The Uttarakhand cricket team is a

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team that represents the state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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 Ranji Trophy, the

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and the

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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 Plate Group fixture between Uttarakhand and

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, Karn Kaushal 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. Karn Kaushal finished as the leading run-scorer, with 489 runs, and Deepak Dhapola 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 Plate Group 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 Group E of the

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, with four wins from their seven matches. Karn Kaushal was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 176 runs, and Sunny Rana 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