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Punjab cricket teamPersonnel

Captain| Abhishek Sharma
Coach| Wasim Jaffer
Owner| Punjab Cricket Association
Team information
Founded| 1890
Home ground| Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Mohali
Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar
Capacity| 28,000
History
First-class debut| Marylebone Cricket Club
in 1926
at Lawrence Gardens, Lahore
Ranji Trophy wins| 1
Irani Trophy wins| 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins| 0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins| 1
Official website| PCA

The Punjab cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for only one Ranji Trophy semi-final in the last five seasons and made it to the final in the 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways in the first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have been winners of the Ranji Trophy only once, in the 1992–93 season. In 2023-24, they won their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

## Competition history

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In 1968-69, Punjab competed as a unified team for the first time. Before then, Southern Punjab, Eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab had competed at various times. Punjab has won the Ranji Trophy only once, in 1992–93. That year, they lost the Irani Trophy against a Rest of the Indian team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. The team has never won the one-day trophy.

## Honours

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Southern Punjab

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

Punjab

* Ranji Trophy
* Winners: 1992–93
* Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2004–05
* Vijay Hazare Trophy
* Runners-up (2): 2002-03, 2014-15
* Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
* Winners: 2023–24
* Runners-up (4): 2006-07, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15

## Home ground

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The Punjab cricket team is based and plays their home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, established in 1993 on swampland. New cricket grounds of International recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar as per the saying of the Punjab government.

The international stadium and the proposed of Punjab cricket team:-

* Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. It is a regular test venue for the BCCI and the home of the IPL team Kings XI Punjab.
* Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar – hosted 2 ODI matches.
* Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar – hosted a Test and 3 ODI.
* Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala – the oldest ground in Punjab.
* Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar.
* Shaheed Udham Singh Stadium, Amritsar – proposed in 2011.
* Bathinda International Cricket Stadium, a stadium presented by Bathinda, has been under construction since 2007.

## 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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Batters
Anmolpreet Singh |  (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
Nehal Wadhera |  (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Pukhraj Mann |  (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Jaskaranvir Paul |  (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Abhay Chaudhary |  (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Shubman Gill |  (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | captain
Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
All-rounders
Sanvir Singh |  (1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Ramandeep Singh |  (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Kolkata Knight Ridersin IPL
Naman Dhir |  (1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Abhishek Sharma |  (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain
Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Krish Bhagat |  (2004-11-06) 6 November 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Sohraab Dhaliwal |  (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Wicket-keepers
Prabhsimran Singh |  (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed |  | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Anmol Malhotra |  (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed |  |
Salil Arora |  (2002-11-07) 7 November 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed |  |
Spin Bowlers
Mayank Markande |  (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Jassinder Singh |  (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break |
Harpreet Brar |  (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Prerit Dutta |  (1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Pace Bowlers
Arshdeep Singh |  (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Gurnoor Brar |  (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Baltej Singh |  (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Raghu Sharma |  (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Ashwani Kumar |  (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL

Updated as on 30 January 2025

## Notable players

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Main article: List of Punjab cricketers

### Players from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with their year of Test debut

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* Mohammad Jahangir Khan (1932)
* Lall Singh (1932)
* Mohammad Nissar (1932)
* Syed Nazir Ali (1932)
* Syed Wazir Ali (1932)
* Lala Amarnath (1933)
* Dilawar Hussain (1934)
* Yadavindra Singh (Maharaja of Patiala) (1934)
* Baqa Jilani (1936)
* Abdul Hafeez Kardar (1946)
* Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1946)
* Amir Elahi (1947)
* Kanwar Rai Singh (1948)
* Vijay Rajindernath (1952)
* Vijay Mehra (1955)
* Bishan Singh Bedi (1966)
* Mohinder Amarnath (1969)
* Surinder Amarnath (1976)
* Yashpal Sharma (1979)
* Yograj Singh (1981)
* Navjot Singh Sidhu (1983)
* Gursharan Singh (1990)
* Aashish Kapoor (1994)
* Vikram Rathour (1996)
* Harbhajan Singh (1998)
* Harvinder Singh (1998)
* Sarandeep Singh (2000)
* Yuvraj Singh (2003)
* Vikram Raj Vir Singh (2006)
* Shubman Gill (2020)

### Players from Punjab who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with their year of ODI debut

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* Bhupinder Singh (1994)
* Pankaj Dharmani (1996)
* Reetinder Singh Sodhi (2000)
* Dinesh Mongia (2001)
* Manpreet Gony (2008)
* Rahul Sharma (2011)
* Barinder Sran (2016)
* Gurkeerat Singh Mann (2016)
* Siddarth Kaul (2018)
* Arshdeep Singh (2022)

### Players from Punjab who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with their year of T20I debut

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* Sandeep Sharma (2015)
* Mandeep Singh (2016)
* Mayank Markande (2019)
* Abhishek Sharma (2024)

### Notable players at the domestic level

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* Dhruv Pandove
* Uday Kaul
* Anmolpreet Singh
* Prabhsimran Singh
* Nehal Wadhera
* Ramandeep Singh

## References

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## External links

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* First-class matches played by Punjab at CricketArchive

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Punjab cricket team - current squad

* Abhay
* Abhishek
* Anmolpreet
* Arshdeep
* Baltej
* Emanjot
* Gurnoor
* Harpreet
* K Bhagat
* Markande
* N Dhir
* N Wadhera
* Prerit
* Prabhsimran (c)
* Ramandeep
* Sanvir
* S Gill
* S Kaul

* Coach: Wasim Jaffer

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Cricket in India

BCCI|

* Presidents
* Awards
* C. K. Nayudu Award
* Polly Umrigar Award
* Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture

National teams|

* Men
* Women
* Men's A
* Men's U-19
* Women's U-19
* Blind
* Deaf

Members (teams)|

| Central Zone
(Men, Women)|

* Chhattisgarh (Men, Women)
* Madhya Pradesh (Men, Women)
* Railways (Men, Women)
* Rajasthan (Men, Women)
* Uttar Pradesh (Men, Women)
* Uttarakhand (Men, Women)
* Vidarbha (Men, Women)

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East Zone
(Men, Women)|

* Assam (Men, Women)
* Bengal (Men, Women)
* Bihar (Men, Women)
* Jharkhand (Men, Women)
* Odisha (Men, Women)
* Tripura (Men, Women)

North Zone
(Men, Women)|

* Chandigarh (Men, Women)
* Delhi (Men, Women)
* Haryana (Men, Women)
* Himachal Pradesh (Men, Women)
* Jammu and Kashmir (Men, Women)
* Services (Men)
* Punjab (Men, Women)

North East Zone
(Men, Women)|

* Arunachal Pradesh (Men, Women)
* Manipur (Men, Women)
* Meghalaya (Men, Women)
* Mizoram (Men, Women)
* Nagaland (Men, Women)
* Sikkim (Men, Women)

South Zone
(Men, Women)|

* Andhra (Men, Women)
* Hyderabad (Men, Women)
* Karnataka (Men, Women)
* Kerala (Men, Women)
* Tamil Nadu (Men, Women)
* Pondicherry (Men, Women)

West Zone
(Men, Women)|

* Baroda (Men, Women)
* Goa (Men, Women)
* Gujarat (Men, Women)
* Maharashtra (Men, Women)
* Mumbai (Men, Women)
* Saurashtra (Men, Women)

Others|

* Association of Indian Universities
* Cricket Club of India

Tournaments|

| Senior|

| First-class|

* Ranji Trophy
* Duleep Trophy
* Irani Cup
* Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game
* Inter State Women's Competition (defunct)

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One Day|

* Deodhar Trophy
* Vijay Hazare Trophy
* Women's Senior One Day Trophy
* Senior Women's Challenger Trophy
* BCCI Corporate Trophy (defunct)
* Wills Trophy (defunct)
* NKP Salve Challenger Trophy (defunct)
* Inter-Zone Women's One Day Competition (defunct)

Twenty20|

| State|

* Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
* Women's Senior T20 Trophy
* Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy

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Franchise|

* Indian Premier League
* Women's Premier League
* Indian Cricket League (defunct)
* Women's T20 Challenge (defunct)

Regional|

* Andhra Premier League
* Bengal Pro T20 League
* Delhi Premier League T20
* Madhya Pradesh League
* Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20
* Rajasthan Premier League
* Saurashtra Premier League
* Sher-E-Punjab T20 Cup
* Tamil Nadu Premier League
* Uttarakhand Premier League

Youth|

| First-class|

* C. K. Nayudu Trophy
* Cooch Behar Trophy

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List A|

* Vinoo Mankad Trophy
* Vizzy Trophy
* Rohinton Baria Trophy

T10|

* Indian Street Premier League

Sports complexes|

* National Cricket Academy

List|

* Coaches
* Captains
* Selectors
* Test wicket-keepers
* International grounds
* Test records
* ODI records
* T20I records

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