Goa cricket team

Goa cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Amit Verma & Darshan Misal
Coach	Dodda Ganesh
Owner	Goa Cricket Association
Team information
Founded	1950
Home ground	Dr. Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao ; Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
Capacity	5,000
History
Ranji Trophy wins	0
Irani Trophy wins	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0

The Goa cricket team, based in Goa, India, has competed in the Ranji Trophy since the 1985-86 season.

Playing history

Goa lost all five matches in their first season,^[1] and did not win until 1996-97, in their 56th match, when they defeated Karnataka by an innings.^[2]

Venues

Goa's home grounds are the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao, and the Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim.

International venues

Name	City	State	First used	Last used	F/C	LA	T20	Notes
Fatorda Stadium	Margao	Goa	1989	2010	1	10	0	Hosted nine ODIs.

Domestic venues

Name	City	State	First used	Last used	F/C	LA
Arlem Breweries Ground	Margao	Goa	1986	2005	12	9
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Stadium	Margao	Goa	1968	2013	21	14
Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground	Panaji	Goa	1986	2006	26	16
Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground	Porvorim	Goa	2010	2015	15	5
Railway Stadium (Vasco da Gama)	Vasco da Gama	Goa	1985	1985	1	0

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Suyash Prabhudessai	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed
Snehal Kauthankar	(1995-10-19) 19 October 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Aditya Kaushik	(1991-09-10) 10 September 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed
Sumiran Amonkar	(1991-07-28) 28 July 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed
Vaibhav Govekar		Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Sagun Kamat	(1983-05-11) 11 May 1983 (age 41)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
Prathamesh Gawas	(1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed
All-rounders
Darshan Misal	(1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Twenty20 Captain
Amit Verma	(1987-06-30) 30 June 1987 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	First-class and List A Captain
Amogh Desai	(1992-08-26) 26 August 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Deepraj Gaonkar	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Tunish Sawkar	(1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Achit Shigwan	(1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Smit Patel	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed
CM Gautam	(1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed
Rajashekhar Harikant	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed
Spinners
Amulya Pandrekar	(1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Shubham Desai	(1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Malliksab Sirur	(1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Fast Bowlers
Lakshay Garg	(1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Heramb Parab	(1998-09-04) 4 September 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Felix Alemao	(1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Vijesh Prabhudessai	(1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Coaching staff

Head Coach - Prakash Mayekar
Under-19s Coach - Vinod Dhamasker
Ranji Physio - Danny Pereira
Ranji Trainers - Prabhakar Bairgond

References

^ Wisden 1988, pp. 1142-44.
^ [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62931.html Goa v Karhe is absolutely fake

External links

Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
Goa at CricketArchive
Goa Cricket Association website

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[1] Wisden 1988, pp. 1142-44.

[2] [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62931.html Goa v Karhe is absolutely fake

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