Gujarat cricket team

Gujarat cricket team

Captain:	Parthiv Patel
Coach:	n/a
Owner:	Gujarat Cricket Association
Founded:	1950
Home ground:	Sardar Patel Stadium
Capacity:	45,000
Ranji Trophy wins:	0
Irani Trophy wins:	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins:	1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins:	1

The Gujarat Cricket Team is one of three Ranji Trophy cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and Saurashtra cricket team).

It was in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy although it has had very little success. There have, however, been many cricketers that have passed through its ranks and gone on to play for the Indian cricket team. It falls under the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

History

Gujarat's best appearance in a Ranji Trophy came in the season of 1950/1951, where it was facing Holkar in the Ranji Tropy Final. Holkar won the high-scoring match by 189 runs, the match featured a double century by Holkar's Chandu Sarwate and a fighting 152 by Gujarati off-spinner Jasu Patel (who averaged 12.78 in 87 innings).

In 2007/2008, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy Plate League title by defeating Railways. Gujarat were in an lose win situation and six and four and out they lost.

In the year 2010/11, Gujarat made a wonderful start to the Ranji Season. They went for a draw against Bengal and later on made an outright win against a strong Delhi Team but lost two consecutive matches against Madhya Pradesh and Baroda which ended their hope of entering Quarter Final Stage.

They drew a high scoring match against Tamil Nadu, which featured the comeback of Parthiv Patel (as he was busy in national duty) but lost the match against Haryana which forced them to go back at the Plate League.

Gujarat won the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in 2012/13 defeating Punjab in the final by four wickets with 13 deliveries to spare.

Home Grounds

• Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
• CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat
• Bilakhiya Stadium, Vapi
• Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad

Famous players

• Nari Contractor
• Axar Patel
• Parthiv Patel
• Jasu Patel
• Deepak Shodhan

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
	Manpreet Juneja	(1990-09-12) 12 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Priyank Panchal	(1990-04-09) 9 April 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Venugopal Rao	(1982-02-26) 26 February 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Bhargav Merai	(1990-09-17) 17 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Rujul Bhatt	(1986-04-24) 24 April 1986	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
	Samit Gohel	(1990-09-13) 13 September 1990	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Chirag Gandhi	(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
	Axar Patel	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Jesal Karia	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
	Parthiv Patel	(1985-03-09) 9 March 1985	Left-handed		Captain
	Smit Patel	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993	Right-handed
Bowlers
	Jasprit Bumrah	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Mehul Patel	(1989-01-18) 18 January 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Ishwar Chaudhary	(1988-07-10) 10 July 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
	Rush Kalaria	(1993-01-16) 16 January 1993	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
	Ramesh Powar	(1978-05-20) 20 May 1978	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Kushang Patel	(1991-09-13) 13 September 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	R. P. Singh	(1985-12-06) 6 December 1985	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium

External links

• Gujarat Cricket Team page at Cricinfo