Chandigarh cricket team

Chandigarh cricket team represents the Union Territory of Chandigarh in Indian domestic cricket competitions. In August 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named them as the last of ten expansion teams, the other nine having been introduced in 2018–19. Chandigarh made their senior debut in the 2019–20 season, playing in the Ranji Trophy, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Former Indian cricketer, V. R. V. Singh, was named as the first coach of the team.^[1]

Chandigarh cricket team

Personnel
Captain	Manan Vohra
Coach	Rajeev Nayyar
Owner	Union Territory Cricket Association
Team information
Founded	1981
Home ground	Sector 16 Stadium
Capacity	30,000
History
First-class debut	Arunachal Pradesh in 2019 at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Ranji Trophy wins	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0

Chandigarh made their debut in the Ranji Trophy in December 2019, in the Plate Division.^[2][3] In their first match of the season, Arslan Khan scored the first century by a batsman for Chandigarh in first-class cricket.^[4]

On 12 February 2020, their fixture against Manipur was the 60,000th first-class cricket match to be played.^[5][6]

Home ground

Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh

Current squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Manan Vohra	(1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
Shivam Bhambri	(1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Ankit Kaushik	(1991-09-05) 5 September 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Arslan Khan	(1999-09-15) 15 September 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed
Gaurav Puri	(1991-07-28) 28 July 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed
Aayush Sikka	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Arjun Azad	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-Rounders
Raj Bawa	(2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 (age 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Nikhil Sharma	(1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Amrit Lubana	(1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Bhagmender Lather	(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 28)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Mayank Sidhu	(1997-11-22) 22 November 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed
Tushar Joshi	(2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed
Pardeep Yadav	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Nishunk Birla	(2004-10-22) 22 October 2004 (age 20)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Vishu Kashyap	(1997-12-26) 26 December 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Gurinder Singh	(1992-07-09) 9 July 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Chiragvir Dhindsa	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Hardik Chowdhry	(2000-08-16) 16 August 2000 (age 25)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Jagjit Sandhu	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sandeep Sharma	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Abhishek Saini	(1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rohit Dhanda	(1997-11-19) 19 November 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Updated as on 30 January 2025