West Zone cricket team
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The West Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents western India in the Duleep Trophy. It is a composite team of players from five first-class Indian teams from western India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Baroda, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai and Saurashtra. West Zone has the second strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 16 times, with the next best team, North Zone having won 17 times. This included four consecutive titles from 1961-62 through to the 1964-95, although the third of these were shared with South Zone. They are the reigning champions, having won the 2005-06 Duleep Trophy.
[edit] Famous players from West Zone
- Ajit Agarkar
- Sairaj Bahutule
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Wasim Jaffer
- Vinod Kambli
- Hrishikesh Kanitkar
- Nayan Mongia
- Parthiv Patel
- Irfan Pathan
- Yusuf Pathan
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Zaheer Khan
- Rohit Sharma
Indian first class cricket teams in the Duleep Trophy |
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Central Zone | East Zone | North Zone | South Zone | West Zone |