Chhattisgarh cricket team is a

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team from the state of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

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. Chhattisgarh began playing in Indian domestic tournaments including the

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from the 2016–17 season. The team is managed by

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which was granted the full-member status by the

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in February 2016. The team made its

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debut in

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of the

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against

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on 6 October 2016. They won the match by nine wickets.

History

In 2013/14, Chhattisgarh Under-16 and Under-25 teams finished at the bottom of their respective groups in the

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's zonal league and

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's plate league, respectively. Their Under-19 team, however, finished third in their group in the

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plate league and missed qualifying for the semi-finals of the lower tier by a whisker. According to the BCCI regulations, an associate member can be promoted as a full member if the said member is an Associate Member for a continuous period of five cricketing seasons, and such a member satisfies the board that the game in its jurisdiction has reached a standard justifying its participation in the national tournament of

. Chhattisgarh gained associate member status in 2008, and was given full membership in February 2016. This meant that Chhattisgarh would participate in the domestic tournaments (

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and

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) from the 2016–17 season. Chhattisgarh will play in the Group C of the Ranji Trophy, taking the number of teams in the group to 10. CSCS secretary

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expects Ashutosh Singh, Harpreet Singh,

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, Jatin Saxena (all Madhya Pradesh), Abhimanyu Chauhan, Sahil Gupta (both Baroda) and Bhima Rao (Railways) to play for the new Chhattisgarh team, along with India under-19 cricketer Amandeep Khare. In July 2016, former Mumbai and Vidarbha coach Sulakshan Kulkarni was named as head coach of team. He will remain with the team for three seasons starting from

. Mohammad Kaif has been appointed as the first captain.

Notable cricketers

Notable cricketers from the state: * Harpreet Singh * Amandeep Khare * Ajay Mandal * Abhimanyu Chauhan * Rajesh Chauhan

Squad

''Updated as on 17 January 2023''

Coaching staff

* Head Coach: Sulakshan KulkarniSULAKSHAN KULKARNI IS HEAD COACH OF C’GARH CRICKET TEAM : CSCS
/ref> * Trainer: Prahlad Patil * Physio: Prasanth Panchada * video analyst: Chandrashekhar Rao

Home grounds

Chhattisgarh play the majority of their home matches at the

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Other grounds

There are 10 ground in the state that can host first-class games.

References

External links

MPCA

Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions

Academy

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