Uttar Pradesh cricket team

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team
उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम
Personnel
Captain Suresh Raina
Coach Rizwan Shamshad
Owner Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Team information
Colours      Blue      White
Founded 1934
Home ground
History
Ranji Trophy wins 1
Irani Trophy wins 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins 1
Official website: UPCA

The Uttar Pradesh cricket team, formerly United Provinces Cricket Team, is a domestic cricket team which is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, run by the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. The team competes in the Ranji Trophy and won the tournament in 2005-06. They have won the Ranji Trophy only once and have been runners-up on five occasions. Young talents such as Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, Piyush Chawla, R. P. Singh and Praveen Kumar and have passed through Uttar Pradesh and gone on to represent India.

Competition history

The team was formed in 1934 under the name of "United Provinces". The team's best performance in the Ranji Trophy in their early years came in 1939-40 when they finished as runners-up. In the 1950-51 season, the team's name was changed to "Uttar Pradesh".[1]

Uttar Pradesh have not been strong in the Ranji Trophy cricket for any prolonged period in their history. Their only victory in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group was in the 2005-06 season. The Ranji Trophy win was one of the most spectacular comebacks in cricketing history, since at one point of time in the season Uttar Pradesh were on the brink of relegation.

They have finished runner-up twice before, once in 1997-98 against a strong Karnataka side, and once in 1977-78 against the same team under the captaincy of Mohammad Shahid and team manager was Abdul Karim Chishti, former captain Uttar Pradesh. They finished runners-up in the 2007-08 season, reprising a performance, similar to the one witnessed in the 2005-06 season, when they came back from the brink of relegation to win the championship. This time though, they lost to Delhi in the final.

This season's stellar performers were Mohammad Kaif, their captain who finished as the season's 3rd highest run-getter, medium pacer Sudeep Tyagi,season's 2nd highest wicket taker and Praveen Kumar who took 8 wickets in the Ranji Trophy final.[2]

Their best performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy came in 2004-05 when they were joint-winners with Tamil Nadu. In 2006 they won the Nissar Trophy, defeating Sialkot cricket team in Dharmasala. Their only appearance in the Irani Trophy came in the 2006-07 season in which they lost to the Rest of India team.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

YearPosition
2008-09Runner-up
2007-08Winner
2005-06Winner
1997-98Runner-up
1977-78Winner
1939-40Runner-up

Famous players

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
FC & T20 Captain
8Praveen Kumar2 October 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
LA Captain
21Piyush Chawla24 December 1988Left-handedRight-arm leg breakPlays for Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League .
Batsmen
Arish Alam19 November 1986Right-handedRight-arm off breakMiddle-order Batsmen
Mukul Dagar17 December 1990Left-handedRight-arm medium
Prashant Gupta23 June 1988Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly
3Suresh Raina27 November 1986Left-handedRight-arm off breakPlays for Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League .
Mohammad Saif30 August 1996Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Almas Shaukat12 December 1995Left-handed
Tanmay Srivastava7 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Eklavya Dwivedi22 July 1988Right-handedVice-captain
Bowlers
Imtiyaz Ahmed10 November 1985Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Amit Mishra11 November 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Ali Murtaza1 January 1990Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Ankit Rajpoot4 December 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays for Kings XI Punjab in Indian Premier League .
On National Duty
15Bhuvneshwar Kumar5 February 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League .
Kuldeep Yadav14 December 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm chinamanPlays for Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League .

Coaching staff

  • Head Coach: Manoj Prabhakar[3]
  • Assistant Coach: Rohit Prakash
  • Trainer: n/a
  • Physio: n/a
  • Manager: Javed Anwar

See also

References

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