Himachal Pradesh cricket team
Personnel | |
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Captain | Bipul Sharma |
Coach | n/a |
Owner | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association |
Team information | |
Founded | 1985 |
Home ground | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium |
Capacity | 25,000 |
The Himachal Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It has competed in the Ranji Trophy since the 1985-86 season.
Himachal Pradesh lost all five of their matches in both 1985-86 and 1987-88 seasons by an innings.[1] They won for the first time when they beat Services by one wicket in 1990-91.[2] In 2006-07 Himachal Pradesh won the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, beating Orissa in the final[3] after finishing top of their group.
As of early November 2013 Himachal Pradesh had played 155 Ranji Trophy matches with 22 wins and 78 losses.[4]
Most of Himachal Pradesh's home games are played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
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FC & LA Captain and All-rounder | ||||||
Bipul Sharma | 28 September 1983 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | All-rounder for Sunrisers Hyderabad | ||
T20 Captain and Batsman | ||||||
Paras Dogra | 19 November 1984 | Right-handed | Leg-break | Batsman for Gujarat Lions | ||
T20 Vice-Captain and Batsman | ||||||
Nikhil Gangta | 1 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | FC 100s : 2 | ||
Batsmen | ||||||
Robin Bist | 2 November 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | LA Specialist | ||
Prashant Chopra | 7 October 1992 | Right-handed | Leg-break googly | T20 Specialist | ||
Amit Kumar | 25 November 1989 | Right-handed | Leg-break googly | |||
Sumeet Verma | 18 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |||
All-rounder | ||||||
Rishi Dhawan | 19 February 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | All-rounder for Kings XI Punjab | ||
Raghav Dhawan | Right-handed | |||||
Wicket-keeper | ||||||
Ankush Bains | 16 December 1995 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper for Rising Pune Supergiants | |||
Bowler | ||||||
Pankaj Jaiswal | 20 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | LA, T20 Specialist | ||
Akshay Chauhan | 17 August 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 Specialist | ||
Rahul Singh | 12 September 1992 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
Shresth Nirmohi | ||||||
Gurvinder Singh | 12 June 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break |
- Aatish Bhalaik (wk)
- Ankit Kalsi
- Karanveer Singh
- Vikramjeet Malik
- Rashmi Parida
- Varun Sharma
- Ronit More
References
- ^ Wisden 1987, pp. 1141-42, Wisden 1989, p. 1081.
- ^ Services v Himachal Pradesh 1990-91
- ^ Orissa v Himachal Pradesh 2006-07
- ^ Himachal Pradesh's Ranji Trophy playing record
External links
- Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
- First-class matches played by Himachal Pradesh
- Current Ranji Trophy Squads