The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds. The team is run by the

Baroda Cricket Association Baroda Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Baroda region in the Gujarat state of India and the Baroda cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Many past and present Indi ...

. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium. Baroda were runners-up in the 2005/06 Ranji Trophy. It is one of three Gujarat Teams, the others being the

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and Gujarat cricket team

Competition history

Baroda has only emerged as a strong team in recent years. It won its first Ranji Trophy in 43 years in 2000–01, but failed to defend the title, coming runner-up in the next year. This means it has had only one

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appearance, in which it failed to defeat a strong Rest of India team which contained the likes of

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(13 & 148),

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(125 & 90*),

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, Sarandeep Singh and

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It was considered a strong team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning 4 times and coming runner-up twice.

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are amongst the most prominent cricketers to emerge from Baroda. They have performed exceedingly well at the international level for India.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Home grounds

* Moti Bagh Stadium,

Vadodara Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capita ...

– Hosted three ODIs. Capacity 18,000. * Reliance Stadium,

– hosted 10 ODIs * Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground

Current squad

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

Coaching staff

* Head Coach – Jacob Martin * Assistant Coach –

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* Physio – Sumit Roy * Trainers – Rakesh Gohil

Famous players

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* Gul Mohammad *

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* Rashid Patel *

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Munaf Patel Munaf Patel (born 12 July 1983) is a former Indian cricketer who played all formats of the game. He has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team in domestic arena. In Novem ...

Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan (born 8 October 1978) is an Indian former professional cricketer who played all forms of the game for the Indian national team from 2000 till 2014. He is a fast-medium left-arm bowler. He was the second-most successful Indian pace ...

Krunal Pandya Krunal Himanshu Pandya (born 24 March 1991) is an Indian international cricketer who has played for Indian cricket team but currently plays for Baroda in domestic cricket and Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. He is an all-rounder who bats left- ...

Ambati Rayudu Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu (born 23 September 1985) is an Indian cricketer who currently captains the Baroda cricket team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy championship. He played 61 limited overs matches for the India national cricket team between ...

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* Jaykishan Kolsawala Baroda Cricket Hall of Fame
*

References

External links

Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) – Official Website

Baroda Cricket Team
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