North Zone cricket team explained

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

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
	Chandigarh	18 July 1993	Right-handed		First-class
	Delhi	5 July 1992	Right-handed		First-class
	Himachal Pradesh	7 October 1992	Right-handed		First-class
	Himachal Pradesh	26 September 1993	Left-handed		First-class
	Haryana	1 November 1997	Right-handed		First-class
	Punjab	4 September 2000	Left-handed		First-class
Mandeep Singh	Punjab	18 December 1991	Right-handed		List A
	Jammu & Kashmir	13 September 1995	Right-handed		List A
	Jammu & Kashmir	13 September 1995	Left-handed		List A
	Haryana	1 October 1998	Right-handed		List A
	Services	10 March 1998	Left-handed		List A
All-rounders
Nishant Sindhu	Haryana	9 April 2004	Left-handed		First-class & List A
Rishi Dhawan	Himachal Pradesh	19 February 1990	Right-handed		List A
Nitish Rana	Dehi	27 December 1993	Right-handed		List A	List A Captain
	Punjab	4 September 2000	Left-handed		List A
Wicket-keepers
	Punjab	10 August 2000	Right-handed	-	First-class & List A
Shubham Arora	Himachal Pradesh	26 October 1997	Left-handed	-	List A
Spin Bowlers
Jayant Yadav	Haryana	22 January 1990	Right-handed		First-class	First-class Captain
	Services	18 June 1994	Right-handed		First-class
	Jammu & Kashmir	17 January 1997	Left-handed		First-class
Mayank Markande	Punjab	11 November 1997	Right-handed		List A
	Himachal Pradesh	11 November 1996	Right-handed		List A
Pace Bowlers
Siddarth Kaul	Punjab	19 May 1990	Right-handed		First-class
	Punjab	4 November 1990	Right-handed		First-class
	Delhi	22 December 2001	Right-handed		First-class & List A
	Himachal Pradesh	14 December 1997	Right-handed		First-class & List A
Sandeep Sharma	Chandigarh	18 May 1993	Right-handed		List A
Mayank Yadav	Delhi	17 June 2002	Right-handed		List A

Notable players from North Zone

See main article: article and List of North Zone cricketers.

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

External links

Lists of matches played by North Zone at CricketArchive