The Central Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 team that represents central India

India

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 in the Duleep Trophy

Duleep Trophy

The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji .-History:...

. It is a composite team of players from five first-class Indian teams from central India competing in the Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...

: Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh cricket team

The Madhya Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is in the Plate and in elite Group of the Ranji Trophy....

, Railways

Railways cricket team

The Railways Cricket Team has been very successful in the Ranji Trophy in recent years, although much of their history has been spent in unsuccessful endeavours to win the tournament.-Competition History:...

, Rajasthan

Rajasthan cricket team

The Rajasthan cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Team emerged as the champion of the Ranji Trophy in 2011, after finishing runners-up eight times . It is currently in the Ranji Trophy elite group."Rajasthan cricket team" is also popularly known as...

, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh cricket team

The Uttar Pradesh cricket team is a cricket team which is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The team competes in the Ranji Trophy and won the tournament in 2005-06. They have only won 1 Ranji Trophy and have been runner-up twice. Young talents such as Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Piyush...

 and Vidarbha

Vidarbha cricket team

The Vidarbha cricket team is a domestic cricket team in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, India's main domestic cricket competition. It represents the Vidarbha region of western Maharashtra.-Current squad:*Alind naidu *Jayesh dongaonkar...

. Central Zone has the fourth strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 5 times, with the best team, North Zone

North Zone cricket team

The North Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents northern India in the Duleep 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...

 having won 17 times.

• Piyush Chawla
  Piyush Chawla
  Piyush Pramod Chawla is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. His Hometown is Moradabad,. He is seen as a leg-spinning allrounder in domestic cricket, but has not fired as a batsman in the One Day International format...
  
  
• Mohammad Kaif
• Murali Kartik
  Murali Kartik
  Murali Kartik is an Indian cricketer who sporadically represented the India national cricket team since 2000...
  
  
• Suresh Raina
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