Uttar Pradesh cricket team

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

Main article: List of Uttar Pradesh cricketers

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.

Updated as on 15 November 2025

Coaching staff

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

References

References

1. "Vijay Dahiya replaces Gyanendra Pandey as Uttar Pradesh coach". ESPN Cricinfo.