Madhya Pradesh cricket team

Madhya Pradhesh cricket team
MP cricket team

Nickname(s):	MP
Captain:	Devendra Bundela
One-day captain:	Naman Ojha
Coach:	Harvinder Singh Sodhi
Chairman:	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Owner:	Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association
Founded:	1950
Home ground:	Holkar Stadium
Capacity:	30,000
Secondary home ground(s)	Captain Roop Singh Stadium
Secondary ground capacity:	45,000
First-class debut:	Hyderabad cricket team in 1950 at Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Ranji Trophy wins:	3
Irani Trophy wins:	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins:	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins:	0
Official website:	MPCA Official

The Madhya Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is in the Plate and in elite Group of the Ranji Trophy.

History

Holkar cricket team

A Central India team competed in the Ranji Trophy between 1934–35 and 1939–40, playing 12 matches.^[1] In 1941, Holkar entered the competition, organised and managed by King Yashwantrao Holkar II belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas. In the fourteen years of its existence Holkar, which included such players as C. K. Nayudu and Mushtaq Ali, won the title four times and finished second on six other occasions.

Best performances of the Holkar team in Ranji Trophy
Year	Position
1954-55	Runner-up
1953-54	Runner-up
1952-53	Winner
1951-52	Runner-up
1950-51	Winner
1949-50	Runner-up
1947-48	Winner
1946-47	Runner-up
1945-46	Winner
1944-45	Runner-up

Other Ranji Trophy teams later to be absorbed by Madhya Pradesh were United Provinces (27 matches between 1934–35 and 1948–49)^[2] and Gwalior (one match in 1943-44).^[3]

Madhya Pradesh team

Madhya Pradesh began competing as a team from 1950-51. Holkar appeared in the Ranji Trophy till 1954-55 after which it was dissolved and replaced by a Madhya Bharat team. This became part of the Madhya Pradesh team after two years as the states were reorganised.

The finest achievement of the Madhya Pradesh team is reaching the final of the Ranji Trophy in 1998-99. They took the first innings lead against Karnataka and needed only a draw to win the title but collapsed in the final session of the last day to lose with five overs to spare.^[4]

Best performances of the Madhya Pradesh team in Ranji Trophy
Year	Position
1998-99	Runner-up

Famous players

Mushtaq Ali - played for Madhya Pradesh in the early years after Holkar ceased to exist.
Hiralal Gaekwad - played for Madhya Pradesh in the early years after Holkar ceased to exist.
Chandu Sarwate - a off-spinner represented India nine times between 1946 and 1951-52. He played for Madhya Pradesh between 1958/59 and 1967/68 but the Test appearances had come during his time with Holkar
Rajesh Chauhan took 47 wickets for India in his 21 appearances and played a significant role in India's home victories in the 1990s
Narendra Hirwani, who was born in Uttar Pradesh, spent twenty years in the Madhya Pradesh team and took more than four hundred first class wickets for them
Amay Khurasiya made a few appearances for the Indian one day side at the turn of the 2000s
Naman Ojha - made his ODI debut in June 2010 against Sri Lanka. He got out scoring only 1 run in that game and has not played for India since then.He currently plays for SunRisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
Devendra Bundela - played 100 first-class matches for Madhya Pradesh
Ishwar Pandey - has played for the India A Team and has been selecteIPd in the Indian Test and ODI squads for the New Zealand tour of 2014. He was bought by Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2014 Auction for Rs 1.5 crores.
Jalaj Saxena - plays as an allrounder for the India A cricket team and was signed up by the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians in 2013.
Harpreet Singh - has represented India at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Sandeep Patil - professional cricketer from Bombay
Chandrakant Pandit - captained the team between 1988 and 2001. It was under Pandit that MP reached the 1999 final.
Jai Prakash Yadav - played for Railways and India. His highest first class score of 265 is the best ever by a Madhya Pradesh batsman.
Ankit Sharma - Plays as a spin bowler for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He is also a member of the Rajasthan Royals team in IPL.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
FC Captain
	Devendra Bundela	(1977-02-22) 22 February 1977	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	FC 100/50 : 25/46 ; FC Wkts : 50+
List A Limited-overs Captain
	Naman Ojha	(1983-07-29) 29 July 1983	Right-handed		Wk-Batsmen for Sunrisers Hyderabad
Batsmen
	Anand Bais	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Udit Birla	(1989-11-17) 17 November 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Satyam Choudhary	(1990-11-25) 25 November 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Harpreet Singh	(1991-08-11) 11 August 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
	Venkatesh Iyer	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
	Mohnish Mishra	(1984-02-09) 9 February 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
	Rameez Khan	(1989-12-31) 31 December 1989	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Parth Sahani	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Shubham Sharma	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly
	Aditya Shrivastava	(1993-09-18) 18 September 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	FC 100s : 4
All-rounders
	Salman Baig	(1988-05-07) 7 May 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Surendra Malviya	(1994-11-15) 15 November 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Sanjay Mishra	(1990-09-20) 20 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Jatin Saxena	(1982-08-04) 4 August 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
	Jalaj Saxena	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	FC 100/50 : 11/22 ; FC Wkts : 190+
Wicket-keepers
	Zafar Ali	(1987-09-21) 21 September 1987	Right-handed
	Ankit Dane	(1990-04-01) 1 April 1990	Right-handed	n/a
Fast-bowlers
	Ishwar Pandey	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	FC Wkts : 160+
	Puneet Datey	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	FC Wkts : 40+
	Avesh Khan	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Yogesh Rawat	(1992-12-28) 28 December 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Anand Rajan	(1987-04-17) 17 April 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Gaurav Yadav	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Spinners
	Mihir Hirwani	(1994-05-18) 18 May 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
	Ankit Sharma	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Vice-captain FC

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Harvinder Singh Sodhi^[5]
Trainer: Mayank Agarwal
Physio: Balasaheb Tate

Former players

Records

For more details on this topic, see List of Madhya Pradesh first-class cricket records, List of Madhya Pradesh List A cricket records, List of Madhya Pradesh Twenty20 cricket records.

Grounds

Holkar Stadium

For more details on this topic, see Holkar Stadium.

Madhya Pradesh play the majority of their home matches at the Holkar Stadium.

Captain Roop Singh Stadium

For more details on this topic, see Captain Roop Singh Stadium.

Madhya Pradesh's second home is Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior

Other grounds

For a complete list of grounds used by Madhya Pradesh, see List of cricket grounds in Madhya Pradesh.

References

↑ "First-class matches played by Central India". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ "First-class matches played by United Provinces". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ "First-class matches played by Gwalior". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ Scorecard of the 1998-99 final
↑ Tamil Nadu bank on experience for strong start

External links

Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions

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

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 Central India Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Holkar Madhya Bharat Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab United Provinces

Records Triple centuries

Madhya Pradesh cricket team – current squad

Bundela (c) 30 Ojha(vc) Avesh A Sharma Birla Dane Datey Harpreet Hirwani Mishra Pandey Rameez Rawat Jalaj Patidar Shrivastava Choudhary Bais Iyer Kushwah Sahani Ashutosh Zafar Dhaliwal Coach: Sodhi

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