Railways cricket team: Difference between revisions

Railways cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Karn Sharma
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
Arindam Ghosh	(1986-10-19) 19 October 1986 (age 39)	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Pratham Singh	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 33)	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Saurabh Singh	(1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 28)	Barabanki, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
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
Avijit Singh	(1996-09-01) 1 September 1996 (age 29)	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
Karn Sharma	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 38)	Meerut, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Shivam Chaudhary	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 29)	Meerut, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Wicket-keepers
Dinesh Mor	(1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 30)	Delhi, DL	Right-handed		Vice-Captain
Nitin Bhille	(1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 36)	Dharwad, KA	Right-handed
Abhishek Pandey	(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 26)	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
Shivendra Singh	(1991-08-02) 2 August 1991 (age 35)	Rewa, MP	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
T Pradeep	(1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 31)		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
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
Dhrushant Soni	(1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 (age 40)	Ahmedabad, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ananta Saha	(1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 29)	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kanishk Seth	(1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 28)	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Left-arm medium

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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Current teams	Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks