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Porbandarpronunciation (help·info) is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It is the administrative center of the Porbandar District and it was the former capital of the Porbandar princely state. As the birthplace of one of the most famous leaders of the world, Porbandar has a significant tourism-led infrastructure and economy. The area around Mahatma Gandhi's home has been renovated to make a temple of peace.
Rajkot is the third-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of more than 2 million as of 2021. Rajkot is the 6th cleanest city of India, and it is the 7th fastest-growing city in the world as of March 2021. The city contains the administrative headquarters of the Rajkot District, 245 km from the state capital Gandhinagar, and is located on the banks of the Aji and Nyari rivers. Rajkot was the capital of the Saurashtra State from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956, before its merger with Bombay State on 1 November 1956. Rajkot was reincorporated into Gujarat State on 1 May 1960.
The Western Railway is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Mumbai Central–Ratlam, Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad and Palanpur–Ahmedabad. The railway system is divided into six operating divisions: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Ratlam, and Mumbai WR. Vadodara railway station, being the junction point for the Ahmedabad–Mumbai route and the Mumbai–Ratlam route towards New Delhi, is the busiest junction station in Western Railways and one of the busiest junctions of Indian Railways too, while Ahmedabad Division earns highest revenue followed by Mumbai Division and Vadodara Division. Surat railway station is one of the busiest railway station in Western Railway in non-junction category where more than 180 trains pass per day.
The West Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents western India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is a composite team of players from five first-class Indian teams from western India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Baroda, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai and Saurashtra. West Zone has the best track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 17 times, similar to North Zone. This included four consecutive titles from 1961-62 through to the 1964-65 season, although the third of these were shared with South Zone. Playing against South Zone at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in the 2009-10 Duleep Trophy final, West Zone set a new first-class record for the highest fourth innings total to win a match, scoring 541-7.
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.
Saurashtra cricket team is one of the three first-class cricket teams based in Gujarat that compete in the first-class tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat.
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, also known as the Khandheri Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Rajkot, India. It is Gujarat's first solar-powered stadium.
Mukesh Shamsunder Narula is an Indian cricket coach and former player. His domestic career as an all-rounder for Baroda spanned from 1985 to 1996, and included a number of matches for West Zone in the Duleep and Deodhar Trophies. He was the head coach of Canada from 2014 to 2015.
The 2004–05 Ranji Trophy was the 71st season of the Ranji Trophy. Railways defeated Punjab on first innings lead in the final.
Natwarsinhji Cricket Club Ground is cricket ground in Porbandar, Saurashtra. The ground has hosted a Ranji Trophy match in October 1960 between Saurashtra cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team. The match was Maharashtra cricket team won by 10 wickets as match had a low scores with Saurashtra scored 94 & 139 and Maharashtra scored 187 and 47/0 as scheduled for three days but was completed in two days. This was only cricket was ever played on the ground.
Pithawala Stadium is a cricket stadium in Surat, Gujarat, India. The stadium has two Ranji Trophy matches in 1989 and 1992. The stadium hosted its first first-class match when Gujarat cricket team played against Baroda cricket team as match was drawn. Again in 1992 when Gujarat cricket team played against Baroda cricket team as match was won by Baroda by 195 runs.
Gandhinagar Gymkhana is a multi purpose stadium in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium has hosted a first-class matches in 1976 when Gujarat cricket team played against Baroda cricket team. The stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.
Jubilee Maidan Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium has hosted five first-class matches in 1973 when Saurashtra cricket team played against Baroda cricket team. The ground hosted four more first-class matches in 1978 and 1980 but since then the stadium has not hosted any matches.
Indian Farmers' Fertilisers Co-Operative Udyognagar Stadium or Udyognagar Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Gandhidham, Kutch. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium hosted three first-class matches in 1985 when Saurashtra cricket team played against Bombay cricket team. The hosted two matches against Baroda cricket team in 1986 and Mumbai cricket team in 2000 but since then the stadium has hosted non first-class cricket matches.
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group A. The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019. The top five teams across Group A and Group B progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.
Sunny Patel is an Indian first-class and List A cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg break bowler. He played for the Gujarat cricket team in domestic cricket making thirteen first-class and seventeen List A appearances. He made his entrance to Twenty20 cricket for the first time on 5 April 2007, against the Baroda, during 2007 Inter State Twenty20 Tournament. He made his first-class debut on 3 November 2008, against the Saurashtra, during the second match of the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy. He shone on his debut match scoring 90 runs in the first innings, which helped Gujarat to secure 581 runs and have an emphatic win. Prior to his first-class debut, on 27 February 2008, he made his List A debut against the Maharashtra, during the 2007–08 Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The 2022–23 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the fifteenth season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into five groups, with seven teams in Group D. The tournament was announced by BCCI on 8 August 2022.
