Parthiv Ajay Patel is a former Indian professional cricketer, wicketkeeper-batsman, who played for the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and played for Gujarat in domestic cricket. Having lost a finger at the age of 9, he initially found it hard to keep wickets, but after enough practice, he got used to it. When Parthiv played for the Indian team in 2002, he became the youngest wicket-keeper to represent a country in Tests. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2016 Asia Cup.
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, often known as Duleep or K. S. Duleepsinhji, was an Indian international cricketer who represented the English cricket team. He was a right handed batsman and an occasional leg break bowler. Playing in the era before the Indian Independence and the establishment of the Indian cricket team, he played first class cricket in the United Kingdom and later represented the England team.
The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat.
The Jammu and Kashmir cricket team is a cricket team based in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, run by JKCA. It is in the Elite Group C of the Ranji Trophy. Its main home ground is the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar, and it also plays at Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground in Jammu.
Wriddhiman Saha is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team. He is a test-specialist and a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He is the current first class captain of Tripura Cricket Team in domestic cricket and wicket keeper for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. He was the first cricketer to score a century in an Indian Premier League final.
Dhawal Sunil Kulkarni is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed lower order batsman.
Suryakumar Yadav, also known by his initials SKY, is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed lower middle-order batter. He represents the Indian national cricket team and captains the T20I side. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 2023 Asia Cup and the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Manpreet Juneja is an Indian cricketer who plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. Juneja scored an unbeaten 201 on his first-class debut against Tamil Nadu in December 2011, becoming only the fourth Indian to score a double-century on first-class debut. T. A. Sekhar, the mentor of IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils, was said to have been tracking Juneja even before his debut and drafted him into the Daredevils squad in January 2012.
Ankit Ramdas Bawne is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra in Indian domestic cricket. A right-handed middle-order batsman with a first-class average of over 50, he has represented India Under-23s and West Zone.
Sachin Baby is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm off spinner.
Akshar Rajeshbhai Patel, also spelled as Axar Patel, is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game as a All-rounder. He also plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket and for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He is a left-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was an integral part of the Indian squad which won the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Shardul Narendra Thakur is an Indian international cricketer. He is a bowler who bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium pace. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2018 Asia Cup and the 2023 Asia Cup.
Jayant Yadav is an Indian cricketer from Delhi who plays for Haryana in India and Middlesex in England in domestic cricket.
Hardik Himanshu Pandya is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. An all-rounder who bats right-handed in the middle-order and bowls right-arm fast-medium deliveries. He is currently one of the best all-rounders in the world in white-ball cricket. Pandya has represented India in all 3 formats. He captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian premier league (IPL). He occasionally plays for his regional team Baroda in domestic cricket. He captained Indian team for some time and was the vice captain of the team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Krunal Himanshu Pandya is an Indian cricketer who has played for the Indian cricket team. He formerly captained Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League and plays for Baroda in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in November 2018. In 2021, he scored the fastest half-century by a cricketer on ODI debut. He is the elder brother of cricketer Hardik Pandya.
Jay Bista is an Indian cricketer who plays for Uttarakhand in domestic cricket. He is a batting all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off break. He represented Mumbai at the Under-16 and Under-19 levels before making his first-class cricket debut in November 2015 during the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy. He made his List A debut on 10 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored his maiden first-class century on 6 March 2016 in the 2015–16 Irani Cup.
Het Jignesh Patel is a Gujarati cricketer. He played 4 matches as a wicket-keeper for India Under-19 in the 2016 Asia cup. Patel was also in the Gujarat squad selected to play against Rest of India for 2016–17 Irani cup but did not make it to the playing XI. He made his List A debut for Gujarat in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 November 2021, for Gujarat in the 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made his first-class debut on 17 February 2022, for Gujarat in the 2021–22 Ranji Trophy.
Shivam Dube is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). An all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm at medium pace, Dube is known for his ability to hit massive sixes. He made his international debut for the India cricket team in November 2019. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup, and played a crucial knock of 27 runs out of 16 balls at a strike rate of 168.75 in the final against South Africa.
Abhishek Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who debuted for Indian national cricket team against Zimbabwe in July 2024. In the second match, he hit a maiden century. His role is as an opening batter and a spinner. He plays for Punjab in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sharma was the member of the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup that won the junior world cup.
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group A. The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019. The top five teams across Group A and Group B progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.
