Rajasthan cricket team
Personnel | |
---|---|
Captain | Deepak Hooda |
Coach | Anshu Jain |
Owner | Rajasthan Cricket Association |
Team information | |
Founded | 1928 |
Home ground | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
Capacity | 30,000 |
History | |
First-class debut | Marylebone Cricket Club in 1933 at Mayo College Ground, Ajmer |
Ranji Trophy wins | 2 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 0 |
Official website | Rajasthan Cricket Association |
The Rajasthan cricket team is a cricket team which represents the Indian state of Rajasthan. The team won the Ranji Trophy in the 2010–11 and 2011-12 seasons, having finished runners-up eight times between 1960–61 and 1973-74. It is currently in the Ranji Trophy Elite group. It is run by the Rajasthan Cricket Association and is popularly known as "Team Rajasthan".
History
[edit]Rajputana
[edit]Rajputana's first recorded match came in the 1928/29 Delhi Tournament against Aligarh,[1] with the Rajputana Cricket Association being formed shortly thereafter in 1931 at Ajmer.[2][n 1] Rajputana's inaugural appearance in first-class cricket came in November 1933 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Mayo College Ground in Ajmer, which resulted in a heavy innings defeat.[3] The team entered the Ranji Trophy for the first time in the 1935/36 season, playing its first match in the competition against Central India, losing by a heavy margin.[2][3] The team played in the following seasons Ranji Trophy, again losing to Central India, but this time by the reduced margin of just two wickets.[3] Rajputana gained its first win in first-class cricket against Lionel Tennyson's touring eleven, with victory by two wickets in 1937.[2] The team lost its only match against Southern Punjab in the 1938/39 Ranji Trophy, however the following season it recorded its first Ranji Trophy victory against Delhi, winning by 7 wickets.[4] However it lost its following match against Southern Punjab by the margin of an innings and 190 runs. With the onset of World War II, cricket in India was somewhat disrupted, but first-class cricket continued to function.
Honours
[edit]- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
- Runners-up: 2017-18
Famous players
[edit]Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- Salim Durani (1960)
- Hanumant Singh (1964)
- Parthasarathy Sharma (1974)
- Pravin Amre (1992)
- Pankaj Singh (2014)
Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:
- Gagan Khoda (1998)
- Khaleel Ahmed (2018)
- Deepak Chahar (2018)
- Rahul Chahar (2021)
- Ravi Bishnoi (2022)
Foreign international players who briefly played for Rajasthan, along with season:
Current squad
[edit]- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||
Mahipal Lomror | 16 November 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
Deepak Hooda | 19 April 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
Abhijeet Tomar | 14 March 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Karan Lamba | 28 November 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Yash Kothari | 6 October 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Ram Chouhan | 28 March 1999 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Salman Khan | 26 December 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Kartik Sharma | 26 April 2006 | Right-handed | ||
Shubham Garhwal | 14 May 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
All-rounder | ||||
Zubair Ali | 22 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||
Kunal Rathore | 9 October 2002 | Left-handed | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | |
Bharat Sharma | 9 August 1999 | Right-handed | ||
Spinners | ||||
Manav Suthar | 3 August 2002 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
Rahul Chahar | 4 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL |
Kukna Ajay Singh | 13 December 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Rajesh Bishnoi Jr | 25 January 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Fast Bowlers | ||||
Aniket Choudhary | 28 January 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
Khaleel Ahmed | 5 December 1997 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
Arafat Khan | 27 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Sahil Dhiwan | 3 July 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Deepak Chahar | 7 August 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
Kamlesh Nagarkoti | 28 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
Updated as on 5 December 2024
Captains
[edit]- 2011-2021 Ashok Menaria
- 2018-2021 Mahipal Lomror
- 2012-2020 Robin Bist
- 2018-2019 Deepak Chahar
- 2018 Aniket Choudhary
- 2014-2017 Pankaj Singh
- 2010–2013 Hrishikesh Kanitkar
- 1992/1997 Rajiv Rathore
- 1990/91– Parmindar Singh
- 1989/90 Sanjay Vyas
- 1988/89 Padam Shastri
- 1985/86–1987/88 Sanjay Vyas
- 1979/80–1984/85 Parthasarathy Sharma
- 1977/78–1978/79 Kailash Gattani
- 1966/67–1976/77 Hanumant Singh
- 1962/63–1965/66 Raj Singh Dungarpur
- 1960/61–1961/62 Kishan Rungta
- 1957/58–1959/60 Vinoo Mankad
- 1951/52–1956/57 Maharana of Mewar
- 1935/36–1939/40 Walter Bradshaw
- 1933/34–1937/38 Laxman Singh
Records
[edit]For more details on this topic, see
- List of Rajasthan first-class cricket records
- List of Rajasthan List A cricket records
- List of Rajasthan Twenty-20 cricket records
Grounds
[edit]Sawai Mansingh Stadium
[edit]Rajasthan play the majority of their home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
The ends are called the City End and the Pavilion End.
Other grounds
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ What is today the modern state of Rajasthan was then a part of the British Raj and was known as Rajputana.
References
[edit]- ^ "Other Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "RCA History". Rajasthan Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Delhi v Rajputana, 1939/40 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- Bowen, Rowland (31 March 1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development (1970 ed.). Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 0-413-27860-3.
- Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions