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 been winners of the Ranji Trophy only once, in the 1992–93 season.
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Abhishek Sharma |
| Coach | Wasim Jaffer |
| Owner | Punjab Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Home ground | Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Mohali Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar |
| Capacity | 28,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Jammu and Kashmir in 1968 at Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 1 |
| Irani Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 1 |
| Official website | PCA |
Competition history
editIn 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. The team has never won the one-day trophy.
Honours
edit- Ranji Trophy
- Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Runners-up (2): 2002-03, 2014-15
- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Home ground
editThe Punjab cricket team is 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 government.
The international stadium and the proposed of Punjab cricket team:-
- Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. It is a regular test venue for the BCCI and the home of the IPL team Kings XI Punjab.
- Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar – hosted 2 ODI matches.
- Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar – hosted a Test and 3 ODI.
- Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala – the oldest ground in Punjab.
- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar.
- Shaheed Udham Singh Stadium, Amritsar – proposed in 2011.
- Bathinda International Cricket Stadium, a stadium presented by Bathinda, has been under construction since 2007.
Current squad
editPlayers with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| Nehal Wadhera | 4 September 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL | ||
| Anmolpreet Singh | 28 March 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| Naman Dhir | 31 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | ||
| Sukhwinder Singh | 21 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| Shubman Gill | 8 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| Pukhraj Mann | 7 June 2001 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Krish Bhagat | 6 November 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Abhay Chaudhary | 26 June 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Jaskaranvir Paul | 1 January 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Abhishek Sharma | 4 September 2000 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | ||
| Sanvir Singh | 12 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Ramandeep Singh | 13 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Kolkata Knight Ridersin IPL | ||
| Sohraab Dhaliwal | 18 November 1991 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Prabhsimran Singh | 10 August 2000 | Right-handed | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL | |||
| Salil Arora | 7 November 2002 | Right-handed | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Mayank Markande | 11 November 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Vice-captain Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | ||
| Prerit Dutta | 22 September 1998 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Harpreet Brar | 16 September 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL | ||
| Jassinder Singh | 14 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |||
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Baltej Singh | 4 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Arshdeep Singh | 5 February 1999 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL | ||
| Gurnoor Brar | 25 May 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| Ashwani Kumar | 29 August 2001 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | ||
Updated as on 29 November 2024
Notable players
editPlayers from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with their year of Test debut
edit- Mohammad Jahangir Khan (1932)
- Lall Singh (1932)
- Mohammad Nissar (1932)
- Syed Nazir Ali (1932)
- Syed Wazir Ali (1932)
- Lala Amarnath (1933)
- Dilawar Hussain (1934)
- Yadavindra Singh (Maharaja of Patiala) (1934)
- Baqa Jilani (1936)
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar (1946)
- Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1946)
- Amir Elahi (1947)
- Kanwar Rai Singh (1948)
- Vijay Rajindernath (1952)
- Vijay Mehra (1955)
- Bishan Singh Bedi (1966)
- Mohinder Amarnath (1969)
- Surinder Amarnath (1976)
- Yashpal Sharma (1979)
- Yograj Singh (1981)
- Navjot Singh Sidhu (1983)
- Gursharan Singh (1990)
- Aashish Kapoor (1994)
- Vikram Rathour (1996)
- Harbhajan Singh (1998)
- Harvinder Singh (1998)
- Sarandeep Singh (2000)
- Yuvraj Singh (2003)
- Vikram Raj Vir Singh (2006)
- Shubman Gill (2020)
Players from Punjab who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with their year of ODI debut
edit- Bhupinder Singh (1994)
- Pankaj Dharmani (1996)
- Reetinder Singh Sodhi (2000)
- Dinesh Mongia (2001)
- Manpreet Gony (2008)
- Rahul Sharma (2011)
- Barinder Sran (2016)
- Gurkeerat Singh Mann (2016)
- Siddarth Kaul (2018)
- Arshdeep Singh (2022)
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 (2015)
- Mandeep Singh (2016)
- Mayank Markande (2019)
- Abhishek Sharma (2024)
Notable players at the domestic level
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- First-class matches played by Punjab at CricketArchive