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Railways cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Karn Sharma; Mrunal Devdhar
Coach	Dinesh Lad
Owner	Railways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded	1930
Home ground	Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
Official website	RSPB

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Railways playing against Odisha at Brabourne Stadium c.2006

Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi.^[1] The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.^[2]

Competition history

For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.

Famous players

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

Budhi Kunderan (1960)
Murali Kartik (2000)
Sanjay Bangar (2001)
Karn Sharma (2014)

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

Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Birthplace	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Mrunal Devdhar	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 33)	Baroda, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Twenty20 Captain
Pratham Singh	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 33)	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Arindam Ghosh	(1986-10-19) 19 October 1986 (age 39)	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Shivam Chaudhary	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 29)	Meerut, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Saurabh Singh	(1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 28)	Barabanki, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Shubham Chaubey	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 31)	Varanasi, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Navneet Virk	(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996 (age 29)	Jind, PB	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
Vikrant Rajput	(1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 33)	Durg, CG	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
All-rounders
Karn Sharma	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 38)	Meerut, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	First-class and List A Captain
Mohammad Saif	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 29)	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Dinesh Mor	(1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 30)	Delhi, DL	Right-handed
Vivek Singh	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 32)	Howrah, WB	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Ashish Sehrawat	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 31)	Delhi, DL	Right-handed
Nitin Bhille	(1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 36)	Dharwad, KA	Right-handed
Upendra Yadav	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 29)	Kanpur, UP	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Harsh Tyagi	(1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 26)	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Avinash Yadav	(1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 39)	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Akash Pandey	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 27)	Kolkata, WB	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Amit Mishra	(1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 (age 37)	Bilaspur, CG	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Himanshu Sangwan	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 30)	Najafgarh, DL	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
T Pradeep	(1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 31)	Bengaluru, KA	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Dhrushant Soni	(1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 (age 40)	Ahmedabad, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Akshat Pandey	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 33)	Firozabad, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Ananta Saha	(1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 29)	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Yuvraj Singh	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 27)	Bareilly, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

References

↑ "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
↑ "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

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[cricinfo08-1] "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[toif12-2] "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

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+|[[Mrunal Devdhar]] || {{birth date and age|1992|12|16|df=y}} || [[Baroda]], GJ || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || '''Twenty20 Captain'''
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+|[[Pratham Singh]] || {{birth date and age|1992|8|31|df=y}} || [[Delhi]], DL || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off-break]] ||
 |-
 |[[Arindam Ghosh (cricketer)|Arindam Ghosh]] || {{birth date and age|1986|10|19|df=y}} || [[Kolkata]], WB || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
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-|[[Pratham Singh]] || {{birth date and age|1992|8|31|df=y}} || [[Delhi]], DL || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off-break]] ||
+|[[Shivam Chaudhary]] || {{birth date and age|1997|8|4|df=y}} || [[Meerut]], UP || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off-break]] ||
 |-
 |[[Saurabh Singh (cricketer)|Saurabh Singh]] || {{birth date and age|1997|10|11|df=y}} || [[Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh|Barabanki]], UP || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
+|-
+|[[Shubham Chaubey]] || {{birth date and age|1994|10|15|df=y}} || [[Varanasi]], UP || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off-break]] ||
 |-
 |[[Navneet Virk]] || {{birth date and age|1996|10|23|df=y}} || [[Jind]], PB || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg-break]] ||
 |-
 |[[Vikrant Rajput]] || {{birth date and age|1992|10|26|df=y}} || [[Durg]], CG || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
-|-
-|[[Avijit Singh]] || {{birth date and age|1996|9|1|df=y}} || [[Kolkata]], WB || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off-break]] ||
 |-
 ! colspan="6" |All-rounders
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-|'''[[Karn Sharma]]''' || {{birth date and age|1987|10|23|df=y}} || [[Meerut]], UP || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || '''Captain'''<br> Plays for '''[[Chennai Super Kings]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
+|'''[[Karn Sharma]]''' || {{birth date and age|1987|10|23|df=y}} || [[Meerut]], UP || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||'''First-class and List A Captain'''
 |-
-|[[Shivam Chaudhary]] || {{birth date and age|1997|8|4|df=y}} || [[Meerut]], UP || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off-break]] ||
+|[[Mohammad Saif (cricketer, born 1996)|Mohammad Saif]] || {{birth date and age|1996|8|30|df=y}} || [[Varanasi]], UP || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
 |-
 ! colspan="6" |Wicket-keepers
 |-
-|[[Dinesh Mor]] || {{birth date and age|1995|10|10|df=y}} || [[Delhi]], DL || Right-handed || ||'''Vice-Captain'''
+|[[Dinesh Mor]] || {{birth date and age|1995|10|10|df=y}} || [[Delhi]], DL || Right-handed || ||
+|-
+|[[Vivek Singh (cricketer)|Vivek Singh]] || {{birth date and age|1993|11|1|df=y}} || [[Howrah]], WB || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
+|-
+|[[Ashish Sehrawat]] || {{birth date and age|1995|1|20|df=y}} || [[Delhi]], DL || Right-handed ||  ||
 |-
 |[[Nitin Bhille]] || {{birth date and age|1989|8|18|df=y}} || [[Dharwad]], KA || Right-handed ||  ||
 |-
-|[[Abhishek Pandey]] || {{birth date and age|1999|10|11|df=y}} || [[Kanpur]], UP || Right-handed || ||
+|[[Upendra Yadav (cricketer)|Upendra Yadav]] || {{birth date and age|1996|10|8|df=y}} || [[Kanpur]], UP || Right-handed || ||
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 ! colspan="6" |Spin Bowlers
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 |[[Avinash Yadav]] || {{birth date and age|1986|10|2|df=y}} || [[Varanasi]], UP || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
 |-
-|[[Shivendra Singh (cricketer)|Shivendra Singh]] || {{birth date and age|1991|8|2|df=y}} || [[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh|Rewa]], MP || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
+|[[Akash Pandey]] || {{birth date and age|1999|2|2|df=y}} || [[Kolkata]], WB || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
 |-
 ! colspan="6" |Pace Bowlers
-|-
-|[[T Pradeep]] || {{birth date and age|1994|11|29|df=y}} || || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
 |-
 |[[Amit Mishra (cricketer, born 1988)|Amit Mishra]] || {{birth date and age|1988|8|10|df=y}} || [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]], CG || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
 |-
 |[[Himanshu Sangwan]] || {{birth date and age|1995|9|2|df=y}} || [[Najafgarh]], DL || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
+|-
+|[[T Pradeep]] || {{birth date and age|1994|11|29|df=y}} || [[Bengaluru]], KA || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
 |-
 |[[Dhrushant Soni]]||{{birth date and age|1985|10|9|df=y}} ||[[Ahmedabad]], GJ || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
+|-
+|[[Akshat Pandey]]||{{birth date and age|1993|5|19|df=y}} ||[[Firozabad]], UP || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
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 |[[Ananta Saha]]||{{birth date and age|1996|9|12|df=y}} ||[[Kolkata]], WB || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
 |-
-|[[Kanishk Seth]]||{{birth date and age|1997|11|4|df=y}} ||[[Kolkata]], WB || Right-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
+|[[Yuvraj Singh (cricketer, born 1998)|Yuvraj Singh]]||{{birth date and age|1998|8|22|df=y}} ||[[Bareilly]], UP || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
 |}

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Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

Personnel
Captain	Karn Sharma Mrunal Devdhar
Coach	Dinesh Lad
Owner	Railways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded	1930
Home ground	Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
Official website	RSPB