Railways cricket team
Personnel | |
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Captain | Karn Sharma Mrunal Devdhar |
Coach | |
Owner | Railways Sports Promotion Board |
Team information | |
Founded | 1930 |
Home ground | Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums) |
Official website | RSPB |
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Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi.[1] The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.[2]
Competition history[]
For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.
Famous players[]
Players from Railways who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- Budhi Kunderan (1960)
- Murali Kartik (2000)
- Sanjay Bangar (2001)
- Karn Sharma (2014)
Players from Railways who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:
- Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)
Current squad[]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Birthplace | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batsmen | |||||
Mrunal Devdhar | 16 December 1992 | Baroda, GJ | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Twenty20 Captain |
Pratham Singh | 31 August 1992 | Delhi, DL | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
Arindam Ghosh | 19 October 1986 | Kolkata, WB | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
Shivam Chaudhary | 4 August 1997 | Meerut, UP | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
Saurabh Singh | 11 October 1997 | Barabanki, UP | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Shubham Chaubey | 15 October 1994 | Varanasi, UP | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
Navneet Virk | 23 October 1996 | Jind, PB | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | |
Vikrant Rajput | 26 October 1992 | Durg, CG | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
All-rounders | |||||
Karn Sharma | 23 October 1987 | Meerut, UP | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | First-class and List A Captain |
Mohammad Saif | 30 August 1996 | Varanasi, UP | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Dinesh Mor | 10 October 1995 | Delhi, DL | Right-handed | ||
Vivek Singh | 1 November 1993 | Howrah, WB | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Ashish Sehrawat | 20 January 1995 | Delhi, DL | Right-handed | ||
Nitin Bhille | 18 August 1989 | Dharwad, KA | Right-handed | ||
Upendra Yadav | 8 October 1996 | Kanpur, UP | Right-handed | ||
Spin Bowlers | |||||
Harsh Tyagi | 23 December 1999 | Delhi, DL | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Avinash Yadav | 2 October 1986 | Varanasi, UP | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Akash Pandey | 2 February 1999 | Kolkata, WB | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Pace Bowlers | |||||
Amit Mishra | 10 August 1988 | Bilaspur, CG | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Himanshu Sangwan | 2 September 1995 | Najafgarh, DL | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
T Pradeep | 29 November 1994 | Bengaluru, KA | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Dhrushant Soni | 9 October 1985 | Ahmedabad, GJ | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Akshat Pandey | 19 May 1993 | Firozabad, UP | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Ananta Saha | 12 September 1996 | Kolkata, WB | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Yuvraj Singh | 22 August 1998 | Bareilly, UP | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Indian Railways cricket team. |
- ^ "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
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