Railways cricket team | |
Captain: | Pratham Singh (FC) Upendra Yadav (LA & T20) |
Founded: | 1958 |
Ground: | Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums) |
Owner: | Railways Sports Promotion Board |
First Fc: | Eastern Punjab |
First Fc Year: | 1958 |
First Fc Venue: | Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar |
Title1: | Ranji Trophy |
Title1wins: | 2 |
Title2wins: | 2 |
Title3: | Vijay Hazare Trophy |
Title3wins: | 1 |
Title4: | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy |
Title4wins: | 0 |
Website: | RSPB |
Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi.[1] The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.[2]
For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.
Players from Railways who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
Players from Railways who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Birthplace | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Sahab Yuvraj Singh | 19 September 1997 | Lucknow, UP | Right-handed | |||
15 September 1998 | Ratlam, MP | Right-handed | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |||
30 August 1996 | Varanasi, UP | Left-handed | ||||
1 November 1993 | Howrah, WB | Left-handed | ||||
31 August 1992 | Delhi, DL | Left-handed | First-class Captain | |||
Ravi Singh | 25 May 2001 | Varanasi, UP | Left-handed | |||
15 October 1995 | Varanasi, UP | Right-handed | ||||
Nishant Kushwah | 18 October 1994 | Agra, UP | Left-handed | |||
All-rounders | ||||||
4 August 1997 | Meerut, UP | Right-handed | ||||
28 November 1995 | Rajkot, GJ | Right-handed | ||||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
8 October 1996 | Kanpur, UP | Right-handed | List A & Twenty20 Captain | |||
23 September 1999 | Sri Ganganagar, RJ | Right-handed | ||||
Spin Bowlers | ||||||
2 February 1999 | Kolkata, WB | Left-handed | ||||
Karn Sharma | 23 October 1987 | Meerut, UP | Left-handed | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | ||
Raj Choudhary | 18 May 1996 | Nagpur, MH | Left-handed | |||
Ayan Chaudhari | 10 December 1998 | Siwan, BR | Right-handed | |||
Pace Bowlers | ||||||
22 August 1998 | Bareilly, UP | Right-handed | ||||
2 September 1995 | Najafgarh, DL | Right-handed | ||||
Kunal Yadav | 23 December 1999 | Jhansi, UP | Right-handed | |||
19 March 1993 | Firozabad, UP | Left-handed | ||||
Rahul Sharma | 30 December 1990 | Agra, UP | Left-handed | |||
Adarsh Singh | 12 January 1999 | Rewa, MP | Right-handed | |||
Purnank Tyagi | 20 January 2001 | Meerut, UP | Right-handed | |||
Susheel Kumar | 30 October 1996 | Narnaul, HR | Left-handed |
Updated as on 5 January 2025