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 six first-class Indian teams from northern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: 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.

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

Current squad
Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Unmukt ChandDelhi (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993Right-handedRight arm off break
Prashant ChopraHimachal Pradesh (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992Left-handedRight arm leg break
Gautam GambhirDelhi (1981-10-14) 14 October 1981Left-handedRight arm leg break
Nikhil GangtaHimachal Pradesh (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992Right-handedRight arm medium
Milind KumarDelhi (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break
Rajat PaliwalServices (1991-09-24) 24 September 1991Right-handedRight arm off break
Vaibhav RawalDelhi (1991-11-09) 9 November 1991Left-handedRight arm leg break
Gurkeerat SinghPunjab (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990Right-handedRight-arm off break
Ian Dev SinghJ&K (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989Right-handedRight arm off break
Jiwanjot SinghPunjab (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990Right-handedRight arm off break
Mandeep SinghPunjab (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991Right-handedRight arm medium
All-rounders
Rishi DhawanHimachal Pradesh (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Parvez RasoolJ&K (1989-02-13) 13 February 1989Right-handedRight arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Nitin SainiHaryana (1988-10-28) 28 October 1988Right-handed-
Bowlers
Parvinder AwanaDelhi (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Siddarth KaulPunjab (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990Right-handedLeft arm medium-fast
Sarabjit LaddaPunjab (1986-07-10) 10 July 1986Right-handedRight arm leg break
Vikas MishraDelhi (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Ashish NehraDelhi (1979-04-29) 29 April 1979Right-handedLeft arm medium-fast
Ishant SharmaDelhi (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Mohit SharmaHaryana (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Sandeep SharmaPunjab (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Harbhajan SinghPunjab (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980Right-handedRight arm off breakCaptain
Suraj YadavServices (1987-10-26) 26 October 1987Right-handedRight arm medium-fast

Notable players from North Zone
Main article: List of North Zone cricketers

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


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