Himachal Pradesh cricket team

Himachal Pradesh cricket team
Personnel
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
FC & LA Captain and All-rounder
	Bipul Sharma	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 40)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	All-rounder for Sunrisers Hyderabad
T20 Captain and Batsman
	Paras Dogra	(1984-11-19) 19 November 1984 (age 39)	Right-handed	Leg-break	Batsman for Gujarat Lions
T20 Vice-Captain and Batsman
	Nikhil Gangta	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	FC 100s : 2
Batsmen
	Robin Bist	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	LA Specialist
	Prashant Chopra	(1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Leg-break googly	T20 Specialist
	Amit Kumar	(1989-11-25) 25 November 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Leg-break googly
	Sumeet Verma	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounder
	Rishi Dhawan	(1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	All-rounder for Kings XI Punjab
	Raghav Dhawan		Right-handed
Wicket-keeper
	Ankush Bains	(1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed		Wicket-keeper for Rising Pune Supergiants
Bowler
	Pankaj Jaiswal	(1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	LA, T20 Specialist
	Akshay Chauhan	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	T20 Specialist
	Rahul Singh	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Shresth Nirmohi
	Gurvinder Singh	(1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break

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

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[1] Wisden 1987, pp. 1141-42, Wisden 1989, p. 1081.

[2] Services v Himachal Pradesh 1990-91

[3] Orissa v Himachal Pradesh 2006-07

[4] Himachal Pradesh's Ranji Trophy playing record

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