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Rajasthan cricket team

For the Indian Premier League franchise, see Rajasthan Royals.

The Rajasthan cricket team is a cricket team which represents the Indian state of Rajasthan. The team won the Ranji Trophy in the 2010–11 and 2011-12 seasons, having finished runners-up eight times between 1960–61 and 1973-74. It is currently in the Ranji Trophy Elite group. It is run by the Rajasthan Cricket Association and is popularly known as "Team Rajasthan".

Rajasthan cricket team
Personnel
CaptainDeepak Hooda
CoachAnshu Jain
OwnerRajasthan Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1928
Home groundSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Capacity30,000
History
First-class debutMarylebone Cricket Club
in 1933
at Mayo College Ground, Ajmer
Ranji Trophy wins2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websiteRajasthan Cricket Association

History

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Rajputana

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Rajputana's first recorded match came in the 1928/29 Delhi Tournament against Aligarh,[1] with the Rajputana Cricket Association being formed shortly thereafter in 1931 at Ajmer.[2][n 1] Rajputana's inaugural appearance in first-class cricket came in November 1933 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Mayo College Ground in Ajmer, which resulted in a heavy innings defeat.[3] The team entered the Ranji Trophy for the first time in the 1935/36 season, playing its first match in the competition against Central India, losing by a heavy margin.[2][3] The team played in the following seasons Ranji Trophy, again losing to Central India, but this time by the reduced margin of just two wickets.[3] Rajputana gained its first win in first-class cricket against Lionel Tennyson's touring eleven, with victory by two wickets in 1937.[2] The team lost its only match against Southern Punjab in the 1938/39 Ranji Trophy, however the following season it recorded its first Ranji Trophy victory against Delhi, winning by 7 wickets.[4] However it lost its following match against Southern Punjab by the margin of an innings and 190 runs. With the onset of World War II, cricket in India was somewhat disrupted, but first-class cricket continued to function.

Honours

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Famous players

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Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:

Foreign international players who briefly played for Rajasthan, along with season:

Current squad

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Main article: List of Rajasthan cricketers
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Mahipal Lomror (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Deepak Hooda (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Abhijeet Tomar (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Karan Lamba (2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Yash Kothari (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Salman Khan (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Ram Chouhan (1999-03-28) 28 March 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Arjit Gupta (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Shubham Garhwal (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Zubair Ali (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Aditya Garhwal (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Mukul Choudhary (2004-08-06) 6 August 2004 (age 20) Right-handed
Wicket-keeper
Kunal Rathore (2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 (age 22) Left-handed
Spinners
Manav Suthar (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Rahul Chahar (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Kukna Ajay Singh (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Shubham Sharma (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Fast Bowlers
Aniket Choudhary (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm medium
Khaleel Ahmed (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Left-arm medium
Arafat Khan (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Deepak Chahar (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Vice-captain
Sahil Dhiwan (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium

Updated as on 31 October 2024

Captains

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Records

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For more details on this topic, see

Grounds

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Sawai Mansingh Stadium

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Further information: Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Rajasthan play the majority of their home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

The ends are called the City End and the Pavilion End.

Other grounds

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For a complete list of grounds used by Rajasthan, see List of Rajasthan cricket team grounds.

Notes

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  1. ^ What is today the modern state of Rajasthan was then a part of the British Raj and was known as Rajputana.

References

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  1. ^ "Other Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "RCA History". Rajasthan Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Delhi v Rajputana, 1939/40 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

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