Punjab cricket team

The Punjab cricket team is the official first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for three Ranji Trophy semi-finals in the last five seasons, and made it to the final in 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways on 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

Punjab have won the Ranji Trophy only once in its history. In that year, they lost the Irani Trophy against a Rest of India team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. It has never won the Ranji ODI Trophy.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Year	Position
2004–05	Runner-up
1994–95	Runner-up
1992–93	Winner
1938–39	Runner-up

Vijay Hazare Trophy(Ranji Oneday 2011/12)

North Zone: Punjab v Haryana at Delhi - Feb 20, 2012 Haryana 243/6 (50 ov); Punjab 247/6 (46.4 ov) Punjab won by 4 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Match No2: North Zone: Delhi v Punjab at Delhi - Feb 22, 2012 Delhi 265/5 (50 ov); Punjab 130 (32 ov) Delhi won by 135 runs

Match No:3 Punjab v Jammu & Kashmir at Delhi - Feb 24, 2012 Punjab 224 (49.4 ov); Jammu & Kashmir 205/9 (50 ov) Punjab won by 19 runs

Match No: Punjab v Services at Delhi - Feb 26, 2012 Punjab 288/6 (50 ov); Services 157 (43.1 ov) Punjab won by 131 runs

Match No: Punjab v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi - Feb 28, 2012 Punjab 217/8 (50 ov); Himachal Pradesh 133 (41.5 ov) Punjab won by 84 runs

1st Preliminary Quarter Final: Maharashtra v Punjab at Delhi - Mar 5, 2012 Maharashtra 186/9 (50 ov); Punjab 192/8 (48.2 ov) Punjab won by 2 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

3rd Quarter-final: Hyderabad (India) v Punjab at Delhi - Mar 7, 2012 Hyderabad (India) 175 (49.2 ov); Punjab 179/5 (41.1 ov) Punjab won by 5 wickets (with 53 balls remaining)

1st Semi-final: Bengal v Punjab at Delhi - Mar 10, 2012 Punjab 205/8 (50 ov); Bengal 208/7 (47.5 ov) Bengal won by 3 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Home ground

The Punjab cricket team are based and play their home games at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, Chandigarh, which was established in 1993, with floodlights, on what was previously swampland. New cricket grounds of Internetional recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar as per the saying of Punjab govt

Famous players from Punjab

Harbhajan Singh

Yuvraj Singh

• Harbhajan Singh
• Yuvraj Singh
• Bishan Bedi
• Dinesh Mongia
• Rahul Sharma
• Navjot Singh Sidhu
• Gagandeep Singh
• Lala Amarnath
• Mohinder Amarnath
• Vijay Mehra
• Rajinder Singh Ghai
• Yashpal Sharma
• Bhupinder Singh (Sr)
• Vikram Rathore
• VRV Singh
• Sarandeep Singh
• Harvinder Singh
• Aashish Kapoor
• Manpreet Gony
• Mandeep Singh

Current squad

• Harbhajan Singh (c)
• Sidharth Kaul
• Karan Goel
• Manpreet Gony
• Mayank Sidhana
• Uday Kaul
• Taruwar Kohli
• Gurkeerat Singh
• Bipul Sharma
• Rahul Sharma
• Amitoze Singh
• Mandeep Singh
• Ravi Inder Singh
• Rajwinder Singh
• Chandan madan