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Personnel | |
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Captain | Aryan Juyal |
Coach | Vijay Dahiya |
Owner | Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association |
Team information | |
Colours | Blue White |
Founded | 1903 |
Home ground | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur |
Capacity | 32,000 |
Secondary home ground(s) | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, Varanasi Cricket Stadium, Varanasi, Saifai International Cricket Stadium, Saifai |
Secondary ground capacity | 50,000, 30,000, 43,000 |
History | |
First-class debut | Delhi in 1934 at Sadar Bazar Stadium, Agra |
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.