Gujarat cricket team

Indian cricket team

Gujarat cricket team

Personnel
Captain| Axar Patel
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 the three first-class cricket teams based in the Indian state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and the 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.[1] In that match they made the highest successful run-chase in the final of the Ranji Trophy.[2]

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

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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).[3]

In 2007–08, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy Plate League title by defeating Railways.[4] 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.[5]

## Honours

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* 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

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

## Notable players

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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

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Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name  | Birth date  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | Notes

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Batsmen
Umang Kumar |  (2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
Aarya Desai |  (2003-04-03) 3 April 2003 (age 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
Saurav Chauhan |  (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
Manan Hingrajia |  (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
Priyank Panchal |  (1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Kshitij Patel |  (1997-10-15) 15 October 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
Ripal Patel |  (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Abhishek Desai |  (1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed |  |
All-rounders
Hemang Patel |  (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Jaymeet Patel |  (2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 23) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium |
Axar Patel |  (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain
Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Wicket-keepers
Urvil Patel |  (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed |  | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Het Patel |  (1998-10-13) 13 October 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed |  |
Spinners
Vishal Jayswal |  (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 27) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Ravi Bishnoi |  (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Siddharth Desai |  (2000-08-16) 16 August 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Pacers
Chintan Gaja |  (1994-11-13) 13 November 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Vice-captain
Arzan Nagwaswalla |  (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | `
Priyajit Jadeja |  (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Tejas Patel |  (1995-11-21) 21 November 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Jasprit Bumrah |  (1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL

Updated as on 5 May 2025

## References

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1. ^ "Parthiv 143 leads Gujarat to maiden title". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
2. ^ "Gujarat pull off record chase for maiden Ranji title". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
3. ^ Scoreboard of 1950/51 final match of Ranji Trophy, Holkar vs Gujarat
4. ^ Gujarat clinch Plate League title with a thrilling win
5. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2016/17, stats review: From Gujarat's highest successful chase in final to Rishab Pant's triple ton". Firstpost. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-17.

## External links

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

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