Railways cricket team

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Railways playing against Orissa at Brabourne Stadium

The Railways Cricket Team (also known as the Indian Railways) has been very successful in the Ranji Trophy in recent years, although much of their history has been spent in unsuccessful endeavours to win the tournament.

1 Competition History
2 Famous Players
3 Current Squad
4 See also

[edit] Competition History

For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy and has largely been forgotten by Ranji Trophy enthusiasts. However, in recent years, they have been a steadily emerging team, having won the trophy twice and become runners-up once since the year 2000. They have been extremely successful in the Irani Trophy, backing up their two Ranji wins with two Irani victories, their most recent being against the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Venugopal Rao, Sreesanth, R. P. Singh and Parthiv Patel, all of whom have played international cricket for India.[1]

[edit] Famous Players

Nari Contractor, who also appeared for Gujarat
Budhi Kunderan, later moved to Mysore
Sanjay Bangar
Murali Kartik
Jai Prakash Yadav

[edit] Current Squad

Sanjay Bangar
Murali Kartik
Mohammad Kaif
Amit Pagnis
Tejinder Pal Singh
Jai Prakash Yadav
Raja Ali
Yere Goud
+Sudhir Wankhede
Madan Yadav
Harvinder Singh
Kulamani Parida
Santosh Saxena
Vineet Saxena
Milind Tamhane
G Shankara Rao
Shreyas Khanolkar
Rahul Deb

[edit] See also

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