| Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम اتر پردیش کرکٹ ٹیم |
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| Coach: | Gyanendra Pandey | ||
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| Captain: | Suresh Raina | ||
| Colours: | Blue White | ||
| Founded: | |||
| Home ground: | Green Park Stadium | ||
| Capacity: | 45,000 | ||
| in 1938 | |||
| Official website: | [1] | ||
The Uttar Pradesh cricket team (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम, Urdu: اتر پردیش کرکٹ ٹیم), formerly United Provinces 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 Chawla, R. P. Singh and Praveen Kumar and have passed through Uttar Pradesh and gone on to represent India.
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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".[1]
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.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.[2]
Their best performance in the Ranji Trophy One Day Tournament came in 2004-05 when they were joint-winners with Tamil Nadu. In 2006 they won the Nissar Trophy, defeating Sialkot 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.
| 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 |
2009-10 Ranji Trophy Super League squad:[3]
| Name | Playing Role | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Kaif | Captain | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Ashish Yadav | Left-hand bat | ||
| Imtiyaz Ahmed | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | All Rounder | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
| Amir Khan | Wicket-keeper | Right-hand bat | |
| Amit Singh | Left-hand bat | ||
| Piyush Chawla | All-rounder | Left-hand bat | Legbreak |
| Praveen Gupta | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Parvinder Singh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Ravikant Shukla | Higher middle order batsman | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Shivakant Shukla | Bowler | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| R P Singh | Right-hand bat | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Rohit Prakash Srivastava | Opening batsman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Shalabh Srivastava | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Tanmay Srivastava | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
For 2008-09 Ranji Trophy Super League squad, visit:[4]
2010-11 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad:[5]
| ankit | batsman | right hand bat | off spin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Kaif | Captain | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Ashish Yadav | Left-hand bat | ||
| akash srivastav | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Imtiyaz Ahmed | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Amir Khan | Wicket-keeper | Right-hand bat | |
| Amit Singh | Left-hand bat | ||
| Piyush Chawla | All-rounder | Left-hand bat | Legbreak |
| Praveen Gupta | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Ali Murtaza | Left-hand bat | Left-arm medium | |
| Naman Sharma | Right-hand bat | Legbreak | |
| Parvinder Singh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Ravikant Shukla | Higher middle order batsman | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Shivakant Shukla | Bowler | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| R P Singh | Right-hand bat | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Rohit Prakash Srivastava | Opening batsman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Tanmay Srivastava | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Ali Hamid | Right-hand bat | Legbreak | |
| Mzhar Khan | Right-hand bat | Legbreak |
2010-11 Vijay Hazare Trophy squad:[6]
shelindar sengar
| Name | Playing Role all rounder | Batting right hand bat | Bowling fast bowler |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Kaif | Captain | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Left-hand bat | |||
| Prashant Gupta | Right-hand bat | Legbreak googly | |
| Imtiyaz Ahmed | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | ||
| Arshad Masih | Left-hand bat | Legbreak googly | |
| Amir Khan | Wicket-keeper | Right-hand bat | |
| Piyush Chawla | All-rounder | Left-hand bat | Legbreak |
| Praveen Gupta | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Parvinder Singh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Ravikant Shukla | Higher middle order batsman | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Shivakant Shukla | Bowler | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak |
| Tanmay Srivastava | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Sudeep Tyagi | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
| Indian first class cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy |
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| Andhra Pradesh | Assam | Baroda | Bengal | Delhi | Goa | Gujarat | Haryana | Himachal Pradesh | Hyderabad | Jammu and Kashmir | Jharkhand | Karnataka | Kerala | Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Orissa | Punjab | Railways | Rajasthan | Saurashtra | Services | Tamil Nadu | Tripura | Uttar Pradesh | Vidarbha |