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Rajinder Pal was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1964. He played first-class cricket in India from 1954 to 1973.
The North Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents northern India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is a composite team of players from seven first-class Indian teams from northern India competing in the Ranji Trophy:Chandigarh,Delhi,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh,Jammu and Kashmir,Punjab and Services. North Zone has the strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy,as they have won the Trophy 17 times,with the next best team,West Zone having won 16 times. They hold the record for the most consecutive titles,five,from 1990/91 through to 1994/95.
The Haryana cricket team is a domestic cricket team run by the Haryana Cricket Association,representing the state of Haryana,India. The team participates in the Ranji Trophy,the top tier domestic first-class cricket tournament in India,as well as the Vijay Hazare Trophy,the top tier domestic List A tournament in India,and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy,a domestic T20 tournament in India. It has won the Ranji Trophy once and finished as runner-up once. It has also won the Irani Cup once. Famous Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev played for Haryana at the domestic level.
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.
Vinayak Ramesh Mane(born 10 June 1982 in Bombay,Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Mumbai. A right-handed opening batsman,he has previously represented India 'A'.
Amarjit Kaypee is an Indian former cricketer. He was primarily a right-handed batsman,and he held the record for the most runs scored in the Ranji Trophy,India's premier domestic first-class cricket competition for a number of years before Amol Muzumdar took the record in 2009. However,despite his success,he was never selected for the Indian national team,an unfortunate feat he shares with the man who broke his record.
Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) is an organisation that governs and manages cricket in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It fields the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team in the Ranji Trophy domestic tournament. It is a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Uday Kaul is an Indian cricketer. He is a wicketkeeper-batsman who played for Punjab,Chandigarh and Mizoram in the domestic cricket. He was a part of Kings XI Punjab IPL team in 2008 and 2009. He has also played for India Under-19 cricket team in 2006. His brother Siddarth Kaul also plays for Punjab.
Parvez Rasool is an Indian cricketer hailing from Bijbehara township of south Kashmir’s Anantnag District,who plays as an all-rounder for Jammu and Kashmir. A right-hand batsman and offbreak bowler,Rasool is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir team and a regular member of India A. He was bought for ₹95 lakh (US$110,000) by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2014 IPL auction. Rasool was the second cricketer after Mithun Manhas from Jammu and Kashmir to have played in The IPL and the first from the state to play for the Indian National Team in ODI's and T20I's. He played only 1 T20I and 1 ODI in his international career.
Shubham Khajuria is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. He is a right-handed opening batsman. He played for the India Under-19 cricket team in 2013,becoming only the second cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to do so. In 2023,he played in great Manchester cricket league for Westhoughton cricket club as their pro scoring 745 runs in 11 league &cup games which included four centuries and two half centuries with an average of 93.13 including a double hundred (212) in his first match and a 37 ball 100 as well breaking the club record.
Rabinranath "Robin" Mukherjee was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for a number of teams in India from 1964 to 1980.
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Dhruv Mahender Pandove was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Punjab. He made his first-class debut at the age of 13 and was considered to be an "exceptionally gifted batsman" and a "prodigy". He became the youngest Indian and one of the youngest players in the world to score a century in first-class cricket,with his 137 against Jammu and Kashmir in 1988 coming at the age of 14 years and 294 days. He was the youngest player to reach the 1000-run mark in Ranji Trophy,reaching the milestone at the age of 17 years and 341 days.
Gyaneshwar Prasad Thapliyal was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Delhi cricket team and Southern Punjab. He was the first cricketer from North Zone to take nine wickets in an innings. After retirement,he became a selector for Delhi as well as manager of North Zone team.
Abdul Qayoom Bagaw is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Jammu and Kashmir. Qayoom was regarded as the finest fast bowler from Jammu and Kashmir. He worked as a coach for the state association after his playing career.
Ahmed Banday is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu and Kashmir. He made his List A debut for Jammu and Kashmir in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on 13 February 2013. He plays as an opening batsman for Jammu and Kashmir State team across all formats at national level. Currently he is playing for Bury Cricket Club Lancashire England in Greater Manchester Cricket League (GMCL) 2018 season.
Rajeev Nayyar is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Himachal Pradesh. In 1999,he set the record for the longest first-class innings of all time by batting for 1,015 minutes in a Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir.
Popular sports in Jammu and Kashmir include cricket,football and winter sports along with sports like golf,water sports,Ice stock sport and adventure sports. The National Winter Games have been held in Gulmarg in 1996,2004 and 2009. The first Khelo India Winter Games were held in February and March 2020 in Leh and Gulmarg. Jammu and Kashmir won the most gold medals while the Indian Army team came second with 8 gold medals. The second edition of the winter games were also held successfully in Gulmarg in 2020 with Jammu and Kashmir coming first and Karnataka second.