The South Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket

Cricket

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 team that represents southern India

India

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 in the Duleep Trophy

Duleep Trophy

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. It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy

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: Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh cricket team

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, Goa

Goa cricket team

The Goa cricket team has never been an overly strong team in the Ranji Trophy. Confined to the plate group, Goa bottomed the table in 2005/06 by not achieving a win in their 5 matches, losing 3 matches. In 2006/07 they again finished bottom of the plate group without a win this time losing 4...

, Hyderabad

Hyderabad cricket team

The Hyderabad cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad. It is part of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group and has seen scattered success over its many years in the Ranji Trophy circuit. It falls into the South Zone in the Duleep Trophy and is one of two teams from Andhra...

, Karnataka

Karnataka cricket team

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, Kerala

Kerala cricket team

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 and Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu cricket team

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. South Zone has the third strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 11 times, with the best team, North Zone

North Zone cricket team

The North Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents northern India in the Duleep Trophy. It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from northern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and...

 having won 17 times.

International players from South Zone

• Mohammad Azharuddin
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• Lakshmipathy Balaji
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• Rahul Dravid
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• Dinesh Karthik
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• Anil Kumble
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• V. V. S. Laxman
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• Tinu Yohannan
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• Venugopal Rao
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• Sreesanth
• Javagal Srinath
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• Venkatesh Prasad
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• Subramaniam Badrinath
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• Pragyan Ojha
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• Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
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• Erapalli Prasanna
• Kris Srikkanth
• Gundappa Viswanath
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• Sunil Joshi
  Sunil Joshi
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• Murali Vijay
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