The Chandigarh cricket team is a

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team representing the

Union Territory of Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

in Indian domestic competitions. In August 2019, the

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(BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2019–20 season, including the

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. Former Indian cricketer, V. R. V. Singh, was named as the first coach of the team. Chandigarh made their debut in the Ranji Trophy in December 2019, in the Plate Division. In their first match of the season, Arslan Khan scored the first century by a batsman for Chandigarh in first-class cricket. On 12 February 2020, their fixture against

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

was the 60,000th first-class cricket match to be played.

Home ground

Sector 16 Stadium The Sector 16 Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chandigarh, India. It hosted its first One Day International match in January 1985 and its only Test match in 1990. It has hosted only four matches. The likes of Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma and Yogra ...

, Chandigarh

Current squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 24 January 2023''

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