Rajasthan cricket team

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".

For the Indian Premier League franchise, see Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan cricket team
Personnel
CaptainAshok Menaria
Team information
Home groundSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Capacity30,000
History
Ranji Trophy wins2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websiteRajasthan Cricket Association

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.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy
YearPosition
2010-11Winner
2011-12
1960–61Runner-up
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1965–66
1966–67
1969–70
1973–74

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:

Players from Rajasthan who have played T20I but not ODI and Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut:

Current squad
Main article: List of Rajasthan cricketers
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Mahipal Lomror8 April 1998 (age 20)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPlays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Played for India Red in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy
Rajesh Bishnoi Sr (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Ashok Menaria (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxCaptain
Arjit Gupta (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Yash Kothari (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Aditya Garhwal (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Salman Khan (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998Right-handedRight-arm off break
Amitkumar Gautam (1995-10-10) 10 October 1995Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Ankit Lamba (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
Chandrapal Chundawat (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Manender Singh (1996-01-02) 2 January 1996Right-handed
Bharat Sharma (1999-08-09) 9 August 1999Right-handed
Spinner
Shubham Sharma (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Rahul Chahar (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg breakPlays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Played for Rest of India in 2018-19 Irani Cup
Played for India Green in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy
Ravi Bishnoi (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000Right-handedRight-arm leg breakPlays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL
Plays for India A in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy
Fast Bowlers
Aniket Choudhary (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990Right-handedLeft-arm mediumPlayed for India Blue in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy
Khaleel Ahmed (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997Right-handedLeft-arm mediumPlays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Tanveer-Ul-Haq (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991Right-handedLeft-arm medium fastPlayed for Rest of India in 2018-19 Irani Cup
Played for India Green in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy
Rituraj Singh (1990-10-19) 19 October 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium
Deepak Chahar (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992Right-handedRight-arm mediumPlays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Abhimanyu Lamba (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium

Captains

Records

For more details on this topic, see List of Rajasthan first-class cricket records, List of Rajasthan List A cricket records, List of Rajasthan Twenty20 cricket records.

Grounds

Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Further information: 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
For a complete list of grounds used by Rajasthan, see List of Rajasthan cricket team grounds.

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

References
  1. "Other Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. "RCA History". Rajasthan Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Rajputana". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. "Delhi v Rajputana, 1939/40 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

Further reading
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