Railways cricket team

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Railways cricket team
Personnel
CaptainKarn Sharma
Mrunal Devdhar
Coach
OwnerRailways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded1930
Home groundKarnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
Official websiteRSPB
Railways playing against Odisha at Brabourne Stadium c.2006

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:

Current squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Birthplace Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Mrunal Devdhar (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 29) Baroda, GJ Right-handed Right-arm medium Twenty20 Captain
Pratham Singh (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 29) Delhi, DL Left-handed Right-arm off-break
Arindam Ghosh (1986-10-19) 19 October 1986 (age 35) Kolkata, WB Right-handed Right arm medium
Shivam Chaudhary (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 24) Meerut, UP Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Saurabh Singh (1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 24) Barabanki, UP Right-handed Right-arm medium
Shubham Chaubey (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 27) Varanasi, UP Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Navneet Virk (1996-10-23) 23 October 1996 (age 25) Jind, PB Right-handed Right-arm leg-break
Vikrant Rajput (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 29) Durg, CG Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
All-rounders
Karn Sharma (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 34) Meerut, UP Left-handed Right-arm leg break First-class and List A Captain
Mohammad Saif (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 25) Varanasi, UP Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Dinesh Mor (1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 26) Delhi, DL Right-handed
Vivek Singh (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 28) Howrah, WB Left-handed Right-arm medium
Ashish Sehrawat (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 26) Delhi, DL Right-handed
Nitin Bhille (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 32) Dharwad, KA Right-handed
Upendra Yadav (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 25) Kanpur, UP Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Harsh Tyagi (1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 22) Delhi, DL Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Avinash Yadav (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 35) Varanasi, UP Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Akash Pandey (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 22) Kolkata, WB Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Amit Mishra (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 (age 33) Bilaspur, CG Right-handed Right-arm medium
Himanshu Sangwan (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 26) Najafgarh, DL Right-handed Right-arm medium
T Pradeep (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 27) Bengaluru, KA Right-handed Right-arm medium
Dhrushant Soni (1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 (age 36) Ahmedabad, GJ Right-handed Right-arm medium
Akshat Pandey (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 28) Firozabad, UP Left-handed Right-arm medium
Ananta Saha (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 25) Kolkata, WB Right-handed Right-arm medium
Yuvraj Singh (1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 23) Bareilly, UP Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

References[]

  1. ^ "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. ^ "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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