Vidarbha cricket team

Vidarbha cricket team
Captain: Subramaniam Badrinath
Coach: Paras Mhambrey
Owner: Vidarbha Cricket Association
Founded: 1957
Home ground: Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
Capacity: 45,000
Ranji Trophy wins: 0
Irani Trophy wins: 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: 0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins: 0

The Vidarbha cricket team is a domestic cricket team in the Ranji Trophy, India's domestic first-class cricket competition. It represents the Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra.

History

Vidarbha first played first-class cricket in the 1957-58 season, competing against the other Central Zone teams until 2001-02, after which the Ranji Trophy was no longer contested on a zonal basis. Vidarbha's best seasons were 1970-71 and 1995-96, when it reached the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy and 2002-03 and 2011-12, when it reached the semi-finals of the Plate Group. Up to early November 2015, Vidarbha had played 247 first-class matches, with 37 wins, 85 losses and 125 draws.[1]

Vidarbha's home ground has always been the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur.[2]The new home ground is Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha in Nagpur.

Vidarbha's record score is 221 by Samir Gujar against Madhya Pradesh in 1991-92.[3] The best bowling figures in an innings are 8 for 39 by Arun Ogiral against Madhya Pradesh in 1967-68,[4] and the best bowling figures in a match are 13 for 162 by Akshay Wakhare against Gujarat in 2014-15.[5]

Current squad

Coach: Paras Mhambrey

Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Captain & Batsmen
Subramaniam Badrinath 30 August 1980 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak
Batsmen
Wasim Jaffer 16 February 1978 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Tests : 31
Faiz Fazal 7 September 1985 Left-hand bat Right-arm medium Vice-captain
Ganesh Satish 15 March 1988 Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Aditya Shanware 18 July 1991 Right-hand bat Right-arm legbreak
Sanjay Ramaswamy 1 April 1995 Right-hand bat Right-arm legbreak
Wicket-keeper
Jitesh Sharma 22 October 1992 Right-handed n/a T20 SR: 132
Amol Ubarhande 28 September 1988 Right-handed n/a
Dharmender Ahlawat 28 December 1991 Right-handed n/a
All-Rounder
Ravi Jangid 3 June 1987 Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox T20 Bowl.Avg : 23
Shrikant Wagh 9 October 1988 Left-hand bat Left-arm fast-medium
Fast-Bowler
Umesh Yadav 25 October 1987 Right-handed Right-arm fast
Shalabh Shrivastava 25 October 1987 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Swapnil Bandiwa 9 July 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Rajneesh Gurbani 23 January 1993 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Yadvendra Tembhare 2 July 1990 Left-hand bat Left-arm fast-medium
Ravikumar Thakur 1 September 1984 Right-hand bat Left-arm fast-medium
Spinners
Akshay Karnewar 12 October 1992 Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Akshay Wakhare 3 October 1985 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak
Aditya Sarwate 10 December 1989 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox

Coaching Staff

References

  1. ↑ "Vidarbha playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "First-class matches played on Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Most runs in an innings for Vidarbha". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Most wickets in an innings for Vidarbha". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Most wickets in a match for Vidarbha". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Jaffer leaves Mumbai for Vidarbha
  7. ↑ Vijay Telang appointed Vidarbha coach

External links

See also

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