Southern Punjab cricket team (India)

Southern Punjab cricket team
Team information
Founded	1926
Last match	1967
History
First-class debut	Marylebone Cricket Club; in 1926; at Lawrence Gardens, Lahore
Ranji Trophy wins	0

The Southern Punjab cricket team was an Indian domestic team representing the southern part of the Indian province of Punjab during the British Raj and later the southern part of its Indian successor, following the partition of India.

History

The team first played first-class cricket in 1926 against a touring Marylebone Cricket Club team. Southern Punjab was one of the teams that competed in the inaugural season of the Ranji Trophy in 1934-35, and it continued to contest the Ranji Trophy until 1951-52. It returned in 1959-60 and continued until 1967-68, after which it combined with Northern Punjab to form Punjab. Its final first-class match was a draw against Northern Punjab.^[1]

Southern Punjab’s highest finish in the Ranji Trophy came in 1938-39 when it lost to Bombay in the final.^[2] Most of Southern Punjab's home games were played at the Baradari Ground (now known as Dhruve Pandove Stadium) in Patiala.

Honours

Ranji Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 1938–39

Notable players

References

^ "Northern Punjab v Southern Punjab 1967/68". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1938/39, Final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

External links

Matches played by Southern Punjab cricket team at CricketArchive

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[1] "Northern Punjab v Southern Punjab 1967/68". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1938/39, Final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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Current teams	Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
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

History

Honours

Notable players

See also

References

External links