The Punjab cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for only one Ranji Trophy semi-final in the last five seasons and made it to the final in the 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways in the first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have only been winners of the Ranji Trophy once, in the 1992–93 season.

Competition history

In 1968-69, Punjab competed as a unified team for the first time. Before then, Southern Punjab, Eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab had competed at various times. Punjab has won the Ranji Trophy only once, in 1992–93. That year, they lost the

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against a Rest of the Indian team that featured the likes of

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, and

Sourav Ganguly Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), affectionately known as Dada (meaning ''"elder brother"'' in Bengali), is an Indian cricket administrator, commentator and former national cricket team captain w ...

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and

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. Punjab has never won the one-day trophy.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Home ground

The Punjab cricket team are based and plays their home matches at the

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium The Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium is a cricket ground located in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, India, Punjab. It is popularly referred to as the Mohali Stadium. The stadium was built by Geetanshu Kalra is home to the Punjab cricket ...

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali, officially known as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab (India), Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Moh ...

, established in 1993 on swampland. New cricket grounds of International recognition are expected to come up at

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and one more at

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

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as per the saying of the Punjab govt. The international stadium and the proposed of Punjab cricket team:- *

Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium The Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium is a cricket ground located in Mohali, Punjab. It is popularly referred to as the Mohali Stadium. The stadium was built by Geetanshu Kalra is home to the Punjab team. The construction of the stadium took around ...

. It is a regular test venue for the BCCI and the home of the IPL team

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Gandhi Sports Complex Ground The Gandhi Stadium at the Gandhi Sports Complex Ground is located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is currently used for Cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1933, when it was known as the Alexandra Ground. It is currently use ...

– hosted 2 ODI matches. *

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– hosted a Test and 3 ODI. *

Dhruve Pandove Stadium The Dhruve Pandove Stadium is a cricket ground in Patiala, India. The ground was previously known as Rajendra Gymkhana Club or Baradari Ground. The ground is home ground for Punjab cricket team. The ground has hosted 69 first-class matches. M ...

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– the oldest ground in

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Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in Mullanpur Garibdass, Mullanpur, Mohali, Punjab, India, Punjab. In March 2010, the Punjab Cricket Association announced that Mullanpur Garibdass, Mullanpur village of ...

, Mullanpur,

. * Shaheed Udham Singh Stadium,

– proposed in 2011. * Bathinda International Cricket Stadium, a stadium presented by

, has been under construction since 2007.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 28 November 2022''

Notable players

Players from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with their year of Test debut

* Mohammad Jahangir Khan (1932) *

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(1932) * Mohammad Nissar (1932) * Syed Nazir Ali (1932) * Syed Wazir Ali (1932) *

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(1933) *

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(1934) * Yadavindra Singh (Maharaja of Patiala) (1934) * Baqa Jilani (1936) *

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(1946) * Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1946) *

Amir Elahi Amir Elahi (Punjabi: امیر الہی) (1 September 1908 – 28 December 1980) was one of the fifteen cricketers who have played Test cricket for more than one country. This honor was given to him because he had earlier played Tests for Indi ...

(1947) * Kanwar Rai Singh (1948) * Vijay Rajindernath (1952) * Vijay Mehra (1955) * Bishan Singh Bedi (1966) *

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(1969) * Surinder Amarnath (1976) * Yashpal Sharma (1979) *

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(1981) *

Navjot Singh Sidhu Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality and retired international cricketer. He is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of To ...

(1983) *

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(1990) *

Aashish Kapoor Aashish Rakesh Kapoor (; born 25 March 1971) is a former Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals from 1994 to 2000. A right-arm off spinner and right-handed lower-order batsman, he was a member of the 19 ...

(1994) *

Vikram Rathour Vikram Rathour (born 26 March 1969, Jalandhar, Punjab) is a former Indian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, ea ...

(1996) *

Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan Singh (born 3 July 1980) is a member of parliament in Rajya Sabha and an Indian retired cricketer and cricket commentator, who played for the Indian national cricket team from 1998 - 2016. Singh was a right-arm spin bowler. In India ...

(1998) *

Harvinder Singh Harvinder Singh (born 23 December 1977, Amritsar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer who played in three Tests and 16 One Day International (ODI) matches from 1997 to 2001. Harvinder made his debut in ODI cricket for India against Pak ...

(1998) * Sarandeep Singh (2000) *

Yuvraj Singh Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox . He has won 7 Player of ...

(2003) * Vikram Raj Vir Singh (2006) * Shubman Gill (2020)

Players from Punjab who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with their year of ODI debut

*Bhupinder Singh *Pankaj Dharmani *Reetinder Singh Sodhi *Dinesh Mongia *Manpreet Gony *Rahul Sharma *Barinder Sran *Gurkeerat Singh Mann *Siddarth Kaul *

Players from Punjab who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with their year of T20I debut

*Sandeep Sharma *Mandeep Singh *Mayank Markande

Notable players at the domestic level

*Dhruv Pandove *Uday Kaul *Anmolpreet Singh *Abhishek Sharma *Lovish Dubey *Harman Singh

Honors

Ranji Trophy : * Winners (1) : 1993 {{Cricket in India Indian first-class cricket teams

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