Railways cricket team

Railways cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Upendra Yadav (FC) ; Karn Sharma (List A & T20)
Coach	Dinesh Lad
Owner	Railways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded	1958
Home ground	Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
History
First-class debut	Eastern Punjab; in 1958; at Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar
Ranji Trophy wins	2
Irani Cup wins	2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0
Official website	RSPB

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[edit]

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.

Honours[edit]

Ranji Trophy
- Winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05
- Runners-up (2): 1987–88, 2000–01

Wills Trophy
- Runners-up: 1988-89

Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Winners: 2005–06
- Runners-up: 2013–14

Famous players[edit]

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[edit]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Birthplace	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Vivek Singh	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 30)	Howrah, WB	Left-handed
Shivam Chaudhary	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 26)	Meerut, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Mohammad Saif	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 27)	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pratham Singh	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 31)	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Shubham Chaubey	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 29)	Varanasi, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Arindam Ghosh	(1986-10-19) 19 October 1986 (age 37)	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Suraj Ahuja	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 24)	Sri Ganganagar, RJ	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Wicket-keeper
Upendra Yadav	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27)	Kanpur, UP	Right-handed		First-class Captain Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Spin Bowlers
Karn Sharma	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 36)	Meerut, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	List A and Twenty20 Captain Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Akash Pandey	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 24)	Kolkata, WB	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Mohit Raut	(1998-01-20) 20 January 1998 (age 26)	Akola, MH	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Harsh Tyagi	(1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 24)	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Yuvraj Singh	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 25)	Bareilly, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Sagar Jadhav	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 28)	Kalburgi, KA	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Susheel Kumar	(1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 27)	Narnaul, HR	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
Adarsh Singh	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)	Rewa, MP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Himanshu Sangwan	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 28)	Najafgarh, DL	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Dhrushant Soni	(1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 (age 38)	Ahmedabad, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
T Pradeep	(1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 29)	Bengaluru, KA	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Akshat Pandey	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 30)	Firozabad, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Rahul Sharma	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 (age 33)	Agra, UP	Left-handed	Left-arm medium

Updated as on 24 January 2023

References[edit]

↑ "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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