Delhi cricket team

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Delhi cricket team
Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Sanjeev Sharma
Founded: 1934
Home ground: Feroz Shah Kotla
(Capacity: 55,000)
Ranji Trophy wins: 7
Irani Trophy wins: 2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: 1
Official website: DDCA
For the IPL team, see Delhi Daredevils.

The Delhi cricket team is one of the first-class cricket teams, that plays in India's domestic competition, the Ranji Trophy. They have won the tournament seven times and have been runners-up seven. Their latest title in 2007-08 came after a long wait of 16 years. The previous win was in the 1991-92 season when they beat Tamil Nadu in the final. The team's home ground is Feroz Shah Kotla Ground. In the Duleep and Deodhar Trophy, Delhi comes under the North Zone team.

Competition history

Delhi have made a strong performance in the Ranji Trophy throughout its history. Three of its five wins came in the 1980s and the remainder were in the late 1970s, a period marked by the dominance of a famous Mumbai team. This formed a golden period for Delhi between 1978 and 1987: it was in the finals for all but one of those years (winning 4, runner up for 4).[1]

Its six appearances in the Irani Trophy showed mixed results, losing to the Rest of India side four times and winning twice.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Year Position
2007-08 Winner
1996-97 Runner-up
1991-92 Winner
1989-90 Runner-up
1988-89 Winner
1986-87 Runner-up
1985-86 Winner
1984-85 Runner-up
1983-84 Runner-up
1981-82 Winner
1980-81 Runner-up
1979-80 Winner
1978-79 Winner
1976-77 Runner-up

Famous players

Virender Sehwag

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Unmukt Chand (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Shikhar Dhawan (1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 Left-handed Right-arm off break
Gautam Gambhir (1981-10-14) 14 October 1981 Left-handed Right-arm leg break Captain
Virat Kohli (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Milind Kumar (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Mithun Manhas (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Vaibhav Rawal (1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 Left-handed Right-arm leg break
Virender Sehwag (1978-10-20) 20 October 1978 Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Rajat Bhatia (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Yogesh Nagar (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sumit Narwal (1982-04-16) 16 April 1982 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
Puneet Bisht (1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 Right-handed
Bowlers
Parvinder Awana (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Vikas Mishra (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pawan Negi (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ashish Nehra (1979-04-29) 29 April 1979 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
Pradeep Sangwan (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
Ishant Sharma (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Varun Sood (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Pawan Suyal (1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast

References

  1. ↑ "Delhi Cricket Team". 

External links

Ranji Trophy cricket teams
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