Karnataka cricket team

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One of the strongest teams in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group, the Karnataka cricket team has seen its fair share of glory in the Ranji Trophy tournament and has produced some of the finest superstars to emerge in the Indian cricket team. It has won the Ranji Trophy 6 times and has come runner-up 3 times. The team's home ground is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Contents 1 Competition history 2 Famous players 3 Current squad 4 References

[edit] Competition history

Karnataka has produced some of the best cricket players from the southern part of India. Its most recent wins were in the 1998/99 season and the 1997/98 season, in which it emerged victorious in its finals against Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh respectively. It also beat the Tamil Nadu cricket team in the Ranji Trophy season of 1995/96. This strong run in the Ranji Trophy was due to the emergence of Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble, all of whom have become Indian cricketing legends. The remainder of its victories were evenly spread in the 70s and 80s.

In the Irani Trophy, it has won 4 and lost 2 matches against the Rest of India team.

Team showed good performance in 2007-2008 season. As International players were had to move in and out of the squad due to their ODI schedules and Test matches clashing, the team could not well adjust with the changes in short period. It is required to build a strong young team, even at absence of International players in the squad can do great, as it is better now. And we need more titles to be won.

Vinay kumar had good season where he grabbed 40 wickets to be second in list. Selectors can have watch on him for coming series.

[edit] Famous players

• Raghuram Bhat
• Roger Binny
• Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
• Rahul Dravid
• Syed Kirmani
• Anil Kumble
• Brijesh Patel
• Erapalli Prasanna
• Javagal Srinath
• Venkatesh Prasad
• Sunil Joshi
• Robin Uthappa
• Sujith Somasunder
• M. R. Srinivas Prasad
• Sudhakar Rao
• Gundappa Viswanath
• Vijay Bharadwaj

[edit] Current squad

2007-08 Ranji Trophy Super League squad ^[1]

• Anil Kumble (c)
• N. C. Aiyappa
• B. Akhil
• K. P. Appanna
• Srinivasa Dhananjaya
• Rahul Dravid
• Yere Goud (vc)
• Sunil Joshi
• Thilak Naidu (wk)
• Shailendra Pandore
• K. B. Pawan
• C. Raghu
• Barrington Rowland
• Sudhindra Shinde
• Robin Uthappa
• R. Vinay Kumar
• Bharat Chipli
• Gaurav Dhiman
• Deepak Chougule
• Manish Pandey
• Coach: Vijay Bharadwaj

[edit] References

1. ^ Ranji Trophy Super League 2007-08 - Karnataka. Cricinfo (29 October 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-02.

Indian first class cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy
Andhra Pradesh | Assam | Baroda | Bengal | Delhi | Goa | Gujarat | Haryana | Himachal Pradesh | Hyderabad | Jammu and Kashmir | Jharkhand | Karnataka | Kerala | Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Orissa | Punjab | Railways | Rajasthan | Saurashtra | Services | Tamil Nadu | Tripura | Uttar Pradesh | Vidarbha