The Manipur cricket team is a
cricket
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team that represents the state of
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 ...
in Indian domestic competitions.
In July 2018, the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
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(BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season, including the
Ranji Trophy
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and the
Vijay Hazare Trophy
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.
Ahead of the 2018–19 season,
Shiv Sunder Das
Shiv Sunder Das (born 5 November 1977) is an Indian cricketer and 3rd player from Odisha cricket team, Odisha to represent India national cricket team, India. He is a right-handed opening batsman. In first-class cricket he played for Odisha cr ...
was appointed as the team's coach.
In September 2018, they lost their opening fixture of the
2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy
The 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 17th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. Karnataka were the defending champions.
It was contested by 37 domestic cricket teams of India, starting on 19 September 201 ...
, to
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, by 8 wickets. The following day, they won their first fixture of the tournament, beating
Sikkim
Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...
by 10 wickets. In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in sixth place in the Plate Group, with two wins and five defeats from their eight matches. One match also finished as a
no result
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.
Yashpal Singh finished as the leading run-scorer, with 488 runs, and
Bishworjit Singh was the leading wicket-taker for the team, with nine dismissals.
In November 2018, in their opening match of the
2018–19 Ranji Trophy
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, they lost to
Sikkim
Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...
by an innings and 27 runs. They won their first match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy in round three of the competition, beating
Mizoram
Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo ...
by eight wickets. They finished the 2018–19 tournament sixth in the table, with three wins from their eight matches.
In March 2019, Manipur finished sixth in
Group A
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of the
2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
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The tournament had five groups, wi ...
, with one win from their six matches.
Mayank Raghav
Mayank Raghav (born 4 June 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Manipur in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 6 December 2018, scoring a century in the first innings. He went on to convert it into his maiden double century ...
was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 301 runs, and
Yashpal Singh was the leading wicket-taker, with four dismissals. In January 2020, in the round six fixture of the
2019–20 Ranji Trophy against
Meghalaya
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, Manipur were bowled out for only 27 runs in their first innings. On 12 February 2020, their fixture against
Chandigarh
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was the 60,000th first-class cricket match to be played.
Squad
''Updated as on 25 January 2023''
References
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Indian first-class cricket teams
Cricket in Manipur
2018 establishments in Manipur
Cricket clubs established in 2018