Jammu and Kashmir cricket team

The Jammu and Kashmir cricket team (Hindi: जम्मू और कश्मीर क्रिकेट टीम) is a cricket team based in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, run by JKCA. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy. Its main home ground is the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar, and it also plays at Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground in Jammu.

History

Jammu and Kashmir first took part in the Ranji Trophy in 1959-60.[1] It has always been one of the weaker teams: up to the end of the 2015-16 season it had played 267 matches in the competition and won only 21 times.[2]

In recent seasons Jammu and Kashmir has been more successful. In 2013/14, the team qualified for the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy after a gap of more than 10 years. Placed in Group C, the state team, which last qualified for the knockout stage in 2001-02 season, notched up four outright wins in the league round to pip Goa by .001 points on net run rate for a berth in the quarterfinals.

Sunil Joshi is current coach for of team since 2014 as tasted early success under him by beating the Ranji giants Mumbai cricket team at Wankhede Stadium in the prelim rounds of Ranji Trophy in 2014/15.[3] [4]

Home grounds

Famous players

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Mithun Manhas 12 October 1979 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Ian Dev Singh 1 March 1989 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Shubham Khajuria 13 September 1995 Right-handed
Ahmed Bandy 5 March 1995 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Hardeep Singh 13 December 1981 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Paras Sharma 4 December 1995 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Imran Haroon 25 December 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Aditya Singh 12 December 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Bandeep Singh 9 September 1989 Right-handed Leg break
Arshad Kawaja 22 April 1987 Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Parvez Rasool 13 February 1989 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Samiullah Beigh 3 May 1984 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Manik Gupta 16 December 1990 left-handed Leg break
Wicket-keepers
Adil Rishi 1 February 1989 Right-handed
Obaid Haroon 2 December 1986 Right-handed
Bowlers
Abid Nabi 26 December 1985 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Waseem Raza 3 January 1993 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Vijay Dogra 31 July 1993 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ram Dayal 29 October 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Umar Nazir Mir 3 November 1993 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Sohail Wani 5 November 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Zahoor Sofi 2 May 1987 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Zamin Veeray 8 June 1995 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

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