Gujarat cricket team

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Gujarat cricket team
Personnel
Captain Axar Patel
Coach Ramesh Powar
Owner Gujarat Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1935
Home ground Narendra Modi Stadium
Capacity132,000
History
First-class debut Bombay
in 1935
at  Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
Ranji Trophy  wins1
Irani Cup  wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins2
Official website GCA

The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and Saurashtra cricket team).

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Led by Parthiv Patel, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy title in the 2016–17 season, beating Mumbai in the final at Indore. [1] In that match they made the highest successful run-chase in the final of the Ranji Trophy. [2]

It is in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy although it has had very little success. There have, however, been many cricketers that have passed through its ranks and gone on to play for the Indian cricket team. It falls under the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

History

Gujarat's first appearance in a Ranji Trophy final came in the season of 1950–51, where it was facing Holkar in the Ranji Trophy Final. Holkar won the high-scoring match by 189 runs, the match featured a double century by Holkar's Chandu Sarwate and a fighting 152 by Gujarati off-spinner Jasu Patel (who averaged 21.70 in 87 innings). [3]

In 2007–08, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy Plate League title by defeating Railways. [4] Gujarat were in a lose-win situation and six and four and out they lost.

In the year 2010/11, Gujarat made a wonderful start to the Ranji Season. They went for a draw against Bengal and later on made an outright win against a strong Delhi Team but lost two consecutive matches against Madhya Pradesh and Baroda which ended their hope of entering Quarter Final Stage.

They drew a high scoring match against Tamil Nadu, which featured the comeback of Parthiv Patel (as he was busy in national duty) but lost the match against Haryana which forced them to go back at the Plate League.

Gujarat won the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in 2012–13 defeating Punjab in the final by four wickets with 13 deliveries to spare.

Gujarat's best appearance in a Ranji Trophy final came in the season of 2016–17, where it was facing Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final in Indore. Parthiv Patel scored a precious century (143, 196b, 24 x 4s) and scripted a most memorable maiden Ranji Trophy victory at the Holkar Stadium. No team had chased a target over 310 in the Ranji Trophy and when Gujarat began the fifth and final day. Priyank Panchal from Gujarat made 1310 runs in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy season at an average of 87.33 from 17 innings, which is the most by any batsman this season and the third most by any batsman in a single Ranji Trophy season. Gujarat's Samit Gohel made 359* runs against Orissa in Jaipur in this Ranji Trophy season, which became the joint fourth most by a player in a Ranji Trophy match. His score of 359* in that match is now the highest by an opener carrying the bat in a First Class match. He faced 723 balls in that innings and it is now the sixth-longest innings in terms of balls faced in a First Class match. [5]

Honours

Home grounds

Notable players

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Priyank Panchal 9 April 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Umang Kumar11 December 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Kshitij Patel 15 October 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Saurav Chauhan27 May 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Manan Hingrajia 17 February 1998 (age 26)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Aarya Desai3 April 2003 (age 21)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Chirag Gandhi 18 June 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Abhishek Desai10 December 1998 (age 26)Left-handed
Rishi Patel24 September 2001 (age 23)Left-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Ripal Patel 28 September 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Axar Patel 20 January 1994 (age 30)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Captain
Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Kathan Patel 31 December 1996 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Hemang Patel 20 November 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Jaymeet Patel17 May 2002 (age 22)Left-handedLeft-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Urvil Patel 17 October 1998 (age 26)Right-handed
Het Patel 13 October 1998 (age 26)Right-handed
Spinners
Ravi Bishnoi 5 September 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Siddharth Desai 16 August 2000 (age 24)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Vishal Jayswal2 April 1998 (age 26)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pacers
Chintan Gaja 13 November 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Vice-captain
Arzan Nagwaswalla 17 October 1997 (age 27)Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Jayveer Parmar 13 June 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Priyajit Jadeja21 September 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Tejas Patel 21 November 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Jasprit Bumrah 6 December 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL

Updated as on 5 December 2024

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