Personnel | |
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Captain | Amandeep Khare (FC & T20) Ajay Mandal (LA) |
Coach | Devendra Bundela |
Owner | Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh |
Team information | |
Founded | 2016 |
Home ground | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium |
Capacity | 65,000 |
History | |
First-class debut | Tripura in 2016 at JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi |
Ranji Trophy wins | 0 |
Irani Trophy wins | 0 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
Official website | BCCI |
Chhattisgarh cricket team is a cricket team from the state of Chhattisgarh, India. [1]
Chhattisgarh began playing in Indian domestic tournaments including the Ranji Trophy from the 2016–17 season. [2] The team is managed by Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh which was granted the full-member status by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in February 2016. The team made its first-class cricket debut in Group C of the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy against Tripura on 6 October 2016. [3] They won the match by nine wickets. [4]
In 2013/14, Chhattisgarh Under-16 and Under-25 teams finished at the bottom of their respective groups in the Vijay Merchant Trophy's zonal league and CK Nayudu Trophy's plate league, respectively. Their Under-19 team, however, finished third in their group in the Cooch Behar Trophy plate league and missed qualifying for the semi-finals of the lower tier by a whisker. [5]
According to the BCCI regulations, an associate member can be promoted as a full member if the said member is an Associate Member for a continuous period of five cricketing seasons, and such a member satisfies the board that the game in its jurisdiction has reached a standard justifying its participation in the national tournament of Ranji Trophy. [6]
Chhattisgarh gained associate member status in 2008, and was given full membership in February 2016. This meant that Chhattisgarh would participate in the domestic tournaments (Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy) from the 2016–17 season. Chhattisgarh will play in the Group C of the Ranji Trophy, taking the number of teams in the group to 10. CSCS secretary Rajesh Dave expects Ashutosh Singh, Harpreet Singh, Jalaj Saxena, Jatin Saxena (all Madhya Pradesh), Abhimanyu Chauhan, Sahil Gupta (both Baroda) and Bhima Rao (Railways) to play for the new Chhattisgarh team, along with India under-19 cricketer Amandeep Khare. [7]
In July 2016, former Mumbai and Vidarbha coach Sulakshan Kulkarni was named as head coach of team. He will remain with the team for three seasons starting from 2016–17 Ranji Trophy. [8] Mohammad Kaif has been appointed as the first captain. [9]
Notable cricketers from the state:
Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||
Amandeep Khare | 5 August 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | First-class & Twenty20 Captain |
Shashank Singh | 21 November 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL |
Harpreet Bhatia | 11 August 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL |
Ashutosh Singh | 5 January 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Rishabh Tiwari | 28 November 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Sanjeet Desai | 12 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Sanidhya Hurkat | 31 July 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
All-rounder | ||||
Mayank Yadav | 3 November 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Wicket-keeper | ||||
Eknath Kerkar | 10 September 1993 | Right-handed | ||
Spin bowlers | ||||
Ajay Mandal | 15 February 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | List A Captain Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
Sumit Ruikar | 6 June 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
Shubham Agarwal | 21 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Shubham Singh | 5 January 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Jivesh Butte | 27 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Gagandeep Singh | 11 September 1997 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
Pace bowlers | ||||
Sourabh Majumdar | 4 February 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Ravi Kiran | 16 March 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Satyam Dubey | 7 September 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Prashant Painkra | 8 September 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Aayush Thakur | 23 November 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Updated as on 6 January 2024
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