North Zone cricket team

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

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
Manan Vohra	Chandigarh	(1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	First-class
Dhruv Shorey [1]	Delhi	(1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	First-class
Prashant Chopra [2]	Himachal Pradesh	(1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break	First-class
Ankit Kalsi	Himachal Pradesh	(1993-09-26) 26 September 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	First-class
Ankit Kumar	Haryana	(1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	First-class
Nehal Wadhera	Punjab	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right arm leg break	First-class
Mandeep Singh	Punjab	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	List A
Shubham Khajuria	Jammu & Kashmir	(1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	List A
Vivrant Sharma	Jammu & Kashmir	(1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right arm leg break	List A
Himanshu Rana	Haryana	(1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	List A
Shubham Rohilla	Services	(1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right arm leg break	List A
All-rounders
Nishant Sindhu	Haryana	(2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	First-class & List A
Rishi Dhawan	Himachal Pradesh	(1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	List A
Nitish Rana	Dehi	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	List A	List A Captain
Abhishek Sharma	Punjab	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	List A
Wicket-keepers
Prabhsimran Singh	Punjab	(2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	-	First-class & List A
Shubham Arora	Himachal Pradesh	(1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	-	List A
Spin Bowlers
Jayant Yadav	Haryana	(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	First-class	First-class Captain
Pulkit Narang	Services	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	First-class
Abid Mushtaq	Jammu & Kashmir	(1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 28)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	First-class
Mayank Markande	Punjab	(1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break	List A
Mayank Dagar	Himachal Pradesh	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	List A
Pace Bowlers
Siddarth Kaul	Punjab	(1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	First-class
Baltej Dhanda	Punjab	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	First-class
Harshit Rana	Delhi	(2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	First-class & List A
Vaibhav Arora	Himachal Pradesh	(1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	First-class & List A
Sandeep Sharma	Chandigarh	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	List A
Mayank Yadav [3]	Delhi	(2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	List A

Notable players from North Zone

Main article: List of North Zone cricketers

• Kapil Dev
• Gautam Gambhir
• Dinesh Mongia
• Virender Sehwag
• Ishant Sharma
• Navjot Singh Sidhu
• Harbhajan Singh
• Yuvraj Singh
• Lala Amarnath
• Surinder Amarnath
• Mohinder Amarnath
• Virat Kohli
• Bishen Singh Bedi
• Aakash Chopra

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

• Dr Jehangir Khan
• Dilawar Hussain
• Gul Mohammad
• Nazar Mohammad
• A H Kardar
• Fazal Mahmood
• Imtiaz Ahmed
• Akshay Patel