Baroda cricket team

The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.

Baroda cricket team
Personnel
CaptainAmbati Rayudu
CoachJacob Martin
OwnerBaroda Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1886
Home groundMoti Bagh Stadium
Capacity18,000
History
First-class debutNawanagar
in 1937
at Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar
Ranji Trophy wins5
Irani Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins2
Official websiteBCA

The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium.

Baroda were runners-up in the 2005/06 Ranji Trophy. It is one of three Gujarat Teams, the others being the Saurashtra cricket team and Gujarat cricket team.

Competition history

Baroda has only emerged as a strong team in recent years. It won its last Ranji Trophy in 2000–01, but failed to defend the title, coming runner-up in the next year. This means it has had only one Irani Trophy appearance, in which it failed to defeat a strong Rest of India team which contained the likes of VVS Laxman (13 & 148), Dinesh Mongia (125 & 90*), Debashish Mohanty, Sarandeep Singh and Akash Chopra. See Scorecard. It was considered a strong team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning 4 times and coming runner-up twice. Vijay Hazare , Irfan Pathan , Yusuf Pathan , Hardik Pandya are amongst the most prominent cricketers to emerge from Baroda. They have performed exceedingly well at the international level for India.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy
YearPosition
2010–11Runner-up
2001–02Runner-up
2000–01Winner
1957–58Winner
1949–50Winner
1948–49Runner-up
1946–47Winner
1945–46Runner-up
1942–43Winner

Home grounds

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Jyotsnil Singh (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pratyush Kumar (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ambati Rayudu (1985-09-23) 23 September 1985Right-handedRight-arm off breakCaptain
Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Bhanu Pania (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Shashwat Rawat (2001-04-06) 6 April 2001Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Priyanshu Moliya (2005-06-17) 17 June 2005Right-handedRight-arm off break
Aditya Waghmode (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm off break
Harsh Desai (2002-10-30) 30 October 2002Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
All-rounders
Mahesh Pithiya (2001-12-24) 24 December 2001Right-handedRight-arm off break
Abhimanyusingh Rajput (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Krunal Pandya (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPlays For Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Dhruv Patel (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium
Hardik Pandya (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays For Gujarat Titans in IPL
Wicket-keeper
Vishnu Solanki (1992-10-15) 15 October 1992Right-handedVice-captain
Mitesh Patel (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Ninad Rathva (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Bhargav Bhatt (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Chintal Gandhi (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Kartik Kakade (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Lukman Meriwala (1991-12-11) 11 December 1991Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
Atit Sheth (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
Varun Aaron (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast
Babashafi Pathan (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Soyeb Sopariya (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Safvan Patel (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998Right-handedLeft-arm medium

Updated as on 24 January 2023

Coaching staff
  • Head coach – Jacob Martin[1]
  • Assistant coach – Himanshu Jadhav
  • Physio – Sumit Roy
  • Trainers – Rakesh Gohil

Famous players
Irfan Pathan

[2]

References
  1. "Jacob Martin, former India player with criminal record, named Baroda Ranji coach". India Today. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. Baroda Cricket Hall of Fame Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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