The Gujarat cricket team is one of three Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...

 cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team

Baroda cricket team

The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the 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...

 and Saurashtra cricket team

Saurashtra cricket team

Saurashtra is one of three cricket teams based in Gujarat which competes in the Ranji Trophy . Formerly known as Nawanagar cricket team it won the Ranji Trophy in 1936-37.-Competition history:...

). It was in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy although it has had very little success. There have, however, been many cricketers that have passed through its ranks and gone on to play for the Indian cricket team

Indian cricket team

The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....

. It falls under the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy

Duleep Trophy

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Competition history

Gujarat's first appearance in a Ranji Trophy final came in the season of 1950/51, where it was facing up against Holkar. Holkar won the high-scoring match by 189 runs, the match featured a double century by Holkar's Chandu Sarwate

Chandu Sarwate

Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate was an Indian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played nine Test matches for India between 1946 and 1951 without much success — his Test batting average was only 13.00, and his Test bowling average was 124.66...

 and a fighting 152 by Gujarati off-spinner Jasu Patel

Jasu Patel

Jasubhai Motibhai Patel was an off-spinner who played Test cricket for Indian cricket team. His fame lies entirely on a single match against Australia where he took 14 wickets.-Early days:...

 (who averaged 12.78 in 87 innings). In 2007/08, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy Plate League title by defeating Railways

Railways cricket team

The Railways Cricket Team has been very successful in the Ranji Trophy in recent years, although much of their history has been spent in unsuccessful endeavours to win the tournament.-Competition History:...

. Gujarat were in an lose win situation and six and four and out they lost

Famous players

• Nari Contractor
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• brijesh Patel
  Brijesh Patel
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• Parthiv Patel
  Parthiv Patel
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• Nrandra Modi
• Jasu Patel
  Jasu Patel
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• Jay Praksh Patel
• Deepak Shodhan
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• Ashok Joshi
• Pankaj Zaveri
• Nilesh Modi
• Niraj Patel
  Niraj Patel
  Niraj Kanubhai Patel is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a left-handed middle order batsman. Patel represents Gujarat in Ranji Trophy. He was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals for the 2008 and 2009 seasons of Indian Premier League.-External links:*...
  
  
• Siddharth Trivedi
  Siddharth Trivedi
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• Dhansukh Patel
• Bharat Mistry
• Mohnish Parmar

Current squad

2007-08 Ranji Trophy Plate League squad

• Parthiv Patel
  Parthiv Patel
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• Rajesh Tabiar
• Nehal Raval
• Nilesh Chaudhary
• Hem Joshipura
• Hitesh Majmudar
• Ashraf Makda
• Nilesh Modi
• Mohnish Parmar
• Niraj Patel
  Niraj Patel
  Niraj Kanubhai Patel is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a left-handed middle order batsman. Patel represents Gujarat in Ranji Trophy. He was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals for the 2008 and 2009 seasons of Indian Premier League.-External links:*...
  
  
• Soaeb sheikh
• Salil Yadav
• Digant Popat
• Amit Singh
• Bhavik sharma
• Siddharth Trivedi
  Siddharth Trivedi
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• Sheikh Hasi ave che
• Pawan Kumar Raithwal
• Mallika Raithwal
• Utkrisht Raithwal
• Shrimali jyotish

External links

• Gujarat cricket team page at Cricinfo
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