Baroda cricket team
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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.
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Krunal Pandya |
| Coach | Jacob Martin |
| Owner | Baroda Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Home ground | Moti Bagh Stadium |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Nawanagar in 1937 at Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 5 |
| Irani Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 2 |
| Official website | BCA |
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 Irani Trophy appearance, in which it failed to defeat a strong Rest of India team which contained the likes of VVS Laxman (13 & 148), Dinesh Mongia (125 & 90*), Debashish Mohanty, Sarandeep Singh and 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
Summarize
Perspective
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
References
External links
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