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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Krunal Pandya |
| Coach | Jacob Martin |
| Owner | Baroda Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Home ground | Moti Bagh Stadium |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Nawanagar in 1937 at Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 5 |
| Irani Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 2 |
| Official website | BCA |
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.
The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium.
Baroda were runners-up in the 2005/06 Ranji Trophy. It is one of three Gujarat Teams, the others being the Saurashtra cricket team and Gujarat cricket team.
Baroda has only emerged as a strong team in recent years. It won its last Ranji Trophy in 2000–01, but failed to defend the title, coming runner-up in the next year. This means it has had only one Irani Trophy appearance, in which it failed to defeat a strong Rest of India team which contained the likes of VVS Laxman (13 & 148), Dinesh Mongia (125 & 90*), Debashish Mohanty, Sarandeep Singh and Akash Chopra. See Scorecard. It was considered a strong team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning 4 times and coming runner-up twice. Vijay Hazare, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Hardik Pandya are amongst the most prominent cricketers to emerge from Baroda. They have performed exceedingly well at the international level for India.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Jyotsnil Singh | 15 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Shivalik Sharma | 28 November 1998 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Shashwat Rawat | 6 April 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Kinit Patel | 16 August 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Bhanu Pania | 4 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Abhimanyu Rajput | 9 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Krunal Pandya | 24 March 1991 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL |
| Hardik Pandya | 11 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Vishnu Solanki | 15 October 1992 | Right-handed | Vice-captain | |
| Mitesh Patel | 15 May 1997 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Mahesh Pithiya | 24 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Ninad Rathva | 10 March 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Bhargav Bhatt | 13 May 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Atit Sheth | 3 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Lukman Meriwala | 11 December 1991 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Soyeb Sopariya | 10 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Babashafi Pathan | 19 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Akash Singh | 26 April 2002 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Raj Limbani | 2 February 2005 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Updated as on 25 November 2024
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