The
Punjab cricket team is the official first-class
cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team that represents the
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of
PunjabPunjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
. They have qualified for three
Ranji TrophyThe 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...
semi-finals in the last five seasons, and made it to the final in 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to
RailwaysThe 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:...
on first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have only been winners of the
Ranji TrophyThe 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...
once, in the 1992–93 season.
Competition history
Punjab have won the Ranji Trophy only once in its history. In that year, they lost the
Irani TrophyThe Irani Cup tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late Z.R. Irani, who was associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India from its inception in 1928, till his death in 1970...
against a Rest of India team that featured the likes of
Rahul DravidRahul Sharad Dravid , is a cricketer in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers...
,
Sourav GangulySourav Chandidas Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times. He started his...
.
Ajay JadejaAjaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja was born on 1 February 1971 in royal rajput family of Jamnagar, Gujarat. He was a regular in the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000, playing in 15 Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals. His cricketing achievements were overshadowed by a 5 year ban for...
and
Nayan MongiaNayan Ramlal Mongia is a former Indian cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. Currently, he is a cricket analyst....
. It has never won the Ranji ODI Trophy.
Home ground
The Punjab cricket team are based and play their home games at the
Punjab Cricket Association StadiumThe Punjab Cricket Association Stadium is located at Mohali, just outside the city of Chandigarh. It is popularly referred to as the Mohali Stadium. The stadium is home to the Punjab team. Punjab's second international cricket stadium has been approved by BCCI in Bathinda, Punjab. The...
in
MohaliMohali is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. It is officially named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh . It, along with Chandigarh and Panchkula, form a part of the Chandigarh Tricity...
,
ChandigarhChandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
, which was established in 1993, with floodlights, on what was previously swampland.
New cricket grounds of Internetional recognition are expected to come up at
Bathinda and one more at
Ludhiana or
AmritsarAmritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
as per the saying of Punjab govt
Famous players from Punjab
- Harbhajan Singh
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- Yuvraj Singh
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- Bishan Bedi
- Dinesh Mongia
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- Rahul Sharma
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- Navjot Singh Sidhu
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- Gagandeep Singh
- Lala Amarnath
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- Mohinder Amarnath
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- Vijay Mehra
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- Rajinder Singh Ghai
- Yashpal Sharma
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- Bhupinder Singh (Sr)
- Vikram Rathore
- VRV Singh
- Sarandeep Singh
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- Harvinder Singh
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- Aashish Kapoor
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- Manpreet Gony
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- Mandeep Singh
Current squad
- Pankaj Dharmani
Pankaj Dharmani is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Punjab and played a single One Day International for India against South Africa in 1996....
(cThe captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
)
- Love Ablish
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- Vishwas Bhalla
- Karan Goel
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- Manpreet Gony
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- Sarul Kanwar
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- Uday Kaul
- Taruwar Kohli
]Taruwar Sushil Kohli is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was born in Jalandhar. Kohli comes from a sport family. His father,Sushil Kohli, brought honour to India in many swimming and water polo matches.His mother is Mrs. Meenu Kohli...
- Sarabjit Ladda
- Bipul Sharma
- Rahul Sharma
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- Harbhajan Singh
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- Moulik Bhattacharya
- Harmeet Singh
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- Mandeep Singh
- Ravi Inder Singh
- Yuvraj Singh
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- Sunny Sohal
Sunny Sohal is a professional cricketer from Mohali, Punjab, India. A right-handed batsman and occasional leg spin bowler, Sohal made his first class debut for Punjab against Hyderabad at Mohali in December 2005. In 14 first class matches up to June 2009 he has scored 931 runs at 42.31 with three...
- Amit Uniyal
Amit Uniyal is an Indian first-class cricketer. An all rounder, he plays for Punjab in first-class cricket, and for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.A left-handed all-rounder, Uniyal made his debut in 2001–02 for Punjab...
Upcoming Players
Manpreet Gony
Manpreet Singh Gony made his debut for the Punjab cricket team in the Ranji Trophy in the season 2007-08. Angered by his non-selection in Kings XI Punjab IPL team late in the season, he decided to move his family to Tamil Nadu where he was selected for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Gony has made his mark in the 2008 Indian Premier League matches. He played for the Chennai Super Kings. He was one of leading wicket takers in the Indian Premier League and also performed well with the bat, scoring crucial runs in the last overs. He was instrumental in the Chennai Super Kings victory against Delhi Daredevils. He took 17 wickets in 16 matches in the IPL tournament. His team, the Chennai Super Kings, were the runner's up of the IPL tournament.
Gony was drafted into the Indian cricket team for the Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh in place of Sreesanth who was ruled out with a side strain.
Uday Kaul
Uday Kaul is a Chandigarh based cricketer who represents Punjab and is conracted in IPL for the Kings XI Punjab.
Moulik Bhattacharya
Moulik Bhattacharya is a Chandigarh based cricketer.He is the captain of Punjab U-19 team.He has
represented Punjab in the Vijay Hazare trophy 2010/11.He was selected as the Best U-19 player of Punjab for the year 2010-2011.He has represented India U-19 team in the tour of Australia. He is a
left handed opening batsman.He made his first class debut against Himachal Pradesh where he made 57
Not out.In U-19 level his highest score is 124 against Delhi U-19 team.
Harmeet Singh
Harmeet Singh (born 9 October 1987), is a Right Arm Medium bowler.[1] was born in Rajasthan, and had played only two List A matches when Deccan Chargers picked him for their campaign in IPL 2009. There is something spectacular about his right-arm medium-pace bowling, and his figures after his 2nd season in the IPL suggested so: 10 wickets in seven matches and an economy rate of 7.40. But by being aware of his limitations, he extended himself and eventually his bowling was a crucial factor in the semi-final and the final. His seven overs in those two matches went for 31 runs and got him 4 wickets, and a running catch from him proved to be the decisive turning point in the final that his team won.
Taruwar Kohli
Taruwar Kohli (born December 17, 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was born in Jalandhar.
Kohli made his debut for Punjab Under-17s in the Vijay Merchant Trophy competition of 2005/06, making five appearances in the competition, and scoring 85 not out on his debut in a drawn three-day match. Kohli's incredible form continued throughout the tournament, as he top-scored with 110 in the penultimate match.
He played in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy for the Under-19s team in 2006, and in the Cooch Behar Trophy competition of the same year.
Kohli was made a part of the Indian Under-19s World Cup winning squad in February and March 2008 - which won in the final against the South African team - despite Kohli being dismissed for just a single run in the final.
In IPL 2008, Kohli played for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. In the second edition of the IPL Kohli represents the Yuvraj Singh led Kings XI Punjab
Karan Goel
Karan Goel is a cricket player from Punjab who has represented Punjab in Ranji Trophy matches. He plays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL.
Born in 1986 in Ludhiana he first played for Punjab in 2005.
Sarabjit Ladda
Sarabjeet Ladda is a player from Punjab. He plays for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy and plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. Ladda made his first class debut in the year 2007.
Bipul Sharma
Bipul is a player from Chandigarh who represents Punjab in the Ranji trophy and was a member in the Chandigarh Lions squad in the rebel Indian Cricket League. He also plays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL.
Sunny Sharma
Sunny Sharma made his first class Debut in the year 2009.He played for Haryana and shifted his state to Himachal Pradesh from Haryana and played in their senior district championship this year
Mandeep Singh
Mandeep Singh, a bright cricketer from Jalandhar, is a right handed batsman and has played U-16 and U-19 World Cups for India. Mandeep Singh was named India's vice-captain for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He was one of the stars of the 2009 U-19 tour of Australia, where he cracked a match-winning 151 in a one-dayer. His father, an athletics coach in Jalandhar, wasn't very pleased with his son's cricketing ambitions. But he was later convinced when Mandeep emerged as one of the leading batsmen in junior cricket. With his outstanding performances in U-19 World Cup, he made his First Class debut on 17 Nov 2010 where he represented Punjab against Himachal Pradesh where he scored 54 not out in his debut innings. He is also contracted with ipl teams like Kolkata Knight Riders (in 2010), Kings XI Punjab (in 2011). He also represented North Zone in Duleep Trophy and is the youngest player in playing XI in North Zone in Duleep Trophy.