Baroda cricket team
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Baroda. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Krunal Pandya |
| Coach | Jacob Martin |
| Owner | Baroda Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Home ground | Moti Bagh Stadium |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| History | |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 5 |
| Irani Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 2 |
| Official website | BCA |
The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium.
Baroda were runners-up in the 2005/06 Ranji Trophy. It is one of three Gujarat Teams, the others being the Saurashtra cricket team and Gujarat cricket team
Competition history
Baroda has only emerged as a strong team in recent years. It won its first Ranji Trophy in 43 years in 2000–01, but failed to defend the title, coming runner-up in the next year. This means it has had only one Irani Trophy appearance, in which it failed to defeat a strong Rest of India team which contained the likes of VVS Laxman (13 & 148), Dinesh Mongia (125 & 90*), Debashish Mohanty, Sarandeep Singh and Akash Chopra. See Scorecard. It was considered a strong team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning 4 times and coming runner-up twice. Vijay Hazare , Irfan Pathan , Yusuf Pathan , Hardik Pandya are amongst the most prominent cricketers to emerge from Baroda. They have performed exceedingly well at the international level for India.
Best performances in Ranji Trophy
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Runner-up |
| 2001–02 | Runner-up |
| 2000–01 | Winner |
| 1957–58 | Winner |
| 1949–50 | Winner |
| 1948–49 | Runner-up |
| 1946–47 | Winner |
| 1945–46 | Runner-up |
| 1942–43 | Winner |
Home grounds
- Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara – Hosted three ODIs. Capacity 18,000.
- Reliance Stadium, Vadodara – hosted 10 ODIs
- Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||
| Kedar Devdhar | 14 December 1989 | Right-handed | First-class and List A captain | |
| Pratyush Kumar | 1 July 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Shivalik Sharma | 18 November 1998 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Jyotsnil Singh | 15 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Bhanu Pania | 4 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Aditya Waghmode | 8 November 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Shashwat Rawat | 6 April 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Parth Kohli | 9 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Abhimanyusingh Rajput | 9 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Krunal Pandya | 24 March 1991 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Twenty20 Captain Plays For Lucknow Super Giants in IPL |
| Kartik Kakade | 25 July 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Gurjinder Maan | 8 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Hardik Pandya | 11 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays For Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Mitesh Patel | 15 May 1997 | Right-handed | ||
| Vishnu Solanki | 15 October 1992 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Bhargav Bhatt | 13 May 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Ninad Rathva | 10 March 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Ansh Patel | 19 February 2002 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL |
| Chintal Gandhi | 25 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Atit Sheth | 3 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Lukman Meriwala | 11 December 1991 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Dhruv Patel | 12 September 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Babashafi Pathan | 19 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Coaching staff
- Head Coach – Jacob Martin[1]
- Assistant Coach – Himanshu Jadhav
- Physio – Sumit Roy
- Trainers – Rakesh Gohil
Famous players
References
- "Jacob Martin, former India player with criminal record, named Baroda Ranji coach". India Today. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- Baroda Cricket Hall of Fame Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
