Rajasthan cricket team

Rajasthan cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Deepak Hooda
Coach	Anshu Jain
Owner	Rajasthan Cricket Association
Team information
Founded	1928
Home ground	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Capacity	30,000
History
First-class debut	Marylebone Cricket Club; in 1933; at Mayo College Ground, Ajmer
Ranji Trophy wins	2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0
Official website	Rajasthan Cricket Association

The Rajasthan cricket team is a cricket team which represents the Indian state of Rajasthan. The team won the Ranji Trophy in the 2010–11 and 2011-12 seasons, having finished runners-up eight times between 1960–61 and 1973-74. It is currently in the Ranji Trophy Elite group. It is run by the Rajasthan Cricket Association and is popularly known as "Team Rajasthan".

History

Rajputana

Rajputana's first recorded match came in the 1928/29 Delhi Tournament against Aligarh,^[1] with the Rajputana Cricket Association being formed shortly thereafter in 1931 at Ajmer.^[2]^{[n 1]} Rajputana's inaugural appearance in first-class cricket came in November 1933 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Mayo College Ground in Ajmer, which resulted in a heavy innings defeat.^[3] The team entered the Ranji Trophy for the first time in the 1935/36 season, playing its first match in the competition against Central India, losing by a heavy margin.^[2]^[3] The team played in the following seasons Ranji Trophy, again losing to Central India, but this time by the reduced margin of just two wickets.^[3] Rajputana gained its first win in first-class cricket against Lionel Tennyson's touring eleven, with victory by two wickets in 1937.^[2] The team lost its only match against Southern Punjab in the 1938/39 Ranji Trophy, however the following season it recorded its first Ranji Trophy victory against Delhi, winning by 7 wickets.^[4] However it lost its following match against Southern Punjab by the margin of an innings and 190 runs. With the onset of World War II, cricket in India was somewhat disrupted, but first-class cricket continued to function.

Honours

Ranji Trophy
- Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
- Runners-up (8): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1973–74

Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Runners-up (2): 2006-07, 2023-24

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
- Runners-up: 2017-18

Famous players

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

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

Gagan Khoda (1998)
Khaleel Ahmed (2018)
Deepak Chahar (2018)
Rahul Chahar (2021)
Ravi Bishnoi (2022)

Foreign international players who briefly played for Rajasthan, along with season:

Kabir Ali (2006-07)
Vikram Solanki (2006-07)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Mahipal Lomror	(1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 24)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Deepak Hooda	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Abhijeet Tomar	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Karan Lamba	(2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Yash Kothari	(1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Salman Khan	(1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Ram Chouhan	(1999-03-28) 28 March 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Arjit Gupta	(1989-09-12) 12 September 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Shubham Garhwal	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Zubair Ali	(2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Aditya Garhwal	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Mukul Choudhary	(2004-08-06) 6 August 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed
Wicket-keeper
Kunal Rathore	(2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 (age 22)	Left-handed
Spinners
Manav Suthar	(2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Rahul Chahar	(1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Kukna Ajay Singh	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Shubham Sharma	(1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Fast Bowlers
Aniket Choudhary	(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Khaleel Ahmed	(1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Arafat Khan	(1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Deepak Chahar	(1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Vice-captain
Sahil Dhiwan	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Updated as on 31 October 2024

Captains

2011-2021 Ashok Menaria
2018-2021 Mahipal Lomror
2012-2020 Robin Bist
2018-2019 Deepak Chahar
2018 Aniket Choudhary
2014-2017 Pankaj Singh
2010–2013 Hrishikesh Kanitkar
1992/1997 Rajiv Rathore
1990/91– Parmindar Singh
1989/90 Sanjay Vyas
1988/89 Padam Shastri
1985/86–1987/88 Sanjay Vyas
1979/80–1984/85 Parthasarathy Sharma
1977/78–1978/79 Kailash Gattani
1966/67–1976/77 Hanumant Singh
1962/63–1965/66 Raj Singh Dungarpur
1960/61–1961/62 Kishan Rungta
1957/58–1959/60 Vinoo Mankad
1951/52–1956/57 Maharana of Mewar
1935/36–1939/40 Walter Bradshaw
1933/34–1937/38 Laxman Singh

Records

For more details on this topic, see

Grounds

Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Rajasthan play the majority of their home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

The ends are called the City End and the Pavilion End.

Other grounds

Notes

^ What is today the modern state of Rajasthan was then a part of the British Raj and was known as Rajputana.

References

^ "Other Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "RCA History". Rajasthan Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "First-Class Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
^ "Delhi v Rajputana, 1939/40 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

External links

[3] What is today the modern state of Rajasthan was then a part of the British Raj and was known as Rajputana.

[OTH-1] "Other Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

[HIST-2] "RCA History". Rajasthan Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

[FCM-4] "First-Class Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

[5] "Delhi v Rajputana, 1939/40 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

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