Baroda cricket team
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Captain | Irani Trophy wins 0 | |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 | |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 2 | |
| Official website | BCA | |
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of
palace
grounds.
The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium.
Baroda were runners-up in the
2005/06 Ranji Trophy. It is one of three Gujarat Teams, the others being the Saurashtra cricket team and Gujarat cricket team
.
Competition history
Baroda has only emerged as a strong team in recent years. It won its last Ranji Trophy in 2000–01, but failed to defend the title, coming runner-up in the next year. This means it has had only one
Akash Chopra. See Scorecard
. It was considered a strong team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning 4 times and coming runner-up twice.
Vijay Hazare, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Hardik Pandya are amongst the most prominent cricketers to emerge from Baroda. They have performed exceedingly well at the international level for India.
Honours
Home grounds
- Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara – Hosted three ODIs. Capacity 18,000.
- Reliance Stadium, Vadodara – hosted 10 ODIs
- Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Shivalik Sharma | 28 November 1998 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break |
|
| Shashwat Rawat | 6 April 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Bhanu Pania | 4 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Jyotsnil Singh | 15 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
|
| Parth Kohli | 9 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break |
|
| Nitya Pandya | 8 April 2006 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Krunal Pandya | 24 March 1991 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Captain Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL |
| Atit Sheth | 3 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ninad Rathva | 10 March 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
|
| Hardik Pandya | 11 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| Abhimanyu Rajput | 9 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Vishnu Solanki | 15 October 1992 | Right-handed | Vice-captain | |
| Mitesh Patel | 15 May 1997 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Mahesh Pithiya | 24 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
|
| Bhargav Bhatt | 13 May 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
|
| Chintal Gandhi | 25 August 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break |
|
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Raj Limbani | 2 February 2005 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Lukman Meriwala | 11 December 1991 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Akash Singh | 26 April 2002 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Babashafi Pathan | 19 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Updated as on 2 February 2025
Coaching staff
- Head coach – Jacob Martin[1]
- Assistant coach – Himanshu Jadhav
- Physio – Sumit Roy
- Trainers – Rakesh Gohil
Famous players
- Hemu Adhikari
- Amir Elahi
- Gul Mohammad
- Anshuman Gaekwad
- Datta Gaekwad
- Jayasinghrao Ghorpade
- Vijay Hazare
- Nayan Mongia
- Rashid Patel
- Kiran More
- C. S. Nayudu
- Yusuf Pathan
- Irfan Pathan
- Munaf Patel
- Zaheer Khan
- Hardik Pandya
- Krunal Pandya
- Ambati Rayudu
- Pinal Shah
- Atul Bedade
References
- ^ "Jacob Martin, former India player with criminal record, named Baroda Ranji coach". India Today. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
External links
- Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) – Official website (archived 18 November 2007)
- Baroda Cricket Team at CricBuzz
- ESPNcricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
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