Gujarat cricket team

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Gujarat cricket team
Personnel
CaptainPriyank Panchal
CoachSairaj Bahutule
OwnerGujarat Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1950
Home groundNarendra Modi Stadium
Capacity132,000
History
Ranji Trophy wins1
Irani Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins2

The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and Saurashtra cricket team).

Led by Parthiv Patel, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy title in the 2016–17 season, beating Mumbai in the final at Indore.[1] In that match they made the highest successful run-chase in the final of the Ranji Trophy.[2]

It is in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy although it has had very little success. There have, however, been many cricketers that have passed through its ranks and gone on to play for the Indian cricket team. It falls under the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

History[]

Gujarat's first appearance in a Ranji Trophy final came in the season of 1950–51, where it was facing Holkar in the Ranji Trophy Final. Holkar won the high-scoring match by 189 runs, the match featured a double century by Holkar's Chandu Sarwate and a fighting 152 by Gujarati off-spinner Jasu Patel (who averaged 21.70 in 87 innings).[3]

In 2007–08, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy Plate League title by defeating Railways.[4] Gujarat were in a lose-win situation and six and four and out they lost.

In the year 2010/11, Gujarat made a wonderful start to the Ranji Season. They went for a draw against Bengal and later on made an outright win against a strong Delhi Team but lost two consecutive matches against Madhya Pradesh and Baroda which ended their hope of entering Quarter Final Stage.

They drew a high scoring match against Tamil Nadu, which featured the comeback of Parthiv Patel (as he was busy in national duty) but lost the match against Haryana which forced them to go back at the Plate League.

Gujarat won the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in 2012–13 defeating Punjab in the final by four wickets with 13 deliveries to spare.

Gujarat's best appearance in a Ranji Trophy final came in the season of 2016–17, where it was facing Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final in Indore. Parthiv Patel scored a precious century (143, 196b, 24 x 4s) and scripted a most memorable maiden Ranji Trophy victory at the Holkar Stadium. No team had chased a target over 310 in the Ranji Trophy and when Gujarat began the fifth and final day. Priyank Panchal from Gujarat made 1310 runs in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy season at an average of 87.33 from 17 innings, which is the most by any batsman this season and the third most by any batsman in a single Ranji Trophy season. Gujarat’s Samit Gohel made 359* runs against Orissa in Jaipur in this Ranji Trophy season, which became the joint fourth most by a player in a Ranji Trophy match. His score of 359* in that match is now the highest by an opener carrying the bat in a First Class match. He faced 723 balls in that innings and it is now the sixth-longest innings in terms of balls faced in a First Class match.[5]

Home grounds[]

Notable players[]

Main article: List of Gujarat cricketers
  • Vinoo Mankad
  • Nari Contractor
  • Axar Patel
  • Parthiv Patel
  • Manpreet Juneja
  • Jasu Patel
  • Deepak Shodhan
  • Jasprit Bumrah

Current squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Bhargav Merai (1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Priyank Panchal (1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Ripal Patel (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Manpreet Juneja (1990-09-12) 12 September 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Chirag Gandhi (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Saurav Chauhan (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Rahul Shah (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 24) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Urvil Patel (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 (age 23) Right-handed
Umang Kumar (2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Kathan Patel (1996-10-31) 31 October 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Rujul Bhatt (1986-04-24) 24 April 1986 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Karan Patel (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Het Patel (1998-10-13) 13 October 1998 (age 23) Right-handed Vice-captain
Dhruv Raval (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 33) Left-handed
Spinner
Piyush Chawla (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
Siddharth Desai (2000-08-16) 16 August 2000 (age 21) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Axar Patel (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Hardik Patel (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 26) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pacers
Chintan Gaja (1994-11-13) 13 November 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Roosh Kalaria (1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
Arzan Nagwaswalla (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Left-arm medium
Hemang Patel (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Tejas Patel (1995-11-21) 21 November 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Jasprit Bumrah (1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL

References[]

  1. ^ "Parthiv 143 leads Gujarat to maiden title". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Gujarat pull off record chase for maiden Ranji title". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. ^ Scoreboard of 1950/51 final match of Ranji Trophy, Holkar vs Gujarat
  4. ^ Gujarat clinch Plate League title with a thrilling win
  5. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2016/17, stats review: From Gujarat's highest successful chase in final to Rishab Pant's triple ton". Firstpost. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-17.

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