Railways cricket team

Railways cricket team

Personnel
Captain	Pratham Singh (FC) Upendra Yadav (LA & T20)
Coach	ZUFRI
Owner	Railways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded	1958
Home ground	Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
History
First-class debut	Eastern Punjab in 1958 at  Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar
Ranji Trophy  wins	2
Irani Cup  wins	2
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins	1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins	0
Official website	RSPB

Railways playing against Odisha at Brabourne Stadium c.2006

Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi. ^[1] The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy. ^[2]

Competition history

For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.

Honours

• Ranji Trophy
  • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05
  • Runners-up (2): 1987–88, 2000–01

• Wills Trophy
  • Runners-up: 1988-89

• Vijay Hazare Trophy
  • Winners: 2005–06
  • Runners-up: 2013–14

Notable players

Players from Railways who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

• Budhi Kunderan (1960)
• Murali Kartik (2000)
• Sanjay Bangar (2001)
• Karn Sharma (2014)

Players from Railways who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:

• Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Birthplace	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Ashutosh Sharma	(1998-09-15) 15 September 1998 (age 26)	Ratlam, MP	Right-handed		Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Mohammad Saif	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 28)	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Vivek Singh	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 31)	Howrah, WB	Left-handed
Pratham Singh	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	First-class Captain
Sahab Yuvraj Singh	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 27)	Lucknow, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Ravi Singh	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001 (age 24)	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
Shubham Chaubey	(1995-10-15) 15 October 1995 (age 29)	Varanasi, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Bhargav Merai	(1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 33)	Surat, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Nishant Kushwah	(1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 30)	Agra, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
Shivam Chaudhary	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 28)	Meerut, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Samarth Vyas	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 29)	Rajkot, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
Wicket-keepers
Upendra Yadav	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 28)	Kanpur, UP	Right-handed		List A & Twenty20 Captain
Suraj Ahuja	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 25)	Sri Ganganagar, RJ	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Akash Pandey	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 26)	Kolkata, WB	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Karn Sharma	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37)	Meerut, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Raj Choudhary	(1996-05-18) 18 May 1996 (age 29)	Nagpur, MH	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Yuvraj Singh	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 26)	Bareilly, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Himanshu Sangwan	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 29)	Najafgarh, DL	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rahul Sharma	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 (age 34)	Agra, UP	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Kunal Yadav	(1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 25)	Jhansi, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Akshat Pandey	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 32)	Firozabad, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Purnank Tyagi	(2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 (age 24)	Meerut, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Susheel Kumar	(1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 28)	Narnaul, HR	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast

Updated as on 30 January 2025

References

1. "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo . 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
2. "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India . 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.