Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic

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team in

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representing

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. The team's home ground is

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and

Karnail Singh Stadium Karnail Singh Stadium is a multipurpose sports venue located in Delhi, India and is owned by the Indian Railways. Located next to the New Delhi Railway Station, the ground is used for athletics, football, hockey, cricket, boxing, and badminton ...

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. The team is run by the

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which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.

Competition history

For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the

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. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the

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twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.

Honours

** Winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05 ** Runners-up (2): 1987–88, 2000–01 * Wills Trophy ** Runners-up: 1988-89

Famous players

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

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(1960) *

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(2000) *

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(2001) * Karn Sharma (2014) Players from Railways who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut: * Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 23 November 2022''

References

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