The Uttarakhand cricket team is a

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team that represents the state of

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in Indian domestic competitions.

Background

In July 2018, the

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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

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, the

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and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Performance

In September 2018, they lost their opening fixture of the

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, to

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, by 5 wickets. In the

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fixture between Uttarakhand and

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Karn Kaushal Karn Veer Kaushal (born 25 August 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 20 September 2018. In the Plate Group fixture between Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Kaushal made the first ...

made the first double-century in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 202 runs. In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in second place in the Plate Group, with seven wins and one loss from their eight matches.

finished as the leading run-scorer, with 489 runs, and

Deepak Dhapola Deepak Dhapola (born 26 June 1990) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 20 September 2018. He was the leading wicket-taker for Uttarakhand in the tournament, with eleven dismissa ...

was the leading wicket-taker for the team, with eleven dismissals. In November 2018, in their opening match of the

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, they beat

by ten wickets. They went on to win the

and advanced to the quarter-finals of the tournament. However, in their quarter-final match they lost to

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by an innings and 115 runs to be knocked out of the tournament. In March 2019, Uttarakhand finished third in

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of the

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, with four wins from their seven matches.

was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 176 runs, and

Sunny Rana Sunny Rana (born 25 December 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 20 September 2018. He made his first-class debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 1 Nove ...

was the leading wicket-taker, with nine dismissals.

Coaches

Current squad

''Updated as on 23 November 2022''

References

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Background

Performance

Coaches

Current squad

See also

References