Delhi cricket team
Ranji Trophy wins | 7 |
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Irani Cup wins | 2 |
Wills Trophy wins | 4 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 1 |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 1 |
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The Delhi cricket team is a
Competition history
Delhi have made a strong performance in the Ranji Trophy throughout its history. Three of its five wins came in the 1980s and the remainder were in the late 1970s, a period marked by the dominance of a famous Mumbai team. This formed a golden period for Delhi between 1978 and 1987: it was in the finals for all but one of those years (winning 4, runner-up in 4).[1]
Its six appearances in the
They have only two titles in limited overs cricket. They won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2012-13 under Rajat Bhatia. They won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy under Pradeep Sangwan.
Honours
- Ranji Trophy
- Irani Cup
- Winners: 1980-81, 1989–90
- Wills Trophy
- Winners (4): 1978-79, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1992-93
- Runners-up (2): 1982-83, 1985–86, 1989–90
- Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
- Winners: 2017-18
Notable players
Players from Delhi who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- Prakash Bhandari (1955)
- Man Sood (1960)
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1961)
- Rajinder Pal (1964)
- Ramesh Saxena (1967)
- Ashok Gandotra (1969)
- Madan Lal (1974)
- Surinder Amarnath (1976)
- Kirti Azad (1981)
- Rakesh Shukla (1982)
- Maninder Singh (1982)
- Manoj Prabhakar (1984)
- Raman Lamba (1987)
- Ajay Sharma (1988)
- Sanjeev Sharma (1988)
- Vivek Razdan (1989)
- Atul Wassan (1990)
- Ashish Nehra (1999)
- Robin Singh, Jr.(1999)
- Nikhil Chopra (2000)
- Vijay Dahiya (2000)
- Rahul Sanghvi (2001)
- Virender Sehwag (2001)
- Aakash Chopra (2003)
- Gautam Gambhir (2004)
- Ishant Sharma (2007)
- Virat Kohli (2011)
- Shikhar Dhawan (2013)
- Rishabh Pant (2018)
- Navdeep Saini (2021)
Players from Delhi who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:
- Surinder Khanna (1979)
- Amit Bhandari (2000)
- Nitish Rana (2021)
Players from Delhi who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut:
- Parvinder Awana (2012)
- Pawan Negi (2016)
Cricketers from other state teams who also played for Delhi, and played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- Bishan Singh Bedi (1966)
- Chetan Chauhan (1969)
- Mohinder Amarnath (1969)
- Arun Lal (1982)
Prominent cricketers at the domestic level:
- Rajinder Goel
- Krishnan Bhaskar Pillai
- Arun Khurana
- Mithun Manhas
- Rajat Bhatia
- Unmukt Chand
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Batters | |||||
Himmat Singh | 8 November 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
Captain | |
Yash Dhull | 11 November 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
Ayush Badoni | 3 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL | |
Jonty Sidhu | 9 December 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
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Priyansh Arya | 18 January 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
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Kshitiz Sharma | 21 April 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
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Dev Lakra | 27 June 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Virat Kohli | 5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | |
All-rounders | |||||
Lalit Yadav | 3 January 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
Vaibhav Kandpal | 14 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
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Shivank Vashisht | 17 September 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
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Wicket-keepers | |||||
Anuj Rawat | 17 October 1999 | Left-handed | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | ||
Lakshay Thareja | 15 September 1997 | Right-handed | |||
Rishabh Pant | 4 October 1997 | Left-handed | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | ||
Spin bowlers | |||||
Hrithik Shokeen | 14 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
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Suyash Sharma | 15 May 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break |
Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | |
Harsh Tyagi | 23 December 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
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Pace bowlers | |||||
Himanshu Chauhan | 18 January 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Pranshu Vijayran | 18 November 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Navdeep Saini | 23 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | |
Ishant Sharma | 2 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
Mayank Yadav | 17 June 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL | |
Harshit Rana | 22 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | |
Pradeep Sangwan | 5 November 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium |
Updated as on 19 February 2024
Coaching staff
- Head coach - Bhaskar Pillai
- Bowling Coach - Rajkumar Sharma
- Assistant coach - Amit Bhandari
- Manager - Manoj Kapoor
- Under-19s Coach - Madan Sharma
- Physio - Deepak Sury
- Trainers - Nishanta Bordoloi