Railways cricket team

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Railways cricket team
Personnel
Captain Upendra Yadav (FC)
Karn Sharma (List A & T20)
Coach Dinesh Lad
Owner Railways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded1958
Home ground Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
History
First-class debut Eastern Punjab
in 1958
at  Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar
Ranji Trophy  wins2
Irani Cup  wins2
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins0
Official website RSPB
Railways playing against Odisha at Brabourne Stadium c.2006 20-20 Match Brabourne Stadium.jpg
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]

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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

Notable players

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

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

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

NameBirth dateBirthplaceBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Pratham Singh 31 August 1992 (age 32) Delhi, DLLeft-handedRight-arm off-break
Mohammad Saif 30 August 1996 (age 28) Varanasi, UPLeft-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Vivek Singh 1 November 1993 (age 31) Howrah, WBLeft-handed
Ashutosh Sharma 15 September 1998 (age 26) Ratlam, MPRight-handed
Shivam Chaudhary 4 August 1997 (age 27) Meerut, UPRight-handedRight-arm off-break
Nishant Kushwah18 October 1994 (age 30) Agra, UPLeft-handedRight-arm off-break
Shubham Chaubey 15 October 1994 (age 30) Varanasi, UPRight-handedRight-arm off-break
Bhargav Merai 2 February 1992 (age 32) Surat, GJRight-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounder
Sahab Yuvraj Singh19 September 1997 (age 27) Lucknow, UPRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
Upendra Yadav 8 October 1996 (age 28) Kanpur, UPRight-handedFirst-class and List A Captain
Suraj Ahuja 23 September 1999 (age 25) Sri Ganganagar, RJRight-handed
Spin Bowlers
Akash Pandey 2 February 1999 (age 25) Kolkata, WBLeft-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Karn Sharma 23 October 1987 (age 37) Meerut, UPLeft-handedRight-arm leg break Twenty20 Captain
Raj Choudhary18 May 1996 (age 28) Nagpur, MHLeft-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Rajat Nirwal1 November 1998 (age 26) Shamli, UPRight-handedRight-arm off-break
Ayan Chaudhari10 December 1998 (age 25) Siwan, BHRight-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Yuvraj Singh 22 August 1998 (age 26) Bareilly, UPRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Himanshu Sangwan 2 September 1995 (age 29) Najafgarh, DLRight-handedRight-arm medium
Akshat Pandey 19 March 1993 (age 31) Firozabad, UPLeft-handedRight-arm medium
Rahul Sharma30 December 1990 (age 33) Agra, UPLeft-handedLeft-arm medium
Adarsh Singh12 January 1999 (age 25) Rewa, MPRight-handedRight-arm medium
Susheel Kumar30 October 1996 (age 28) Narnaul, HRLeft-handedLeft-arm medium-fast

Updated as on 6 November 2024

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