The Delhi cricket team is a first-class

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team based in

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, run by the Delhi District Cricket Association, that plays in

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's first class competition, the

Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...

and limited-overs

Vijay Hazare Trophy The Vijay Hazare Trophy, (officially known as Mastercard Vijay Hazare trophy for sponsorship reasons) also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy p ...

and

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic T-20 cricket championship in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), among the teams from the Ranji Trophy. It is named after Indian former test cricketer Syed Mushtaq Ali ...

. They have won the Ranji Trophy seven times and have been runners-up eight. Their latest title in 2007-08 came after a long wait of 16 years. The previous win was in the 1991–92 season when they beat

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in the final. The team's home ground is

Arun Jaitley Stadium The Arun Jaitley Stadium is a cricket stadium owned and operated the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) and located on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. It was established in 1883 as the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, and named after the ne ...

Competition history

Delhi have made a strong performance in the Ranji Trophy throughout its history. Three of its five wins came in the 1980s and the remainder were in the late 1970s, a period marked by the dominance of a famous Mumbai team. This formed a golden period for Delhi between 1978 and 1987: it was in the finals for all but one of those years (winning 4, runner up in 4). Its six appearances in the

Irani Trophy Irani Trophy or Irani Cup also known as the Mastercard Irani Trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a first-class cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). . It is played annually between the winners of ...

showed mixed results, losing to the Rest of India side four times and winning twice. They have only two titles in limited overs cricket. They won the

in 2012-13 under Rajat Bhatia. They won the

under

Pradeep Sangwan Pradeep Sangwan (born 5 November 1990) is an Indian cricketer, who represents Delhi in first-class cricket. Career Sangwan is a left-arm medium pace bowler. He is quite handy with the bat as well. In Twenty20s he has achieved an average of 1 ...

Ranji Trophy

Irani Cup

Vijay Hazare Trophy

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Notable players

Players from Delhi who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: *

Prakash Bhandari Prakash Bhandari (born 27 November 1935 in Delhi ) is a former cricketer who represented India in Test cricket. Career Bhandari was an attacking right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler. He appeared for Delhi Schools and Delhi Universit ...

(1955) *

Man Sood Man Mohan Sood (6 July 1939 – 19 January 2020) was an Indian cricketer. He was born in Lahore, and played in one Test in 1960. He played first-class cricket in India from 1957 to 1965. Sood was a middle-order batsman. After top-scoring with ...

(1960) * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1961) *

Rajinder Pal Rajinder Pal (18 November 1937 – 9 May 2018) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1964. He played first-class cricket in India from 1954 to 1973. Early career An opening bowler, Rajinder Pal made his first-class debut in 19 ...

(1964) *

Ramesh Saxena Ramesh Chand Saxena (20 September 1944 – 16 August 2011) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1967. He was a great batsman in the Bihar Ranji Team and was a mentor to many upcoming cricketers from Bihar and Jharkhand. Lif ...

(1967) *

Ashok Gandotra Ashok Gandotra (born 24 November 1948) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1969. Gandotra was born in Brazil where his father was posted in foreign services, while the family was from Delhi. He played domestically ...

(1969) * Madan Lal (1974) *

Surinder Amarnath Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj (born 30 December 1948) is a former Indian cricketer who played international as well as domestic cricket for India. He is the eldest son of Lala Amarnath. Described as a "schoolboy prodigy" and a "classy left-hander ...

(1976) * Kirti Azad (1981) * Rakesh Shukla (1982) * Maninder Singh (1982) * Manoj Prabhakar (1984) *

Raman Lamba Raman Lamba (; 2 January 1960 – 23 February 1998) was an Indian cricketer. Raman had played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman. He was a popular player in Bangladesh's Dhaka Premier League and has also represent ...

(1987) *

Ajay Sharma Ajay Kumar Sharma () (born 3 April 1964) is a former Indian cricketer. Sharma was a prolific run-maker in first-class cricket, mainly for Delhi, scoring over 10,000 runs at the high average of 67.46. Domestic career In the Ranji Trophy, Sh ...

(1988) * Sanjeev Sharma (1988) *

Vivek Razdan Vivek Razdan () (born 25 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Tests and 3 ODIs between 1989 and 1990. After his retirement, he became a Delhi-based cricket coach and commentator. He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi ...

(1989) * Atul Wassan (1990) * Ashish Nehra (1999) * Robin Singh, Jr. (1999) *

Nikhil Chopra Nikhil Chopra (born 19 August 1973) is a retired Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. A One Day International (ODI) specialist, he was part of the Indian team at the 1999 Cricket World Cup The 199 ...

(2000) *

Vijay Dahiya Vijay Dahiya (born 10 May 1973) is a former Indian wicketkeeper. He is currently coach of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team and assistant coach of Lucknow Super Giants in Indian Premier League. First class career Dahiya was a right-handed batsm ...

(2000) *

Rahul Sanghvi Rahul Sanghvi (born 3 September 1974) is an Indian cricketer, specialising in left arm orthodox spin. He played for the Delhi state team. He played one Test match, which was the first Test between Australia and India in 2001 but was dropped ...

(2001) * Virender Sehwag (2001) *

Aakash Chopra Aakash Chopra (born 19 September 1977) is a cricket commentator, youtuber and former Cricketer who played for the Indian cricket team from 2003 to late 2004. Currently, he is doing Hindi cricket commentary for Viacom18. He worked as a c ...

(2003) *

Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir (; born 14 October 1981) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who has played all formats of the game. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, ...

(2004) * Ishant Sharma (2007) * Virat Kohli (2011) * Shikhar Dhawan (2013) * Rishabh Pant (2018) *

Navdeep Saini Navdeep Amarjeet Saini (born 23 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He has played for Delhi since 2013. He made his international debut for the India cricket team in August 2019. Early life Navdeep Saini was born on 23 November 1992 in Karnal ...

(2021) Players from Delhi who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut: *

Surinder Khanna Surinder Khanna (born 3 June 1956, in Delhi, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Delhi and played ten One Day Internationals for India between 1979 and 1984. He was a Wicket-keeper. Born Surinder Khanna was b ...

(1979) * Amit Bhandari (2000) *

Nitish Rana Nitish Rana (born 27 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who is the captain of Delhi in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is an attacking left-handed batsman and an effective off spin bowler. He ...

(2021) Players from Delhi who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut: *

Parvinder Awana Parvinder Awana (born 19 July 1986) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Delhi in domestic cricket. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler. He was picked in the national squad for the fourth Test against England and made his ...

(2012) *

Pawan Negi Pawan Negi (born 6 January 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was born in Uttarakhand. Career Negi plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He played for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League in 20 ...

(2016) Cricketers from other state teams who also played for Delhi, and played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: *

Bishan Singh Bedi Bishan Singh Bedi (; born 25 September 1946) is a former Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979 and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He played a total ...

(1966) *

Chetan Chauhan Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan (; 21 July 1947 – 16 August 2020) was a cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Delhi. He played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was the r ...

(1969) * Mohinder Amarnath (1969) * Arun Lal (1982) Prominent cricketers at the domestic level: * Rajinder Goel * Krishnan Bhaskar Pillai *

Arun Khurana Arun Khurana (born 20 June 1957) is an Indian former cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches for Delhi between 1978 and 1983. See also * List of Delhi cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, Lis ...

Mithun Manhas Mithun Manhas (born 12 October 1979) is an Indian first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm offbreak and can keep wicket. Indian Premier League Manhas played in the Indian Premier League representing the Delhi Dare ...

* Rajat Bhatia * Unmukt Chand

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 27 December 2022''

Coaching staff

* Head Coach -

Bhaskar Pillai Krishnan Bhaskar Pillai (born 27 February 1963) is a former Indian cricketer who was a prolific run scorer for Delhi and North Zone. A right-handed batsman, he had particular success between 1983 and 1989 in the Ranji Trophy where he average ...

* Bowling Coach - Rajkumar Sharma * Assistant Coach - Amit Bhandari * Manager - Manoj Kapoor * Under-19s Coach - Madan Sharma * Physio - Deepak Sury * Trainers - Nishanta Bordoloi

References

External links

Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
{{Cricket in India Indian first-class cricket teams Cricket clubs established in 1934 Cricket in Delhi 1934 establishments in India