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, Rudra Pratap Singh, Praveen Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav 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".A stellar role was played for standard upgrade by the team captain Ashwani Chaturvedi during 1958 to 1965 .

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.

Honours

United Provinces

Ranji Trophy Runners-up (1): 1939–40

Uttar Pradesh

Ranji Trophy Winners: 2005–06 Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2008–09 Nissar Trophy Winners: 2006–07 Vijay Hazare Trophy Winners: 2002–03 Runners-up (2): 2005-06, 2020-21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Winners: 2015-16 Runners-up: 2013-14

Notable players

Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: Gopal Sharma (1985) Mohammad Kaif (2000) Nikhil Chopra (2000) Rudra Pratap Singh (2006) Piyush Chawla (2006) Suresh Raina (2010) Praveen Kumar (2011) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2013) Kuldeep Yadav (2017) Dhruv Jurel (2024)

Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :

Rudra Pratap Singh (1986) Gyanendra Pandey (1999) Sudeep Tyagi (2009) Rinku Singh (2023)

Players from Uttar Pradesh who have played T20I but not Test or ODI cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :

Shivam Mavi (2023)

Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Abhishek Goswami Right-handed Right-arm off break Priyam Garg Right-handed Right-arm medium Rinku Singh Left-handed Right-arm off break List A Captain Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL Madhav Kaushik Right-handed Right-arm off break Sameer Rizvi Right-handed Right-arm off break Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL Aaradhya Yadav Right-handed Siddarth Yadav Left-handed Right-arm off break All-rounder Karan Sharma Right-handed Right-arm off break First-class Captain Wicket-keepers Aryan Juyal Right-handed Twenty20 Captain Dhruv Jurel Right-handed Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL Spin bowlers Prashant Veer Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL Vipraj Nigam Right-handed Right-arm leg break Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL Shivam Sharma Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Zeeshan Ansari Right-handed Right-arm leg break Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL Kartik Yadav Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Kuldeep Yadav Left-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL Pace bowlers Shivam Mavi Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL Kunal Tyagi Right-handed Right-arm medium Kartik Tyagi Right-handed Right-arm fast Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL Aaqib Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium Karan Chaudhary Right-handed Right-arm medium Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL Vaibhav Chaudhary Right-handed Right-arm medium Sunil Kumar Left-handed Left-arm medium

Updated as on 1 February 2026

Coaching staff

Head coach: Vijay Dahiya Assistant coach: Vikramjeet Malik Trainer: Rashid Zirak Physio: Russell Pinto Manager:Dipannakar Malviya Video analyst : Subbarao Fielding Coach : Musi Raza

See also

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Green Park Stadium Ekana International Cricket Stadium Saifai International Cricket Stadium

References