The Rajasthan cricket team is a

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team which represents the

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Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern ...

. The team won the

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in the 2010–11 and 2011-12 seasons, having finished runners-up eight times between 1960–61 and 1973-74. It is currently in the Ranji Trophy Elite group. It is run by the

Rajasthan Cricket Association The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), headquartered in Jaipur, is the governing body of Cricket in the state of Rajasthan. RCA administers the game of cricket in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The Rajasthan Cricket Association was founded ...

and is popularly known as "Team Rajasthan".

History

Rajputana

Rajputana's first recorded match came in the 1928/29 Delhi Tournament against

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, with the Rajputana Cricket Association being formed shortly thereafter in 1931 at

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "' ...

. Rajputana's inaugural appearance in

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came in November 1933 against the touring

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, which resulted in a heavy innings defeat. The team entered the

for the first time in the 1935/36 season, playing its first match in the competition against

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, losing by a heavy margin. The team played in the following seasons Ranji Trophy, again losing to Central India, but this time by the reduced margin of just two wickets. Rajputana gained its first win in first-class cricket against Lionel Tennyson's touring eleven, with victory by two wickets in 1937. The team lost its only match against Southern Punjab in the 1938/39 Ranji Trophy, however the following season it recorded its first Ranji Trophy victory against

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, winning by 7 wickets. However it lost its following match against Southern Punjab by the margin of an innings and 190 runs. With the onset of

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, cricket in India was somewhat disrupted, but first-class cricket continued to function.

Rajasthan

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Famous players

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

Salim Durani Salim Aziz Durani (born 11 December 1934) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1960 to 1973. An all-rounder, Durani was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman famous for his six-hitting prowess. H ...

(1960) *

Hanumant Singh Hanumant Singh ( )(29 March 1939 – 29 November 2006) was an Indian cricketer. He played in 14 Test matches for the Indian cricket team from 1964 to 1969. He was later an International Cricket Council match referee in 9 Tests and 54 One Da ...

(1964) *

Parthasarathy Sharma Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma (5 January 1948 – 20 October 2010) was an Indian cricketer. Sharma was born in Alwar, Rajasthan and played in five Test matches and two One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1977. He played first-class cri ...

(1974) *

Pravin Amre Pravin Kalyan Amre (; born 14 August 1968) is an Indian cricketer who represented the Indian cricket team between 1991 and 1999. He played 11 Test matches and 37 One Day Internationals (ODIs). Domestic career At the domestic level, Amre played ...

(1992) * Pankaj Singh (2014) Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for England, along with year of Test debut: * Kabir Ali (2003) Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut: *

Gagan Khoda Gagan Khoda (born 24 October 1974) is a former Indian cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals in 1998. Despite scoring 89 runs in one of those two innings, he never made it to the Indian team after those two matches.He is from Meena co ...

(1998) *

Khaleel Ahmed Khaleel Ahmed (born 5 December 1997) is an Indian international cricketer. He made his debut for Indian cricket team in September 2018. Early life and background Khaleel's father was Khursheed Ahmed, a nurse in a village near the small town o ...

(2018) *

Deepak Chahar Deepak Chahar (born 7 August 1992) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-arm medium pace swing bowler, who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. In 2019, he became the firs ...

(2018) *

Rahul Chahar Rahul Desraj Chahar (born 4 August 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He made his international debut for India in August 2019. Early life and personal life R ...

(2021) *

Ravi Bishnoi Ravi Bishnoi (born 5 September 2000) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for the Indian cricket team in white ball cricket. He is a Right-arm leg-break bowler. He made his International debut in February 2022. He plays for Lucknow ...

(2022) Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for England, along with year of ODI debut: *

Vikram Solanki Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April 1976) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer. In limited over international cricket, he played over 50 One Day Internationals for England as a batsman and occasional off-spinner. In coun ...

(2000)

Current squad

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

Captains

Records

Grounds

Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Rajasthan play the majority of their home matches at the

Sawai Mansingh Stadium The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is a cricket stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was named after Sawai Man Singh II, the former Maharaja of the state of Jaipur. It is situated at one corner of the PKMB. The stadium seats 30,000. As of July 2013 ...

. The ends are called the ''City End'' and the ''Pavilion End''.

Other grounds

Notes

References

External links

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CricketArchive – Lists of numerous Rajasthan records and scorecards
{{Cricket in India Indian first-class cricket teams Cricket in Rajasthan 1956 establishments in Rajasthan Cricket clubs established in 1956