Punjab cricket team (India)

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Punjab cricket team
Personnel
CaptainMandeep Singh
CoachMunish Bali
OwnerPunjab Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1890
Home groundInderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Mohali
Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar
Capacity28,000
History
First-class debutJammu and Kashmir
in 1968
at Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
Ranji Trophy wins1
Irani Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websitePCA

The Punjab cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for only one Ranji Trophy semi-final in the last five seasons and made it to the final in the 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways in the first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have only been winners of the Ranji Trophy once, in the 1992–93 season.

Competition history[edit]

In 1968-69, Punjab competed as a unified team for the first time. Before then, Southern Punjab, Eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab had competed at various times. Punjab has won the Ranji Trophy only once, in 1992–93. That year, they lost the Irani Trophy against a Rest of the Indian team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. Punjab has never won the one-day trophy.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy[edit]

Year Position
2004–05 Runner-up
1994–95 Runner-up
1992–93 Winner
1938–39 Runner-up

Home ground[edit]

The Punjab cricket team are based and plays their home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, established in 1993 on swampland. New cricket grounds of International recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar as per the saying of the Punjab govt.

The international stadium and the proposed of Punjab cricket team:-

Current squad[edit]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Mandeep Singh (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Anmolpreet Singh (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Naman Dhir (1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Nehal Wadhera (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm leg break Plays for Mumbai Indiansin IPL
Pukhraj Mann (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 22) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Shubman Gill (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
All-rounders
Abhishek Sharma (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Sanvir Singh (1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Ramandeep Singh (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Wicket-keepers
Prabhsimran Singh (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Anmol Malhotra (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 28) Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Mayank Markande (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Harpreet Brar (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Vinay Choudhary (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Gaurav Chaudhary (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Baltej Singh (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Siddarth Kaul (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Gurnoor Brar (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 23) Left-handed Left-arm medium Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Ashwani Kumar (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 22) Left-handed Left-arm medium
Arshdeep Singh (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 24) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL

Updated as on 31 January 2023[1]

Notable players[edit]

Players from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with their year of Test debut[edit]

Players from Punjab who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with their year of ODI debut[edit]

  • Bhupinder Singh
  • Pankaj Dharmani
  • Reetinder Singh Sodhi
  • Dinesh Mongia
  • Manpreet Gony
  • Rahul Sharma
  • Barinder Sran
  • Gurkeerat Singh Mann
  • Siddarth Kaul

Players from Punjab who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with their year of T20I debut[edit]

  • Sandeep Sharma
  • Mandeep Singh
  • Mayank Markande
  • Arshdeep singh

Notable players at the domestic level[edit]

  • Dhruv Pandove
  • Uday Kaul
  • Anmolpreet Singh
  • Abhishek Sharma
  • Lovish Dubey
  • Harman Singh
  • Prabhsimran singh

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Punjab Squads for all cricket series and tournaments". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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