Himachal Pradesh cricket team

Himachal Pradesh cricket team
Captain:	Bipul Sharma
Coach:	n/a
Owner:	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association
Founded:	1985
Home ground:	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity:	25,000

The Himachal Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It has competed in the Ranji Trophy since the 1985-86 season.

Himachal Pradesh lost all five of their matches in both 1985-86 and 1987-88 seasons by an innings.^[1] They won for the first time when they beat Services by one wicket in 1990-91.^[2] In 2006-07 Himachal Pradesh won the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, beating Orissa in the final^[3] after finishing top of their group.

As of early November 2013 Himachal Pradesh had played 155 Ranji Trophy matches with 22 wins and 78 losses.^[4]

Most of Himachal Pradesh's home games are played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
FC & LA Captain and All-rounder
	Bipul Sharma	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	All-rounder for Sunrisers Hyderabad
T20 Captain and Batsman
	Paras Dogra	(1984-11-19) 19 November 1984	Right-handed	Leg-break	Batsman for Gujarat Lions
T20 Vice-Captain and Batsman
	Nikhil Gangta	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	FC 100s : 2
Batsmen
	Robin Bist	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	LA Specialist
	Prashant Chopra	(1992-10-07) 7 October 1992	Right-handed	Leg-break googly	T20 Specialist
	Amit Kumar	(1989-11-25) 25 November 1989	Right-handed	Leg-break googly
	Sumeet Verma	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounder
	Rishi Dhawan	(1990-02-19) 19 February 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	All-rounder for Kings XI Punjab
	Raghav Dhawan	(1987-01-08) 8 January 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keeper
	Ankush Bains	(1995-12-16) 16 December 1995	Right-handed		Wicket-keeper for Rising Pune Supergiants
Bowler
	Pankaj Jaiswal	(1995-09-20) 20 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	LA, T20 Specialist
	Akshay Chauhan	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	T20 Specialist
	Rahul Singh	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Shresth Nirmohi
	Gurvinder Singh	(1983-06-12) 12 June 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break

References

↑ Wisden 1987, pp. 1141-42, Wisden 1989, p. 1081.
↑ Services v Himachal Pradesh 1990-91
↑ Orissa v Himachal Pradesh 2006-07
↑ Himachal Pradesh's Ranji Trophy playing record

External links

Ranji Trophy

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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

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