Sind cricket team

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The Sind cricket team was a cricket team representing the province of Sind (now Sindh) in Pakistan and pre-partition India.

Sind's first first-class game was in December 1932, when they drew with Ceylon at the Gymkhana ground in Karachi. From 1934-35 until 1947-48 Sind participated in the Ranji Trophy. On 27 December 1947 Sind hosted the first first-class game to be played in Pakistan, but were defeated by an innings and 68 runs by Punjab.

In Pakistani domestic cricket, Sind played in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy each season from 1953-54 to 1956-57, but then made only sporadic appearances at first-class level until the 1970s, when two Sind teams (Sind A and Sind B) competed in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for several years; the province also played List A cricket in the United Bank Trophy.

Sind's last first-class match under that name was a seven-wicket loss in January 1979 against Habib Bank Limited. After that, a "Sind Governor's XI" played three games in the 1980s and one in 2000, while a "Rest of Sindh" team took part in the 2001-02 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (finishing bottom of Pool A with no wins from eight games) and One Day National Tournament.

[edit] Pentangular Cup

Sindh Cricket team has also participated in 2007-08 Pentangular cupand has won it under the captaincy of Shahid Afridi.The other teams were NWFP,Punjab,Fedral areas and Baluchistan respectively by their positions. The Key players of Sindh are as following