Vidarbha cricket team

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Vidarbha cricket team
Personnel
CaptainAkshay Wadkar
CoachTrevor Gonsalves
OwnerVidarbha Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1957
Home groundVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity45,000
History
First-class debutUttar Pradesh
in 1957
at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Ranji Trophy wins2
Irani Cup wins2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websiteVCA

The Vidarbha cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team plays in the India's domestic first-class cricket competition Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It represents the Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra. In December 2017, they reached the final of the Ranji Trophy for the first time in their history, after they beat Karnataka by 5 runs in the semi-finals of the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy tournament.[1][2] In the final, they beat Delhi by 9 wickets to win their first Ranji Trophy.[3] In the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy, Vidarbha successfully defended the crown by defeating Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final played at Nagpur.

History[edit]

Vidarbha first played first-class cricket in the 1957–58 season,[4] competing against the other Central Zone teams until 2001-02, after which the Ranji Trophy was no longer contested on a zonal basis. Before the 2017-18 season, Vidarbha's best seasons were 1970-71 and 1995–96, when it reached the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy and 2002–03 and 2011–12, when it reached the semi-finals of the Plate Group. Up to the start of the 2017-18 season, Vidarbha had played 259 first-class matches, with 41 wins, 89 losses and 129 draws.[5]

Vidarbha's main home ground was always the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur until 2009, when it was superseded by the newly developed Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha in Nagpur.[6]

Vidarbha's record score is 237 by Ganesh Satish against Andhra in 2019-20.[7] The best bowling figures in an innings are 8 for 39 by Arun Ogiral against Madhya Pradesh in 1967-68,[8] and the best bowling figures in a match are 13 for 162 by Akshay Wakhare against Gujarat in 2014-15.[9]

Players[edit]

Main article: List of Vidarbha cricketers

Current squad[edit]

Coach: Trevor Gonsalves

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Atharva Taide (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 24) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Faiz Fazal (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 (age 39) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Ganesh Satish (1988-03-15) 15 March 1988 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sanjay Raghunath (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 30) Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
Apoorv Wankhade (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Aman Mokhade Right-handed Right-arm legbreak
Shubham Dubey (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm offbreak
Wicket-keepers
Akshay Wadkar (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Captain
Jitesh Sharma (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Spin Bowlers
Aditya Sarwate (1989-12-10) 10 December 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Akshay Karnewar (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Akshay Wakhare (1985-10-03) 3 October 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm offbreak
Harsh Dubey (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 22) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Fast-Bowlers
Yash Thakur (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Lalit Yadav (1995-12-17) 17 December 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Nachiket Bhute (1999-11-01) 1 November 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Umesh Yadav (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Darshan Nalkande (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Rajneesh Gurbani (1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium

Updated as on 24 January 2023

Coaching staff[edit]

  • Head coach: Trevor Gonsalves[10]
  • Batting coach: Yusuf Pathan
  • Bowling coach: Subroto Banerjee[11]
  • Under-19s coach: Usman Ghani
  • Video analyst: Aniruddha Deshpande
  • Trainer: Amiykumar Mohanty
  • Physio: Dr Niraj Karamchandani

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Ranji Trophy 2017: Rajneesh Gurbani's seven-for takes Vidarbha to maiden final". Indian Express. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Gurbani seven-for books Vidarbha's maiden Ranji final berth". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vidarbha crowned champions in maiden Ranji final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vidarbha's maiden Ranji title in 61 seasons". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Vidarbha playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "First-class matches played on Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Kishore, Shashank (12 December 2019). "'Local' hero Ganesh Satish relishes Vidarbha leadership role". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Most wickets in an innings for Vidarbha". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Most wickets in a match for Vidarbha". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Trevor Gonsalves appointed coach of Vidarbha cricket team
  11. ↑ Vijay Telang appointed Vidarbha coach

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