Rajasthan cricket team
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The Rajasthan cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Team emerged as the champion of the Ranji Trophy in 2011, after finishing runners-up eight times (1960–1974). It is currently in the Ranji Trophy elite group."Rajasthan cricket team" is also popularly known as "Team Rajasthan". The team created history in 2011 by winning the Ranji Trophy for the first time ever in the tournament's 77 year history. The 2011 team was built by Sanjay Dixit IAS, the Secretary General of the Rajasthan Cricket Association, and was captained by Hrishikesh Kanitkar, a former India player. The team began its remarkable 2010-11 campaign at the bottom of the bottom division of the Ranji Trophy, and had a remarkable unbeaten run to llift the Ranji Trophy by beating Baroda in the Final. The team made everyone sit up and take notice when on the first day of its campaign, it shot down Hyderabad cricket team for 21 runs, a Ranji Trophy record for the lowest total in its 77 year history. This remarkable performance was made possible by a debutant, Deepak Chahar who took 8 wickets for 10 runs in his debut first class match. It was admitted by Sanjay Dixit and Hrishikesh Kanitkar and also by the senior professional Aakash Chopra that they had only hoped to get elevated to the top division, known as the elite division, which they achieved by beating Maharashtra in the Plate (bottom) group Semi-Finals. The real big break came when they beat Bombay cricket team (Mumbai), the defending champion who have won the Ranji Trophy 39 times in its 77 editions. Pankaj Singh bowled Bombay out for 252 by taking 6-64 and then Vineet Saxena, Kanitkar and Ashok Menaria scored centuries to take Rajasthan to 589 and seal the contest. The team then went on to beat Tamil Nadu and Baroda in the Semi-Finals and Finals to complete their dream run.
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[edit] Best performances in Ranji Trophy
| Year |
Position |
| 2011-12 |
Winner |
| 2010-11 |
Winner |
| 1973-74 |
Runner-up |
| 1969-70 |
Runner-up |
| 1966-67 |
Runner-up |
| 1965-66 |
Runner-up |
| 1963-64 |
Runner-up |
| 1962-63 |
Runner-up |
| 1961-62 |
Runner-up |
| 1960-61 |
Runner-up |
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