Jharkhand cricket team

Jharkhand Cricket Team
Captain: Shahbaz Nadeem
Coach: Rajiv Kumar
Owner: Jharkhand Cricket Association
Home ground: JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Capacity: 39,000
Ranji Trophy wins: 0
Irani Trophy wins: 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: 1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins: 0
Official website: Jharkhand State Cricket Association

The Jharkhand Cricket Team is a Ranji Trophy Plate team based in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1][2][3] The team was formerly known as the Bihar cricket team. When the old state of Bihar was split up, the team was renamed as much of the cricketing infrastructure was in the new state of Jharkhand.

History

Jharkhand State Cricket Association was formed on November 15, 2000 and the made List A debut in December 2004 against Saurashtra in 2004/05 Ranji Trophy at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot as they match was drawn.

The team won the 2010/11 Vijay Harare Trophy against Gujarat at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. Jharkhand batted first and were boosted by several useful contributions from their batsmen while Gujarat in their reply failed to measure up against a dominating bowling performance to sink to a 159-run defeat.[4]

Home grounds of Bihar/Jharkhand

In Bihar

Name City State First used Last used Notes
Nehru Smarak Stadium Bhagalpur Bihar 1972 1973
Sandy's Compound Enclosure Bhagalpur Bihar 1981 1981
Dr. Nagendra Jha Stadium Darbhanga Bihar 1986 1998
Gandhi Maidan Patna Bihar 1958 1959
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna Bihar 1970 1998 Hosted three ODIs

In Jharkhand

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Dhanbad Jharkhand 2006
Railway Stadium Dhanbad Jharkhand 2009
Nehru Stadium Giridih Jharkhand 1989 1989
Hazaribagh Stadium Hazaribagh Jharkhand 1988 1988
Tata Digwadih Stadium Jamadoba Jharkhand 1969
Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur Jharkhand 1939 2008 Hosted ten ODIs.
Telco Club Ground Jamshedpur Jharkhand 2004 2004
Birsa Stadium Ranchi Jharkhand 1993 1999
JSCA International Stadium Complex Ranchi Jharkhand 2010 Hosted two ODIs.
Metallurgical & Engineering Consultant Ltd Sail Stadium Ranchi Jharkhand 1984

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Captain & Wicketkeeper
Sumit Kumar 16 June 1990 Right-handed
Batsmen
Saurabh Tiwary 30 December 1989 Left-handed Right-arm off break FC 100/50 : 14/19
Ishank Jaggi 27 January 1989 Right-handed Right-arm leg break FC 100/50 : 11/15
Kumar Deobrat 24 October 1992 Right-handed
Rameez Nemat 27 November 1986 Right-handed
Akash Verma 28 November 1990 Right-handed
Bhavin Thakkar 22 January 1982 Right-handed Right-arm Medium
Bhavik Thaker 23 October 1982 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Manish Vardhan 6 October 1983 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Virat Singh 8 December 1997 Left-handed Right-arm Leg break Plays for India national under-19 cricket team
Wicket-keepers
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 7 July 1981 Right-handed Indian National Captain
Shiv Gautam 29 October 1988 Right-handed FC 100/50 : 2/7
Ishan Kishan 18 July 1998 Left-handed Plays for India national under-19 cricket team
Spin-bowlers
Shahbaz Nadeem 12 September 1989 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox FC Wkts : 230+
Samar Quadri 27 July 1989 Right-handed Right-arm leg break FC Wkts : 100+
Sunny Gupta 27 September 1988 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Fast-bowlers
Varun Aaron 29 October 1989 Right-handed Right-arm Fast Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore
Shankar Rao 8 December 1982 Right-handed Right-arm Medium-fast
Rahul Shukla 28 July 1990 Right-handed Right-arm Medium-fast Plays for Rajasthan Royals
Rituraj Singh 19 October 1990 Right-handed Right-arm Medium-fast
Jaskaran Singh 21 December 1991 Left-handed Left-arm Medium-fast
All-Rounders
Kaushal Singh 10 October 1996 Right-handed Right-arm Medium-fast

Coaching Staff

Famous Players

See also

References

External links


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