The Uttar Pradesh cricket team (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट टीम, Urdu: اتر پردیش کرکٹ ٹیم), formerly United Provinces Cricket Team, is a cricket team which is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The team competes in the Ranji Trophy and won the tournament in 2005-06. They have won the Ranji Trophy only once and have been runners-up on five occasions. Young talents such as Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla, R. P. Singh and Praveen Kumar and have passed through Uttar Pradesh and gone on to represent India.
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