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{{Short description|Indian cricket team}}
{{For|the [[Indian Premier League]] franchise|Rajasthan Royals}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket team
|name = Rajasthan cricket team
|image =
|captain = [[Ashok Menaria]]
|coach =
|colors =
|owner =
|founded =
|ground = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
|capacity = 30,000
|title1 = [[Ranji Trophy]]
|title1wins = 2
|title2 = [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]]
|title2wins = 0
|title3 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
|title3wins = 0
|website = [http://www.cricketrajasthan.in/ Rajasthan Cricket Association]
}}
The '''Rajasthan cricket team''' is a [[cricket]] team which represents the [[States and territories of India|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".

==History==
===Rajputana===
Rajputana's first recorded match came in the 1928/29 Delhi Tournament against [[Aligarh]],<ref name="OTH">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1160/Other_Matches.html|title=Other Matches played by Rajputana|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 November 2012|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110044147/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1160/Other_Matches.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the [[Rajasthan Cricket Association|Rajputana Cricket Association]] being formed shortly thereafter in 1931 at [[Ajmer]].<ref name="HIST">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketrajasthan.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=4|title=RCA History|publisher=[[Rajasthan Cricket Association]]|access-date=1 November 2012}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|What is today the modern state of [[Rajasthan]] was then a part of the [[British Raj]] and was known as Rajputana.|group=n}} 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.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1160/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Rajputana|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 November 2012}}</ref> 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 cricket team|Central India]], losing by a heavy margin.<ref name="HIST"/><ref name="FCM"/> 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.<ref name="FCM"/> Rajputana gained its first win in first-class cricket against [[Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson|Lionel Tennyson's]] touring eleven, with victory by two wickets in 1937.<ref name="HIST"/> The team lost its only match against [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] in the 1938/39 Ranji Trophy, however the following season it recorded its first Ranji Trophy victory against [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]], winning by 7 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17226.html|title=Delhi v Rajputana, 1939/40 Ranji Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref> 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.

===Rajasthan===
=== Best performances in Ranji Trophy ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Position
|-
| 2010-11 || rowspan=2| '''Winner'''
|-
| 2011-12
|-
|1960–61|| rowspan=8| Runner-up
|-
|1961–62
|-
|1962–63
|-
|1963–64
|-
|1965–66
|-
|1966–67
|-
|1969–70
|-
|1973–74
|}

==Famous players==
Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
*[[Salim Durani]] (1960)
*[[Hanumant Singh]] (1964)
*[[Parthasarathy Sharma]] (1974)
*[[Pravin Amre]] (1992)
*[[Pankaj Singh (cricketer)|Pankaj Singh]] (2014)

Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for England, along with year of Test debut:
*[[Kabir Ali]] (2003)

Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:
*[[Gagan Khoda]] (1998)
*[[Khaleel Ahmed]] (2018)
*[[Deepak Chahar]] (2018)
*[[Rahul Chahar]] (2021)

Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for England, along with year of ODI debut:
*[[Vikram Solanki]] (2000)

==Current squad==
{{main|List of Rajasthan cricketers}}
* Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Birth date
! scope="col" | Batting Style
! scope="col" | Bowling Style
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Batsmen
|-
|[[Ashok Menaria]]|| {{Birth date and age|1990|10|29|df=y}}|| Left-handed|| [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]|| '''Captain'''
|-
|[[Mahipal Lomror]]||8 April 1998 (age 20)||Left-handed||[[Slow left-arm orthodox]]||Plays for '''[[Rajasthan Royals]] in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]'''
|-
|[[Arjit Gupta]]|| {{Birth date and age|1989|9|12|df=y}}|| Right-handed|| Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast]]||
|-
|[[Rajesh Bishnoi|Rajesh Bishnoi Sr]]|| {{Birth date and age|1987|10|08|df=y}}|| Right-handed|| Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast]]||
|-
|[[Aditya Garhwal]]|| {{Birth date and age|1996|4|15|df=y}}|| Right-handed||Right-arm [[leg break]]||
|-
|[[Salman Khan (Indian cricketer)|Salman Khan]]||{{Birth date and age|1998|12|26|df=y}}||Right-handed||Right-arm [[off break]]||
|-
|[[Yash Kothari]]||{{Birth date and age|1995|10|6|df=y}}||Right-handed||Right-arm [[leg break]]||
|-
|[[Ankit Lamba]]||{{Birth date and age|1991|12|3|df=y}}||Right-handed||Right-arm [[leg break]]||

|-
|[[Amitkumar Gautam]]|| {{Birth date and age|1995|10|10|df=y}}|| Right-handed||Right-arm [[leg break]]||
|-
! scope="col" colspan="5" | All-rounders
|-
|[[Chandrapal Singh|Chandrapal Chundawat]]|| {{Birth date and age|1994|9|8|df=y}} || Right-handed||Right-arm [[off break]]||
|-
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|[[Manender Singh]]||{{Birth date and age|1996|1|02|df=y}}||Right-handed||||
|-
|[[Bharat Sharma]]||{{Birth date and age|1999|8|9|df=y}}||Right-handed||||
|-
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Spinner
|-
|[[Shubham Sharma (cricketer, born 1997)|Shubham Sharma]]|| {{Birth date and age|1997|3|26|df=y}}|| Left-handed|| [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]||
|-
|[[Ravi Bishnoi]]|| {{Birth date and age|2000|9|5|df=y}}|| Right-handed|| Right-arm [[leg break]]|| Plays for '''[[Punjab Kings]] in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]'''
|-
|'''[[Rahul Chahar]]'''||{{Birth date and age|1999|8|04|df=y}}||Right-handed||Right-arm [[leg break]]|| Plays for '''[[Mumbai Indians]]''' in '''[[Indian Premier League|IPL]]'''
|-
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Fast Bowlers
|-
| [[Aniket Choudhary]]|| {{Birth date and age|1990|01|28|df=y}}|| Right-handed|| Left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]||
|-
| [[Tanveer-Ul-Haq]]||{{birth date and age|1991|12|03|df=y}}||Right-handed||Left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium fast]]||
|-
|'''[[Khaleel Ahmed]]'''||{{birth date and age|1997|12|05|df=y}}||Right-handed||Left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]||Plays for '''[[Sunrisers Hyderabad]]''' in '''[[Indian Premier League|IPL]]'''
|-
| [[Rituraj Singh]]|| {{Birth date and age|1990|10|19|df=y}}|| Right-handed|| Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]||
|-
| [[Abhimanyu Lamba]]|| {{Birth date and age|1995|10|31|df=y}}||Right-handed|| Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]||
|-
| [[Akash Singh (cricketer, born 2002)|Akash Singh]]|| {{Birth date and age|2002|4|26|df=y}}|| Right-handed|| Left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]||Plays for '''[[Rajasthan Royals]] in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]'''
|-
| [[Arafat Khan]]|| {{Birth date and age|1996|12|27|df=y}}||Right-handed|| Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]||
|-
| '''[[Deepak Chahar]]'''|| {{Birth date and age|1992|08|7|df=y}}|| Right-handed|| Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]|| Plays for '''[[Chennai Super Kings]]''' in '''[[Indian Premier League|IPL]]'''
|}

===Captains===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*2018-2019 [[Mahipal Lomror]]
*2013/14-2017 [[Pankaj Singh (cricketer)|Pankaj Singh]]
*2010/11–2012/13 [[Hrishikesh Kanitkar]]
*1992/1997 [[Rajiv Rathore (cricketer, born 1968)|Rajiv Rathore]]
*1990/91– [[Parmindar Singh]]
*1989/90 [[Sanjay Vyas]]
*1988/89 [[Padam Shastri]]
*1985/86–1987/88 [[Sanjay Vyas]]
*1979/80–1984/85 [[Parthasarathy Sharma]]
*1977/78–1978/79 [[Kailash Gattani]]
*1966/67–1976/77 [[Hanumant Singh]]
*1962/63–1965/66 [[Raj Singh Dungarpur]]
*1960/61–1961/62 [[Kishan Rungta]]
*1957/58–1959/60 [[Vinoo Mankad]]
*1951/52–1956/57 [[Bhagwant Singh (cricketer)|Maharana of Mewar]]
*1935/36–1939/40 [[Walter Bradshaw]]
*1933/34–1937/38 [[Laxman Singh|Maharaja of Dungarpur]]
}}

==Records==
''For more details on this topic, see [[List of Rajasthan first-class cricket records]], [[List of Rajasthan List A cricket records]], [[List of Rajasthan Twenty20 cricket records]].''

==Grounds==
===Sawai Mansingh Stadium===
{{details|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===
{{for|a complete list of grounds used by Rajasthan|List of Rajasthan cricket team grounds}}

==Notes==
<references group=n/>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book | title = Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development | last=Bowen, Rowland | author-link=Rowland Bowen | edition = 1970 | publisher = [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]] | isbn = 0-413-27860-3 }}
*[[Playfair Cricket Annual]] – various editions
*[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] – various editions

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.cricketrajasthan.in/}}
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/293/293.html CricketArchive – Lists of numerous Rajasthan records and scorecards]

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{{Cricket in India}}

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[[Category:Cricket in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1956]]

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