Saurashtra cricket team

Saurashtra cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Jaydev Unadkat
Coach	Karsan Ghavri
Owner	Saurashtra Cricket Association
Team information
Home ground	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot

Saurashtra cricket team is one of the three first-class cricket teams based in Gujarat (the others being Baroda and Gujarat) that compete in the first-class tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Competition history

Previous teams from Saurashtra were Nawanagar and Western India. Nawanagar won the Ranji Trophy in 1936–37 and were runners up in 1937–38.[1] Western India won the Ranji Trophy in 1943–44.

Saurashtra began competing in the 1950-51 Ranji Trophy. They were runners-up in the Ranji Trophy to Mumbai in 2012–13 and 2015–16 and in 2018–19 against Vidarbha. They finally won the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 2019–20 when they beat Bengal on first-innings lead in the final at Rajkot.[2]

Home ground

International players

International players from Saurashtra cricket team include:

Robin Uthappa played two seasons for Saurashtra.

Players

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed.

Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Arpit Vasavada	(1988-10-28) 28 October 1988	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Vice-captain
Vishvaraj Jadeja	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Samarth Vyas	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Cheteshwar Pujara	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Divyaraj Chauhan	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Himalaya Barad	(1989-08-28) 28 August 1989	Right-handed
Kishan Parmar	(1992-04-09) 9 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Parth Chauhan	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Jay Gohil	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Prerak Mankad	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Chirag Jani	(1989-11-09) 9 November 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ravindra Jadeja	(1988-12-06) 6 December 1988	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Wicket-keepers
Sheldon Jackson	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986	Right-handed
Harvik Desai	(1999-10-04) 4 October 1999	Right-handed
Snell Patel	(1993-10-15) 15 October 1993	Right-handed
Avi Barot	(1992-06-25) 25 June 1992	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Kamlesh Makvana	(1983-08-31) 31 August 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Parth Bhut	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Yuvraj Chudasama	(1995-09-23) 23 September 1995	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
Pace Bowlers
Jaydev Unadkat	(1991-10-18) 18 October 1991	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Captain
Chetan Sakariya	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
Kushang Patel	(1991-09-13) 13 September 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Coaching staff

Director of Cricket : n/a
Head coach: Karsan Ghavri
Assistant coach: Neeraj Odedara
Batting coach: None
Bowling coach: n/a
Spin Bowling Coach: n/a
Fielding coach: n/a
Manager: Arjunsinh Rana
Mental conditioning coach: Vacant
Fitness trainer: n/a
Head Physiotherapist: Abhishek Thakar
Masseur: n/a
Performance analyst: n/a

References

The Ranji Trophy espncricinfo.com.
"Final, Rajkot, Mar 9 – Mar 13 2020, Ranji Trophy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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[1] The Ranji Trophy espncricinfo.com.

[2] "Final, Rajkot, Mar 9 – Mar 13 2020, Ranji Trophy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

Ranji Trophy
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Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks