This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Goa.
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Rahul Sharad Dravid is an Indian cricket coach and former captain of the Indian national team, currently serving as its head coach. Prior to his appointment to the senior men's national team, Dravid was the Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), and the head coach of the India Under-19 and India A teams. Under his tutelage, the Under-19 team finished as runners-up at the 2016 U-19 Cricket World Cup and won the 2018 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Known for his outstanding batting technique, Dravid scored 24,177 runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is colloquially known as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall. He helped the Indian national cricket team become the winner of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy. Under his coaching, Indian cricket team finished as runners-up at the 2023 Cricket World Cup and 2023 ICC World Test Championship final and were semifinalist at the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Zaheer Khan is an Indian former professional cricketer who played all forms of the game for the Indian national team from 2000 till 2014. He is a fast-medium left-arm bowler. He was the second-most successful Indian pace bowler in Test cricket, behind Kapil Dev. Zaheer Khan started his domestic career by playing for Baroda. In the early years of his career, Zaheer Khan was known for his hostile seam and pace bowling, especially fast inch-perfect yorkers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers to have represented India.
Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj is a former Indian cricketer who scored a Century on both Official & Unofficial Test debut.
Gulabrai Sipahimalani "Ram" Ramchand was an Indian cricketer, cricket coach and administrator who played for the national team in 33 Test matches between 1952 and 1960. In his only series as captain, he led India to its first win against Australia. According to Wisden Asia, he was one of the first cricketers to have endorsed commercial brands.
Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha was an Indian Test cricketer.
Tinu Yohannan is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed fast medium bowler. He played first class cricket for Kerala and was the first Kerala player to play Test and one day cricket for India. He is the current coach of Kerala cricket team.
Ramesh Rajaram Powar is a former Indian cricketer.
Ajay Ratra is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He made his ODI debut on 19 Jan 2002 against England.
Vakkadai Biksheswaran Chandrasekhar was an Indian cricketer, who represented the country in seven One Day Internationals (ODIs) during 1988–90.
The Indian national cricket team visited Bangladesh in November 2000 to take part in the inaugural Test match played by the Bangladesh national cricket team, which India won by nine wickets. The tour consisted of the one-off Test match only. Bangladesh's Aminul Islam became the third batsman to make a century in their country's inaugural Test.
The India cricket team toured New Zealand in the 1980–81 season to play a three-match Test series and a two-match One Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand. The tour also included two tour matches against New Zealand's first-class sides. After the tour ended, India played Fiji in a two-day game in Lautoka, defeating them by 220 runs. New Zealand won the ODI series 2–0 and the Test series that followed 1–0. It was their first series win against India in Tests in seven attempts.
The Indian national cricket team toured Australia in the 1999–2000 season. They played 3 Test matches losing all the three of them. They played 8 One Day Internationals as part of the Carlton & United Series against Pakistan and Australia.
The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in 1955-56 season. The teams played five Tests. India won the series 2-0 with three Tests drawn. Before the series, the New Zealand team had played a three-Test series in Pakistan.
Partab Ramchand is a veteran Indian sports journalist with wide experience in all modes of the profession – print, electronic, and digital journalism. He started his career in June 1968 with The Indian Express (Madras) and resigned in 1982 as senior sub-editor. From 1982 to 1994 he was the Madras correspondent for the now-defunct weekly magazine Sportsworld and also wrote extensively for The Telegraph, Kolkata. In 1994 he rejoined The Indian Express as Deputy News Editor (Sports) and headed the department till he resigned in March 1999. He was senior editor at Cricinfo from 1999 to 2001.
The 2016–17 Ranji Trophy is the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 28 teams divided into three groups. Groups A and B comprise nine teams and Group C comprises ten teams. Hyderabad and Haryana qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament.
2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy is the 15th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It will be contested by 28 domestic cricket teams of India.