Gujarat cricket team

Gujarat cricket team

Personnel
Captain	Chintan Gaja
Coach	Ramesh Powar
Owner	Gujarat Cricket Association
Team information
Founded	1935
Home ground	Narendra Modi Stadium
Capacity	132,000
History
First-class debut	Bombay in 1935 at Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
Ranji Trophy wins	1
Irani Cup wins	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	2
Official website	GCA

The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and Saurashtra cricket team).

Led by Parthiv Patel, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy title in the 2016–17 season, beating Mumbai in the final at Indore. In that match they made the highest successful run-chase in the final of the Ranji Trophy.

It is 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. It falls under the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

History

Gujarat's first appearance in a Ranji Trophy final came in the season of 1950–51, where it was facing Holkar in the Ranji Trophy Final. Holkar won the high-scoring match by 189 runs, the match featured a double century by Holkar's Chandu Sarwate and a fighting 152 by Gujarati off-spinner Jasu Patel (who averaged 21.70 in 87 innings).

In 2007–08, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy Plate League title by defeating Railways. Gujarat were in a lose-win situation and six and four and out they lost.

In the year 2010/11, Gujarat made a wonderful start to the Ranji Season. They went for a draw against Bengal and later on made an outright win against a strong Delhi Team but lost two consecutive matches against Madhya Pradesh and Baroda which ended their hope of entering Quarter Final Stage.

They drew a high scoring match against Tamil Nadu, which featured the comeback of Parthiv Patel (as he was busy in national duty) but lost the match against Haryana which forced them to go back at the Plate League.

Gujarat won the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in 2012–13 defeating Punjab in the final by four wickets with 13 deliveries to spare.

Gujarat's best appearance in a Ranji Trophy final came in the season of 2016–17, where it was facing Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final in Indore. Parthiv Patel scored a precious century (143, 196b, 24 x 4s) and scripted a most memorable maiden Ranji Trophy victory at the Holkar Stadium. No team had chased a target over 310 in the Ranji Trophy and when Gujarat began the fifth and final day. Priyank Panchal from Gujarat made 1310 runs in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy season at an average of 87.33 from 17 innings, which is the most by any batsman this season and the third most by any batsman in a single Ranji Trophy season. Gujarat's Samit Gohel made 359* runs against Orissa in Jaipur in this Ranji Trophy season, which became the joint fourth most by a player in a Ranji Trophy match. His score of 359* in that match is now the highest by an opener carrying the bat in a First Class match. He faced 723 balls in that innings and it is now the sixth-longest innings in terms of balls faced in a First Class match.

Honours

• Ranji Trophy
  • Winners: 2016–17
  • Runners-up: 1950–51

• Vijay Hazare Trophy
  • Winners: 2015–16
  • Runners-up: 2010–11

• Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
  • Winners (2): 2012–13, 2014–15

Home grounds

• Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
• Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Valsad

Notable players

Main article: List of Gujarat cricketers

• Vinoo Mankad
• Nari Contractor
• Axar Patel
• Parthiv Patel
• Manpreet Juneja
• Jasu Patel
• Deepak Shodhan
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Piyush Chawla

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Priyank Panchal	(1990-04-09) 9 April 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kshitij Patel	(1997-10-15) 15 October 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Umang Kumar	(2000-12-11) 11 December 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Chirag Gandhi	(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Saurav Chauhan	(2000-05-27) 27 May 2000	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Manan Hingrajia	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Aarya Desai	(2003-04-03) 3 April 2003	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Jaymeet Patel	(2002-05-17) 17 May 2002	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Rishi Patel	(2001-09-24) 24 September 2001	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Ripal Patel	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kathan Patel	(1996-10-31) 31 October 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Axar Patel	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Wicket-keepers
Urvil Patel	(1998-10-17) 17 October 1998	Right-handed
Het Patel	(1998-10-13) 13 October 1998	Right-handed
Spinners
Ravi Bishnoi	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Siddharth Desai	(2000-08-16) 16 August 2000	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Vishal Jayswal	(1998-04-02) 2 April 1998	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Rinkesh Vaghela	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Pacers
Chintan Gaja	(1994-11-13) 13 November 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Captain
Arzan Nagwaswalla	(1997-10-17) 17 October 1997	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Jayveer Parmar	(1998-06-13) 13 June 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Priyajit Jadeja	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Shen Patel	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Jasprit Bumrah	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Tejas Patel	(1995-11-21) 21 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Updated as on 31 October 2024

External links

• Gujarat cricket team official website
• Gujarat Cricket Team page at ESPNcricinfo