Summary
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 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways on 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.
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Mandeep Singh |
| Coach | Munish Bali |
| Owner | Punjab Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1968 |
| 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 | |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 1 |
| Irani Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 0 |
| Official website | PCA |
Competition historyEdit
Punjab first competed as a unified team in 1968–69. Before then, Southern Punjab, Eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab had competed at various times. Punjab have won the Ranji Trophy only once, in 1992–93. In that year, they lost the Irani Trophy against a Rest of India team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. Punjab have never won the one-day trophy.
Best performances in Ranji TrophyEdit
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Runner-up |
| 1994–95 | Runner-up |
| 1992–93 | Winner |
| 1938–39 | Runner-up |
Home groundEdit
The Punjab cricket team are based and play their home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar which was established in 1993 on which was then a 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 Punjab govt
The international stadium and proposed of Punjab cricket team:-
- Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar – it is a regular Test venue of BCCI, and also the home of 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 – 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, Bathinda – proposed and under-construction since 2007
Current squadEdit
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| Anmolpreet Singh | 28 March 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | ||
| Mandeep Singh | 18 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A and Twenty20 Captain Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | ||
| Ramandeep Singh | 13 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | ||
| Shubman Gill | 8 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Abhishek Sharma | 4 September 2000 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class Captain Plays For Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | ||
| Sanvir Singh | 12 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Gurkeerat Mann | 29 June 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Prabhsimran Singh | 10 August 2000 | Right-handed | Plays For Punjab Kings in IPL | |||
| Anmol Malhotra | 29 November 1995 | Right-handed | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Mayank Markande | 11 November 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | ||
| Harpreet Brar | 16 September 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays For Punjab Kings in IPL | ||
| Vinay Choudhary | 4 September 1993 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Krishan Alang | 19 September 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Arshdeep Singh | 15 February 1999 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays For Punjab Kings in IPL | ||
| Siddarth Kaul | 19 May 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | ||
| Baltej Singh | 4 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays For Punjab Kings in IPL | ||
| Ashwani Kumar | 29 August 2001 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |||
| Gurnoor Brar | 25 May 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
Notable playersEdit
Players from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- 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 year of ODI debut:
- 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 year of T20I debut:
- Sandeep Sharma
- Mandeep Singh
- Mayank Markande
'Notable players at the domestic level:
- Dhruv Pandove
- Uday Kaul
- Anmolpreet Singh
- Abhishek Sharma
- Lovish Dubey
- Harman Singh