Punjab cricket team (India)

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Punjab cricket team
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The Punjab cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for only one Ranji Trophy semi-final in the last five seasons and made it to the final in the 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways in the first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have only been winners of the Ranji Trophy once, in the 1992–93 season.

Competition history

In 1968-69, Punjab competed as a unified team for the first time. Before then,

Irani Trophy against a Rest of the Indian team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia
. Punjab has never won the one-day trophy.

Honours

Home ground

The Punjab cricket team are based and plays their home matches at the

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, established in 1993 on swampland. New cricket grounds of International recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar
as per the saying of the Punjab govt.

The international stadium and the proposed of Punjab cricket team:-

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Mandeep Singh (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Nehal Wadhera (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm
leg break
Plays for Mumbai Indiansin IPL
Anmolpreet Singh (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm
off break
Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Naman Dhir (1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm
off break
Plays for Mumbai Indiansin IPL
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm
off break
Shubman Gill (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm
off break
Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
All-rounders
Abhishek Sharma (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox
Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Sanvir Singh (1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Ramandeep Singh (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Kolkata Knight Ridersin IPL
Abhinav Sharma (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Prabhsimran Singh (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Vice-captain
Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Spin Bowlers
Mayank Markande (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm
leg break
Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Prerit Dutta (1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 25) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox
Harpreet Brar (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 28) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox
Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Pace Bowlers
Siddarth Kaul (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Baltej Singh (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Arshdeep Singh (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL

Updated as on 19 February 2024[1]

Notable players

Players from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with their year of Test debut

Players from Punjab who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with their year of ODI debut

Players from Punjab who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with their year of T20I debut

Notable players at the domestic level

External links

References

  1. ^ "Punjab Squads for all cricket series and tournaments". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.