cricket
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team that represents the state of
Meghalaya
Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...
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
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 the
Vijay Hazare Trophy
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. However, prior to the start of the tournament, the team did not have a ground to play
first-class cricket
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on. Ahead of the 2018–19 season,
Sanath Kumar
Sanath Kumar (born 12 December 1962) is a former Indian first-class cricketer and the former head coach of Assam, Karnataka and Baroda. Kumar played for Karnataka cricket team from 1985/86 to 1988/89.
Career
Kumar was a right-arm medium pace b ...
was appointed as the team's coach.
In September 2018, they won 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 ...
, 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 8 wickets. In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in fifth place in the Plate Group, with four wins and four defeats from their eight matches.
Puneet Bisht
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finished as the leading run-scorer, with 502 runs, and
Gurinder Singh
Gurinder Singh Dhillon, also known as Baba Ji to his followers, is the spiritual head of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB). He succeeded Maharaj Charan Singh, his uncle, in 1990. The headquarters of this spiritual community, called Dera Baba J ...
and Abhay Negi were the joint-leading wicket-takers for the team, with fourteen dismissals each.
In November 2018, in their opening match of the
2018–19 Ranji Trophy
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, they beat
Arunachal Pradesh
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by seven wickets. They finished the 2018–19 tournament fourth in the table, with four wins from their eight matches.
In March 2019, Meghalaya finished in last place in
Group B
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of the
2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
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The tournament had five groups, wi ...
, with no wins from their six matches.
Gurinder Singh
Gurinder Singh Dhillon, also known as Baba Ji to his followers, is the spiritual head of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB). He succeeded Maharaj Charan Singh, his uncle, in 1990. The headquarters of this spiritual community, called Dera Baba J ...
was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 207 runs, and Abhay Negi was the leading wicket-taker, with eight dismissals.