Uttar Pradesh cricket team

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team
उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम
Personnel
Captain	Karan Sharma
Coach	Vijay Dahiya
Owner	Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Team information
Colours	Blue White
Founded	1934
Home ground	Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow ; (Capacity: 50,000); Green Park Stadium, Kanpur ; (Capacity: 39,000); Saifai International Cricket Stadium, Saifai, Etawah district ; (Capacity: 43,000);
History
Ranji Trophy wins	1
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	1
Irani Cup wins	0
Nissar Trophy wins	1
Official 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.

Competition history

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.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy (in final)

Year	Position
2008–09	Runner-up
2007–08	Runner-up
2005–06	Winner
1997–98	Runner-up
1977–78	Runner-up
1939–40	Runner-up

Best performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy (in final)

Year	Position
2020–21	Runner-up
2004–05	Winner

Notable players

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 :

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Karan Sharma	(1998-10-31) 31 October 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Rinku Singh	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Akshdeep Nath	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Priyam Garg	(2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Samarth Singh	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Madhav Kaushik	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sameer Rizvi	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Almas Shaukat	(1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 28)	Left-handed
Divyansh Joshi	(2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounder
Sameer Choudhary	(1999-12-19) 19 December 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Aryan Juyal	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed		Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Dhruv Jurel	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed		Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Spin bowlers
Shivam Sharma	(1995-11-14) 14 November 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Saurabh Kumar	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Shiva Singh	(1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Kuldeep Yadav	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox	Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Pace bowlers
Yash Dayal	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Shivam Mavi	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Ankit Rajpoot	(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Aaqib Khan	(2003-12-25) 25 December 2003 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Prince Yadav	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kartik Tyagi	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Mohsin Khan	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL

Updated as on 22 October 2022

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Vijay Dahiya^[1]
Assistant Coach: Vikramjeet Malik
Trainer: Rashid Zirak
Physio: Zeeshan Rais
Manager:Dipannakar Malviya
Video Analyst : Subbarao
Fielding Coach : Musi Raza

References

^ "Vijay Dahiya replaces Gyanendra Pandey as Uttar Pradesh coach". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[1] "Vijay Dahiya replaces Gyanendra Pandey as Uttar Pradesh coach". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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