Famous Players
Mushtaq Ali and Hiralal Gadded played for Madhya Pradesh in the early years after Holkar ceased to exist. Three other players who were predominantly Madhya Pradesh cricketers have represented India in Test cricket. Off-spinner Chandu Sarwate represented India nine times between 1946 and 1951-52. He played for Madhya Pradesh between 1958–59 and 1967–68, but the Test appearances had come during his time with Holkar. Rajesh Chauhan took 47 wickets for India in his 21 appearances and played a significant role in India's home victories in the 1990s. Narendra Hirwani, who was originally from Uttar Pradesh, spent twenty years in the Madhya Pradesh team and took more than four hundred first class wickets for them.
Amay Khurasiya made a few appearances for the Indian one day side at the turn of the 2000s. Sandeep Patil and Chandrakant Pandit, professional cricketers from Bombay, captained the team between 1988 and 2001. It was under Pandit that MP reached the 1999 final.
Naman Ojha made his ODI debut on 5 June 2010 vs Sri Lanka. He got out scoring only 1 run in that game and has not played for India since then.
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