Punjab cricket team (India)
| Punjab cricket team | |
|---|---|
| Captain: | Harbhajan Singh |
| Coach: | Arun Sharma |
| Owner: | Punjab Cricket Association |
| Founded: | 1968 |
| Home ground: | PCA Stadium, Mohali |
| Capacity: | 28,000 |
| Ranji Trophy wins: | 1 |
| Irani Trophy wins: | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: | 0 |
| Official website: | PCA |
The Punjab cricket team is the official first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for three Ranji Trophy semi-finals in the last five seasons, and made it to the final in 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways on first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have only been winners of the Ranji Trophy once, in the 1992–93 season.
Competition history
Punjab first competed as a unified team in 1968-69. Before then, Southern Punjab, Eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab had competed at various times. Punjab have won the Ranji Trophy only once, in 1992-93. In that year, they lost the Irani Trophy against a Rest of India team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. Punjab have never won the one-day trophy.
Best performances in Ranji Trophy
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Runner-up |
| 1994–95 | Runner-up |
| 1992–93 | Winner |
| 1938–39 | Runner-up |
Home ground
The Punjab cricket team are based and play their home games at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, Chandigarh, which was established in 1993, with floodlights, on what was previously swampland. New cricket grounds of International recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar as per the saying of Punjab govt
The international stadium and proposed of Punjab cricket team:-
- Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Ajitgarh - it is a regular Test venue of BCCI, and also the home of IPL team Kings XI Punjab
- Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar - hosted 2 ODI matches
- Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar - hosted a Test and 3 ODI
- Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala - oldest ground in Punjab
- Mullanpur International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur - proposed in 2010
- Shaheed Udham Singh Stadium, Amritsar - proposed in 2011
- Bathinda International Cricket Stadium, Bathinda - proposed and under-construction since 2007
Famous players from Punjab
- Harbhajan Singh
- Yuvraj Singh
- Dinesh Mongia
- Rahul Sharma
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Lala Amarnath
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Surinder Amarnath
- Vijay Mehra
- Rajinder Singh Ghai
- Yashpal Sharma
- Bhupinder Singh (Sr)
- Vikram Rathour
- VRV Singh
- Sarandeep Singh
- Harvinder Singh
- Aashish Kapoor
- Manpreet Gony
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 6 | Taruwar Kohli | 17 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Mayank Sidhana | 4 December 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| 22 | Gurkeerat Singh | 29 June 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| Jiwanjot Singh | 6 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| 12 | Mandeep Singh | 18 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | FC 100s : 10 | |
| Ravi Inder Singh | 4 November 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| 29 | Manan Vohra | 18 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 89 | Amitoze Singh | 15 February 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 12 | Yuvraj Singh | 12 December 1981 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Vice-Captain | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Uday Kaul | 2 December 1987 | Left-handed | FC 100s : 14 | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 30 | Manpreet Gony | 4 January 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| 37 | Siddarth Kaul | 19 May 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | FC Wicks : 200+ | |
| 1 | Sarabjit Ladda | 10 July 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
| 04 | Rahul Sharma | 30 November 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
| 19 | Sandeep Sharma | 18 May 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | 3 July 1980 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain | |
| Jaskaran Singh | 4 September 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Rajwinder Singh | 7 May 1989 | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| 8 | V. R. V. Singh | 17 September 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
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