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 edit
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 edit
Home grounds edit
- Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara – Hosted three ODIs. Capacity 18,000.
- Reliance Stadium, Vadodara – hosted 10 ODIs
- Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground
Current squad edit
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Jyotsnil Singh | 15 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Shivalik Sharma | 28 November 1998 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| Shashwat Rawat | 6 April 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Kinit Patel | 16 August 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Bhanu Pania | 4 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Dhruv Patel | 12 September 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Harsh Desai | 30 October 2002 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Abhimanyu Rajput | 9 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Krunal Pandya | 24 March 1991 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL |
| Hardik Pandya | 11 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Vishnu Solanki | 15 October 1992 | Right-handed | Vice-captain | |
| Mitesh Patel | 15 May 1997 | Right-handed | ||
| Anant Bharwad | 29 April 1995 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Mahesh Pithiya | 24 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Ninad Rathva | 10 March 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Bhargav Bhatt | 13 May 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Kartik Kakade | 25 July 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Atit Sheth | 3 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Lukman Meriwala | 11 December 1991 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Soyeb Sopariya | 10 September 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Babashafi Pathan | 19 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Akash Singh | 26 April 2002 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL |
Updated as on 27 February 2024
Coaching staff edit
- Head coach – Jacob Martin[1]
- Assistant coach – Himanshu Jadhav
- Physio – Sumit Roy
- Trainers – Rakesh Gohil
Famous players edit
References edit
- ^ "Jacob Martin, former India player with criminal record, named Baroda Ranji coach". India Today. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
External links edit
- 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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