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

Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar - Hosted 2 ODIs
Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu - Hosted one ODI
Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu
Jammu & Kashmir International Cricket Stadium, Bajalta - Proposed

Famous players

Main article: Jammu and Kashmir cricketers

Parvez Rasool - he was part of the Indian cricket team for Zimbabwe tour in 2013 and played for Sahara Pune Warriors India in Indian Premier League.
Abid Nabi - once considered as one of the fastest bowler in India.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
	Mithun Manhas	(1979-10-12) 12 October 1979	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
	Ian Dev Singh	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Shubham Khajuria	(1995-09-13) 13 September 1995	Right-handed
	Ahmed Bandy	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Hardeep Singh	(1981-12-13) 13 December 1981	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Paras Sharma	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Imran Haroon	(1988-12-25) 25 December 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Aditya Singh	(1989-12-12) 12 December 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Bandeep Singh	(1989-09-09) 9 September 1989	Right-handed	Leg break
	Arshad Kawaja	(1987-04-22) 22 April 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
	Parvez Rasool	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Samiullah Beigh	(1984-05-03) 3 May 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Manik Gupta	(1990-12-16) 16 December 1990	left-handed	Leg break
Wicket-keepers
	Adil Rishi	(1989-02-01) 1 February 1989	Right-handed
	Obaid Haroon	(1986-12-02) 2 December 1986	Right-handed
Bowlers
	Abid Nabi	(1985-12-26) 26 December 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
	Waseem Raza	(1993-01-03) 3 January 1993	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Vijay Dogra	(1993-07-31) 31 July 1993	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Ram Dayal	(1989-10-29) 29 October 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Umar Nazir Mir	(1993-11-03) 3 November 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Sohail Wani	(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Zahoor Sofi	(1987-05-02) 2 May 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Zamin Veeray	(1995-06-08) 8 June 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

References

External links

Ranji Trophy

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

Former teams	Army Bihar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin

Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

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