh (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm medium First-class
Dhruv Shorey Delhi (1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm off break First-class
Prashant Chopra Himachal Pradesh (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm leg break First-class
Ankit Kalsi Himachal Pradesh (1993-09-26) 26 September 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Ankit Kumar Haryana (1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm off break First-class
Nehal Wadhera Punjab (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) Left-handed Right arm leg break First-class
Mandeep Singh Punjab (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm medium List A
Shubham Khajuria Jammu & Kashmir (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm off break List A
Vivrant Sharma Jammu & Kashmir (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 29) Left-handed Right arm leg break List A
Himanshu Rana Haryana (1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast List A
Shubham Rohilla Services (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Right arm leg break List A
All-rounders
Nishant Sindhu Haryana (2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class & List A
Rishi Dhawan Himachal Pradesh (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast List A
Nitish Rana Dehi (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm off break List A List A Captain
Abhishek Sharma Punjab (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox List A
Wicket-keepers
Prabhsimran Singh Punjab (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24) Right-handed - First-class & List A
Shubham Arora Himachal Pradesh (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 26) Left-handed - List A
Spin Bowlers
Jayant Yadav Haryana (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm off break First-class First-class Captain
Pulkit Narang Services (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm off break First-class
Abid Mushtaq Jammu & Kashmir (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Mayank Markande Punjab (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm leg break List A
Mayank Dagar Himachal Pradesh (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox List A
Pace Bowlers
Siddarth Kaul Punjab (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast First-class
Baltej Dhanda Punjab (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast First-class
Harshit Rana Delhi (2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast First-class & List A
Vaibhav Arora Himachal Pradesh (1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast First-class & List A
Sandeep Sharma Chandigarh (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast List A
Mayank Yadav Delhi (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast List A

Notable players from North Zone

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North Zone also had the services of some very famous Pakistani cricketers before partition, such as

References

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