Delhi cricket team
Captain: | Gautam Gambhir |
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Coach: | Vijay Dahiya |
Owner: | Delhi District Cricket Association |
Founded: | 1934 |
Home ground: | Feroz Shah Kotla |
Capacity: | 55,000 |
Ranji Trophy wins: | 7 |
Irani Trophy wins: | 2 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: | 1 |
Official website: | DDCA |
The Delhi cricket team is one of the first-class cricket teams based in Delhi, run by the Delhi District Cricket Association, that plays in India's domestic competition, the Ranji Trophy. They have won the tournament seven times and have been runners-up seven. Their latest title in 2007-08 came after a long wait of 16 years. The previous win was in the 1991-92 season when they beat Tamil Nadu in the final. The team's home ground is Feroz Shah Kotla Ground. In the Duleep and Deodhar Trophy, Delhi comes under the North Zone team.
Competition history
Delhi have made a strong performance in the Ranji Trophy throughout its history. Three of its five wins came in the 1980s and the remainder were in the late 1970s, a period marked by the dominance of a famous Mumbai team. This formed a golden period for Delhi between 1978 and 1987: it was in the finals for all but one of those years (winning 4, runner up for 4).[1]
Its six appearances in the Irani Trophy showed mixed results, losing to the Rest of India side four times and winning twice.
Best performances in Ranji Trophy
Year | Position |
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2007-08 | Winner |
1991-92 | |
1988-89 | |
1985-86 | |
1981-82 | |
1979-80 | |
1978-79 | |
1996-97 | Runner-up |
1989-90 | |
1986-87 | |
1984-85 | |
1983-84 | |
1980-81 | |
1976-77 |
Famous players
- Aakash Chopra
- Ajay Sharma
- Amit Bhandari
- Arun Lal
- Ashish Nehra
- Ashok Gandotra
- Atul Wassan
- Bishan Singh Bedi
- Chetan Chauhan
- Gautam Gambhir
- Gursharan Singh
- Ishant Sharma
- Kirti Azad
- Madan Lal
- Man Sood
- Maninder Singh
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Nikhil Chopra
- Parvinder Awana
- Prakash Bhandari
- Rahul Sanghvi
- Rajinder Pal
- Rakesh Shukla
- Ramesh Saxena
- Robin Singh, Jr.
- Sanjeev Sharma
- Sarandeep Singh
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Vijay Dahiya
- Virat Kohli
- Virender Sehwag
- Vivek Razdan
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
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Captain & Opening Batsmen | ||||||
15 | Unmukt Chand | 26 March 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Played in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for Prime Bank Cricket Club. | |
Batsmen | ||||||
25 | Shikhar Dhawan | 15 December 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
5 | Gautam Gambhir | 14 October 1981 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Opening Batsmen | |
18 | Virat Kohli | 5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Milind Kumar | 15 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Played in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for Brothers Union cricket team. | ||
Vaibhav Rawal | 9 November 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |||
Nitish Rana | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
All-rounders | ||||||
9 | Sumit Narwal | 16 April 1982 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Rishabh Pant | 4 October 1997 | Left-handed | U-19 | |||
Pacer | ||||||
29 | Ishant Sharma | 2 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
8 | Pradeep Sangwan | 5 November 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ||
33 | Pawan Suyal | 15 October 1989 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ||
Vikas Tokas | 16 October 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
Pranshu Vijayran | 18 November 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
Navdeep Saini | 23 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
34 | Parvinder Awana | 19 July 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Spinner | ||||||
9 | Manan Sharma | 19 March 1991 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 4 FC 50s; 78 FC Wkts | |
Varun Sood | 12 October 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 45 FC Wkts | ||
Shivam Sharma | 9 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
Vikas Mishra | 27 December 1992 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
15 | Pawan Negi | 6 January 1993 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Coaching Staff
- Head Coach - Vijay Dahiya
- Assistant Coach - Amit Bhandari
- Manager - Manoj Kapoor
- Under-19s Coach - Madan Sharma
- Physio - Deepak Sury
- Trainers - Nishant
References
External links
- Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
- Ranji Trophy 2006/7 Batting Averages
- Ranji Trophy One Day 2006/7 Batting Averages
- Inter State Twenty20 Tournament 2006/7 Batting Averages