Baroda Cricket Team 2024
Team |
Baroda Cricket Team |
Founded |
1886 |
Governed by |
Baroda Cricket Association |
Home Ground |
Moti Bagh Stadim |
First-class debut |
against Nawanagar in 1937 at Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar |
Ranji Trophy title wins |
5 |
The Baroda cricket team represents the city of Vadodara, Gujarat in the Indian domestic cricket. The team is administered by the Baroda Cricket Association and plays its home games at the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.
The team is one of the three teams from Gujarat to play in India's domestic cricket with Saurashtra and Gujarat being the other two. The Baroda cricket team has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy.
The team has won the Ranji Trophy five times. The team enjoyed a highly successful phase in 1940s and 1950s. The Baroda cricket team won its maiden Ranji Trophy title in 1942-43 season before going on to win the tournament in 1946-47, 1949-50 and 1957-58. It last won the Ranji Trophy in 2000-01 season.
Baroda also finished runners-up in the Ranji Trophy twice in 1940s before losing two more finals in 2001-02 and 2010-11 season.
In the last couple of decades, some of India's biggest names in cricket such as Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya have represented Baroda. The legendary Vijay Hazare emerged from the Baroda cricket team as well.
The team has also won the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy twice while finishing runners-up three times.
Baroda Cricket Team Honours:
Ranji Trophy:
- Winners (5): 1942–43, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1957–58, 2000–01
- Runners-up (4): 1945–46, 1948–49, 2001–02, 2010–11
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy:
- Winners (2): 2011-12, 2013-14
- Runners-up (3): 2015-16, 2021-21, 2023-24
Baroda Cricket Team Squad:
Jyotsnil Singh, Shivalik Sharma, Shashwat Rawat, Vishnu Solanki, Krunal Pandya (c), Mitesh Patel (wk), Raj Limbani, Mahesh Pithiya, Atit Sheth, Abhimanyu Singh Rajput, Bhargav Bhatt, Lukman Meriwala, Ninad Rathva, Akash Maharaj Singh, Sukirt Pandey, Akshay More, Priyanshu Moliya, Lakshit Toksiya