Uttarakhand cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Uttarakhand women's cricket team.

Uttarakhand

League	Ranji Trophy (FC) Vijay Hazare Trophy (LA) Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20)
Association	Cricket Association of Uttarakhand
Personnel
Captain	Ravikumar Samarth (FC) Akash Madhwal (LA, T20)
Coach	Manish Jha
Team information
Founded	2018
Home ground	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Capacity	25,000
History
First-class debut	vs. Bihar, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun; 1–4 November 2018
List A debut	vs. Bihar, Shastri Maidan, Anand; 20 September 2018
Twenty20 debut	vs. Services, Palam B Ground, New Delhi; 21 February 2019
Ranji Trophy  wins	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins	0
Official website	CAU
FC kit LA kit T20 kit

The Uttarakhand cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Uttarakhand in Indian domestic competitions. ^[1]

Background

In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season, including the Ranji Trophy, the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Coaches

Season	Coach	Ref.
2018–19	Bhaskar Pillai	[5]
2019–20	Gursharan Singh	[6]
2020–21	Wasim Jaffer	[7]
2021–22	Manish Jha	[8]

Current squad

See also: List of Uttarakhand cricketers

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Ravikumar Samarth	(1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	First-class Captain
Yuvraj Chaudhary	(2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Kunal Chandela	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Priyanshu Khanduri	(1995-10-14) 14 October 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Vaibhav Bhatt	(1995-11-25) 25 November 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed
Vijay Sharma	(1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed
Sanskar Rawat	(2005-06-15) 15 June 2005 (age 20)	Left-handed
All-rounders
Avneesh Sudha	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Swapnil Singh	(1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL
Shashwat Dangwal	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Dikshanshu Negi	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Sparsh Joshi	(2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Prashant Chauhan	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 24)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Aditya Tare	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed
Akhil Rawat	(2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed
Spin bowlers
Himanshu Bisht	(1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Mayank Mishra	(1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
Deepak Dhapola	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Abhay Negi	(1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Devendra Bora	(2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Agrim Tiwari	(1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 (age 29)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Akash Madhwal	(1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	List A & Twenty20 Captain Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Prashant Bhati	(1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
Rajan Kumar	(1996-07-08) 8 July 1996 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast

Updated as on 30 January 2025

Competitive record

Ranji Trophy (First-class)
Season	Group	Matches	Wins	Losses	Draws	No Result	Performance
2018–19	Plate Group	9	6	1	2	0	Quarter-finals
2019–20	Group C	9	0	7	2	0	Group Stage
2020–21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Group E	4	2	2	0	0	Quarter-finals
2022–23	Group A	8	3	1	4	0	Quarter-finals
2023–24	Group D	7	2	2	3	0	Group Stage
2024–25	Group B	5	1	2	2	0	Group Stage
Total		42	14	15	13	0	–

Vijay Hazare Trophy (List A)
Season	Group	Matches	Wins	Losses	Ties	No Result	Performance
2018–19	Plate Group	8	7	1	0	0	Group Stage
2019–20	Plate Group	9	5	1	0	3	Group Stage
2020–21	Plate Group	6	5	1	0	0	Eliminator Stage
2021–22	Group D	5	1	4	0	0	Group Stage
2022–23	Group D	6	2	4	0	0	Group Stage
2023–24	Group C	7	5	2	0	0	Group Stage
2024–25	Group A	7	3	4	0	0	Group Stage
Total		48	28	17	0	3	–

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20)
Season	Group	Matches	Wins	Losses	Ties	No Result	Performance
2018–19	Group E	7	4	2	0	1	Group Stage
2019–20	Group A	6	2	4	0	0	Group Stage
2020–21	Group C	5	1	4	0	0	Group Stage
2021–22	Group E	5	0	5	0	0	Group Stage
2022–23	Group A	7	4	3	0	0	Group Stage
2023–24	Group D	6	2	3	1	0	Group Stage
2024–25	Group B	7	2	5	0	0	Group Stage
Total		43	15	26	1	1	–

In September 2018, they lost their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, to Bihar, by 5 wickets. ^{[9] [10]} In the Plate Group fixture between Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Karn Kaushal made the first double-century in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 202 runs. ^[11]

In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in second place in the Plate Group, with seven wins and one loss from their eight matches. ^[12] Karn Kaushal finished as the leading run-scorer, with 489 runs, and Deepak Dhapola was the leading wicket-taker for the team, with eleven dismissals. ^[13]

In November 2018, in their opening match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, they beat Bihar by ten wickets. ^{[14] [15]} They went on to win the Plate Group and advanced to the quarter-finals of the tournament. ^{[16] [17]} However, in their quarter-final match they lost to Vidarbha by an innings and 115 runs to be knocked out of the tournament. ^[18]

In March 2019, Uttarakhand finished third in Group E of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with four wins from their seven matches. ^[19] Karn Kaushal was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 176 runs, and Sunny Rana was the leading wicket-taker, with nine dismissals. ^[20]

See also

• India national cricket team
• Uttarakhand women's cricket team
• Cricket Association of Uttarakhand
• Cricket in India
• Uttarakhand football team

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