| Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम | |
| Colours: | Blue White |
| Coach: | Vijay Dahiya |
| Captain: | Nitish Rana |
| Founded: | 1903 |
| Ground: | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur |
| Capacity: | 32,000 |
| Ground2: | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, Varanasi Cricket Stadium, Varanasi, Saifai International Cricket Stadium, Saifai |
| Capacity2: | 50,000, 30,000, 43,000 |
| Owner: | Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association |
| First Fc: | Delhi |
| First Fc Year: | 1934 |
| First Fc Venue: | Sadar Bazar Stadium, Agra |
| Title1: | Ranji Trophy |
| Title1wins: | 1 |
| Title2: | Vijay Hazare Trophy |
| Title2wins: | 1 |
| Title3: | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy |
| Title3wins: | 1 |
| Title4: | Irani Cup |
| Title4wins: | 0 |
| Title5: | Nissar Trophy |
| Title5wins: | 1 |
| 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 first-class cricket tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. They have won the Ranji Trophy in 2005–06 and have been runners-up on five occasions. Cricketers such as Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Sudeep Tyagi have passed through Uttar Pradesh and gone on to represent India.
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".
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 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.
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.
See main article: List of Uttar Pradesh cricketers. Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :
Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played T20I but not Test or ODI cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||
| 6 December 2003 | Right-handed | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL | |||
| 30 November 2000 | Right-handed | ||||
| 10 May 1993 | Right-handed | ||||
| Rinku Singh | 12 October 1997 | Left-handed | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | ||
| 11 September 1991 | Right-handed | ||||
| Swastik Chikara | 3 April 2005 | Right-handed | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | ||
| 6 November 1997 | Right-handed | ||||
| 3 January 1998 | Right-handed | ||||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Nitish Rana | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Captain Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | ||
| 31 October 1998 | Right-handed | ||||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| 11 November 2001 | Right-handed | ||||
| Dhruv Jurel | 21 January 2001 | Right-handed | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | ||
| Spin bowlers | |||||
| 16 October 1999 | Right-handed | ||||
| 1 May 1993 | Left-handed | ||||
| Jasmer Dhankhar | 16 October 1998 | Right-handed | |||
| 14 November 1995 | Right-handed | ||||
| Kuldeep Yadav | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | ||
| Prashant Veer | 24 November 2005 | Right-handed | |||
| Pace bowlers | |||||
| 13 December 1997 | Right-handed | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | |||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 5 February 1990 | Right-handed | Vice-captain Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | ||
| 8 November 2000 | Right-handed | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |||
| 4 December 1993 | Right-handed | ||||
| 25 December 2003 | Right-handed | ||||
| 15 July 1998 | Left-handed | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL | |||
| Prince Yadav | 2 January 1998 | Right-handed | |||
Updated as on 19 February 2024