Railways cricket team

Railways cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Karn Sharma; Mrunal Devdhar
Coach	Dinesh Lad
Owner	Railways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded	1930
Home ground	Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
History
Ranji Trophy wins	2
Irani Trophy wins	2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0
Official website	RSPB

Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi.[1] The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.[2]

Railways playing against Odisha at Brabourne Stadium c.2006

Competition history

For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.

Honours

Ranji Trophy
- Winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05
- Runners-up (2): 1987–88, 2000–01

Wills Trophy
- Runners-up: 1988-89

Famous players

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

Budhi Kunderan (1960)
Murali Kartik (2000)
Sanjay Bangar (2001)
Karn Sharma (2014)

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

Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Birthplace	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Mrunal Devdhar	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992	Baroda, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Twenty20 Captain
Pratham Singh	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Arindam Ghosh	(1986-10-19) 19 October 1986	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Shubham Chaubey	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994	Varanasi, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Saurabh Singh	(1997-10-11) 11 October 1997	Barabanki, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Shivam Chaudhary	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	Meerut, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Karn Sharma	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987	Meerut, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	First-class and List A Captain Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Mohammad Saif	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Vivek Singh	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993	Howrah, WB	Left-handed
Upendra Yadav	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996	Kanpur, UP	Right-handed
Ashish Sehrawat	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995	Delhi, DL	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Akash Pandey	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999	Kolkata, WB	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Harsh Tyagi	(1999-12-23) 23 December 1999	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Avinash Yadav	(1986-10-02) 2 October 1986	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Amit Mishra	(1988-08-10) 10 August 1988	Bilaspur, CG	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Yuvraj Singh	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998	Bareilly, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Dhrushant Soni	(1985-10-09) 9 October 1985	Ahmedabad, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rahul Sharma	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990	Agra, UP	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Akshat Pandey	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993	Firozabad, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Himanshu Sangwan	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995	Najafgarh, DL	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Amit Kuila	(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995	Midnapore, WB	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ananta Saha	(1996-09-12) 12 September 1996	Kolkata, WB	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

References

"One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
"Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

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[cricinfo08-1] "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[toif12-2] "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

Ranji Trophy
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22
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Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Nawanagar Northern India Northern Punjab North West Frontier Province Patiala Sind Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks