Puducherry cricket team
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Damodaren Rohit |
| Owner | Cricket Association of Puducherry |
The Puducherry cricket team is a cricket team representing the state of Puducherry in Indian domestic competitions.[1] In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season, including the Ranji Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy.[2][3][4]
In August 2018, Abhishek Nayar, who previously played for Mumbai, decided to join the team.[5] In September 2018, they won their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Manipur by 8 wickets.[6][7] However, the next day, the BCCI revoked the team's allowance around players from outside the state the team is located in, after concerns were raised that no local cricketers had played in the match.[8] Eight players were found to be outside the BCCI's eligibility criteria.[9]
In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in third place in the Plate Group, with five wins and two defeats from their eight matches. The other two matches finished as no results.[10]Paras Dogra finished as the leading run-scorer, with 257 runs, and Fabid Ahmed was the leading wicket-taker for the team, with eleven dismissals.[11]
In November 2018, they played in their first match in the Ranji Trophy, against Meghalaya, in the 2018–19 tournament.[12] In their opening match in the tournament, Paras Dogra became the first batsman for Puducherry to score a century in the Ranji Trophy.[13] The match was affected by rain and finished in a draw.[14]
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||
| Paras Dogra | (1984-11-19) 19 November 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
| Damodaren Rohit | (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain | |
| Saiju Titus | (1981-10-06) 6 October 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Sai Karthik | (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Shashank Singh | (1991-09-21) 21 September 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Rajasthan Royals | |
| Thalaivan Sargunam | (1985-05-15) 15 May 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| Govindaraajan | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Magendiran Chinnadurai | (1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 | Right-handed | |||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Abhishek Nayar | (1983-10-08) 8 October 1983 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Angadu Narayanan | (1983-07-24) 24 July 1983 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Ashith Sanganakal | |||||
| Iqlas Naha | (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Ranjit Baskaran | |||||
| Madhavan Manohar | (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 | Right-handed | |||
| Nikhilesh Surendran | (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 | Right-handed | |||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Fabid Ahmed | (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| Akshay Jain | (1992-12-18) 18 December 1992 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Sarag Udheshi | (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Pankaj Singh | (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| Vikneshwaran Marimuthu | (1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Prabhakaran Gopalakrishnan | (1988-08-20) 20 August 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Sagar Trivedi | (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
References
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