Saurashtra cricket team

Saurashtra cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Jaydev Unadkat
Coach	Karsan Ghavri
Owner	Saurashtra Cricket Association
Team information
Home ground	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
History
Ranji Trophy wins	1
Official website	SCA

Saurashtra cricket team is one of the three first-class cricket teams based in Gujarat (the others being Baroda and Gujarat) that compete in the first-class tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Competition history[]

Previous teams from Saurashtra were Nawanagar and Western India. Nawanagar won the Ranji Trophy in 1936–37 and were runners up in 1937–38.^[1] Western India won the Ranji Trophy in 1943–44.

Saurashtra began competing in the 1950-51 Ranji Trophy. They were runners-up in the Ranji Trophy to Mumbai in 2012–13 and 2015–16 and in 2018–19 against Vidarbha. They finally won the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 2019–20 when they beat Bengal on first-innings lead in the final at Rajkot.^[2]

Honours[]

Ranji Trophy
- Winners (1): 2019–20
- Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2015–16, 2018–19

Home ground[]

Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Madhavrao Sindhia Cricket Ground, Rajkot

International players[]

International players from Saurashtra cricket team include:

Ravindra Jadeja
Cheteshwar Pujara
Jaydev Unadkat
Chetan Sakariya

Robin Uthappa played two seasons for Saurashtra.

Players[]

Current squad[]

Players with international caps are listed.

Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Arpit Vasavada	(1988-10-28) 28 October 1988 (age 33)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Vice-captain
Samarth Vyas	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Vishvaraj Jadeja	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Cheteshwar Pujara	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Himalaya Barad	(1989-08-28) 28 August 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed
Kishan Parmar	(1992-04-09) 9 April 1992 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Jay Gohil	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Prerak Mankad	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Chirag Jani	(1989-11-09) 9 November 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ravindra Jadeja	(1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 33)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Wicket-keepers
Sheldon Jackson	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 35)	Right-handed		Plays For Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Harvik Desai	(1999-10-04) 4 October 1999 (age 22)	Right-handed
Snell Patel	(1993-10-15) 15 October 1993 (age 28)	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Yuvraj Chudasama	(1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
Kamlesh Makvana	(1983-08-31) 31 August 1983 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Parth Bhut	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Jaydev Unadkat	(1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Captain Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Chetan Sakariya	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Kushang Patel	(1991-09-13) 13 September 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Coaching staff[]

Director of Cricket : n/a
Head coach: Karsan Ghavri
Assistant coach:
Batting coach: None
Bowling coach: n/a
Spin Bowling Coach: n/a
Fielding coach: n/a
Manager:
Mental conditioning coach: Vacant
Fitness trainer: n/a
Head Physiotherapist: Abhishek Thakar
Masseur: n/a
Performance analyst: n/a

References[]

^ The Ranji Trophy espncricinfo.com.
^ "Final, Rajkot, Mar 9 – Mar 13 2020, Ranji Trophy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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[1] The Ranji Trophy espncricinfo.com.

[2] "Final, Rajkot, Mar 9 – Mar 13 2020, Ranji Trophy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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