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

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

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

Coaching Staff

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

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

External links

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