Chhattisgarh cricket team

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Chhattisgarh cricket team
Personnel
Captain Amandeep Khare (FC & T20)
Ajay Mandal (LA)
CoachHitesh Goswami
Owner Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh
Team information
Founded2016
Home ground Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium
Capacity49,000
History
First-class debut Tripura
in 2016
at  JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi
Ranji Trophy  wins0
Irani Trophy  wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins0
Official website BCCI

Chhattisgarh cricket team is a cricket team from the state of Chhattisgarh, India. [1]

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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] The 49,000-capacity SVNS International Cricket Stadium is the main venue for the Chhattisgarh cricket team.

History

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

Notable cricketers from the state:

Squad

NameBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes
Batsmen
Amandeep Khare 5 August 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium First-class & Twenty20 Captain
Sanjeet Desai 12 December 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Ashutosh Singh 5 January 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Rishabh Tiwari 1 September 1993 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm leg break
Harpreet Bhatia 11 August 1991 (age 33)Left-handedRight-arm medium Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Sanidhya Hurkat 31 July 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounder
Shashank Singh 21 November 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Shubham Agarwal 21 November 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Wicket-keeper
Eknath Kerkar 10 September 1993 (age 30)Right-handed
Shashank Chandrakar 13 May 1994 (age 30)Right-handed
Spin bowlers
Ajay Mandal 15 February 1996 (age 28)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox List A Captain
Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Jivesh Butte27 January 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Shubham Singh 5 January 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Gagandeep Singh11 September 1997 (age 26)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
Sumit Ruikar 6 June 1990 (age 34)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
Sourabh Majumdar 4 February 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Ravi Kiran 16 March 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Ashish Chouhan3 December 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Vashudev Bareth10 March 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Satyam Dubey7 September 2002 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Vishvas Malik30 October 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mayank Yadav3 November 2002 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Prashant Painkra8 September 2002 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Aayush Thakur23 November 2002 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast

Updated as on 19 February 2024

Coaching staff

Home grounds

Chhattisgarh play the majority of their home matches at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium.

Other grounds

There are 10 ground in the state that can host first-class games.

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