Puducherry cricket team

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Puducherry cricket team
Personnel
CaptainDamodaren Rohit
CoachDishant Yagnik
OwnerCricket Association of Puducherry
Team information
Founded2018
History
Ranji Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websiteCAP

The Puducherry cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Puducherry in Indian domestic competitions.[1] In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season, including the Ranji Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy.[2][3][4]

In August 2018, Abhishek Nayar, who previously played for Mumbai, decided to join the team.[5] In September 2018, they won their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Manipur by 8 wickets.[6][7] However, the next day, the BCCI revoked the team's allowance around players from outside the state the team is located in, after concerns were raised that no local cricketers had played in the match.[8] Eight players were found to be outside the BCCI's eligibility criteria.[9]

In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in third place in the Plate Group, with five wins and two defeats from their eight matches. The other two matches finished as no results.[10] Paras Dogra finished as the leading run-scorer, with 257 runs, and Fabid Ahmed was the leading wicket-taker for the team, with eleven dismissals.[11]

In November 2018, they played in their first match in the Ranji Trophy, against Meghalaya, in the 2018–19 tournament.[12] In their opening match in the tournament, Paras Dogra became the first batsman for Puducherry to score a century in the Ranji Trophy.[13] The match was affected by rain and finished in a draw.[14] They finished the 2018–19 tournament third in the table, with four wins from their eight matches.[15]

In March 2019, Puducherry finished seventh in Group E of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with one win from their seven matches.[16] Paras Dogra was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 255 runs, and Parandaman Thamaraikannan was the leading wicket-taker, with seven dismissals.[17]

Squad[]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Paras Dogra (1984-11-19) 19 November 1984 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Vice-captain
Damodaren Rohit (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Iqlas Naha (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Vikneshwaran Marimuthu (1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
S. Suresh Kumar (1985-03-20) 20 March 1985 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Subramanian Anand (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi (1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Fabid Ahmed (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pavan Deshpande (1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Bharat Sharma (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break
A Aravinddaraj (1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Karthik Sukumaran (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 31) Right-handed
Ramachandran Ragupathy (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 25) Right-handed
Spin bowlers
Sagar Udeshi (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 35) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Alagh Prathiban (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Raghu Sharma (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Pace bowlers
Sagar Trivedi (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Ashith Rajiv (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Suboth Bhati (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium

Bowling coach - Shaun Tait

Manager and strength and conditioning coach - Kalpendra Jha

Famous players[]

Main article: List of Puducherry cricketers

References[]

  1. ^ "A Well-Deserved Opportunity For Northeastern States, Bihar, Puducherry". Outlook India. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Nine new teams in Ranji Trophy 2018–19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Logistical nightmare on cards as BCCI announces 37-team Ranji Trophy for 2018–19 season". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ^ "BCCI to host over 2000 matches in the upcoming 2018–19 domestic season". BCCI. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Abhishek Nayar moves to Pondicherry in search of special 100". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy: Bihar make winning return to domestic cricket". Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Plate, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Vadodara, Sep 19 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  8. ^ "BCCI revokes eligibility 'allowance' to Puducherry". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  9. ^ "BCCI cancels registration of 8 Puducherry players for flouting eligibility criteria". Cricket Country. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  10. ^ "2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2018/19 – Puducherry: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Historic moment awaits Nayar as Puducherry makes Ranji Trophy debut". Sport Star Live. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Ranji Highlights: Jadeja shines, Yusuf tumbles on 99". CricBuzz. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Ranji Trophy Round-up: Sheldon Jackson, Ravindra Jadeja star in Saurashtra's win, Puducherry get three points". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Ranji Trophy Table – 2018–19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019: Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2018/19 – Puducherry: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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