Railways cricket team
Captain: | Mahesh Rawat |
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Coach: | |
Owner: | Railways Sports Promotion Board |
Founded: | 1930 |
Home ground: | Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums) |
Railways Cricket Team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India. 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. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name | Birth date | Birthplace | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Captain & Spinner All-Rounder | ||||||
Karn Sharma | 23 October 1987 | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh | Left-handed | Right arm leg break googly | ||
Batsmen | ||||||
Ashish Singh | 25 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
Shivakant Shukla | 26 January 1986 | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
V Cheluvaraj | ||||||
Arindam Ghosh | ||||||
Nitin Bhille | ||||||
Amit Paunikar | ||||||
All-rounders | ||||||
Ashish Yadav | 1 September 1985 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Mahesh Rawat | 25 October 1985 | Right-handed | ||||
Bowlers | ||||||
Manjeet Singh | 1 November 1991 | Alwar, Rajasthan | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Ranjit Mali | ||||||
Anureet Singh | ||||||
Krishnakant Upadhyay |
- Shailendra Gehlot
- Harshad Rawle
- Hardik Rathod
References
- ↑ "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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