Delhi cricket team
The Delhi cricket team is one of the first-class cricket teams based in Delhi, run by the Delhi District Cricket Association, that plays in India's domestic competition, the Ranji Trophy. They have won the tournament seven times and have been runners-up eight. Their latest title in 2007-08 came after a long wait of 16 years. The previous win was in the 1991–92 season when they beat Tamil Nadu in the final. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium. In the Duleep and Deodhar Trophy, Delhi used to play under the North Zone team.
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Personnel | |
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Captain | Dhruv Shorey |
Coach | Bhaskar Pillai |
Owner | Delhi District Cricket Association |
Team information | |
Founded | 1934 |
Home ground | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
Capacity | 55,000 |
History | |
Ranji Trophy wins | 7 |
Irani Trophy wins | 2 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 1 |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 1 |
Official website | DDCA |
Competition history
Delhi have made a strong performance in the Ranji Trophy throughout its history. Three of its five wins came in the 1980s and the remainder were in the late 1970s, a period marked by the dominance of a famous Mumbai team. This formed a golden period for Delhi between 1978 and 1987: it was in the finals for all but one of those years (winning 4, runner up in 4).[1]
Its six appearances in the Irani Trophy showed mixed results, losing to the Rest of India side four times and winning twice.
They have only two titles in limited overs cricket. They won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2012-13 under Rajat Bhatia. They won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy under Pradeep Sangwan
Ranji Trophy
Year | Position |
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1976-77 | Runner Up |
1978-79 | Winner |
1979-80 | Winner |
1980-81 | Runner Up |
1981-82 | Winner |
1983-84 | Runner Up |
1984-85 | Runner Up |
1985-86 | Winner |
1986-87 | Runner Up |
1988-89 | Winner |
1989-90 | Runner Up |
1991-92 | Winner |
1996-97 | Runner Up |
2007-08 | Winner |
2017-18 | Runner Up |
Irani Cup
Year | Position |
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1980-81 | Winner |
1989-90 | Winner |
Vijay Hazare Trophy
Year | Position |
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2012-13 | Winner |
2015-16 | Runner Up |
2018-19 | Runner Up |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Year | Position |
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2017-18 | Winner |
Notable players
Players from Delhi who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- Prakash Bhandari (1955)
- Man Sood (1960)
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1961)
- Rajinder Pal (1964)
- Ramesh Saxena (1967)
- Ashok Gandotra (1969)
- Madan Lal (1974)
- Surinder Amarnath (1976)
- Kirti Azad (1981)
- Rakesh Shukla (1982)
- Maninder Singh (1982)
- Manoj Prabhakar (1984)
- Raman Lamba (1987)
- Ajay Sharma (1988)
- Sanjeev Sharma (1988)
- Vivek Razdan (1989)
- Atul Wassan (1990)
- Ashish Nehra (1999)
- Robin Singh, Jr. (1999)
- Nikhil Chopra (2000)
- Vijay Dahiya (2000)
- Rahul Sanghvi (2001)
- Virender Sehwag (2001)
- Aakash Chopra (2003)
- Gautam Gambhir (2004)
- Ishant Sharma (2007)
- Virat Kohli (2011)
- Shikhar Dhawan (2013)
- Rishabh Pant (2018)
Players from Delhi who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:
- Surinder Khanna (1979)
- Amit Bhandari (2000)
Players from Delhi who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut:
- Parvinder Awana (2012)
- Pawan Negi (2016)
- Navdeep Saini (2019)
Cricketers from other state teams who also played for Delhi, and played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- Bishan Singh Bedi (1966)
- Chetan Chauhan (1969)
- Mohinder Amarnath (1969)
- Arun Lal (1982)
Prominent cricketers at the domestic level:
- Rajinder Goel
- Krishnan Bhaskar Pillai
- Arun Khurana
- Mithun Manhas
- Rajat Bhatia
- Nitish Rana
- Unmukt Chand
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
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Batsmen | |||||
Dhruv Shorey | 5 June 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | List A and Twenty20 Captain Played for India Green in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy | |
Hiten Dalal | 25 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Himmat Singh | 8 November 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Kunwar Bidhuri | 24 April 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Jonty Sidhu | 9 December 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Shikhar Dhawan | 5 December 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | First-class Captain Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
Kunal Chandela | 7 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Virat Kohli | 5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | |
All-rounders | |||||
Nitish Rana | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL Played for India B in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy | |
Lalit Yadav | 17 December 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Anuj Rawat | 17 October 1999 | Left-handed | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | ||
Rishabh Pant | 4 October 1997 | Left-handed | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | ||
Spin bowlers | |||||
Pawan Negi | 6 January 1993 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | |
Manan Sharma | 19 March 1991 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Vikas Mishra | 27 December 1992 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Tejas Baroka | 1 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Varun Sood | 12 October 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Pace bowlers | |||||
Simarjeet Singh | 17 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Subodh Bhati | 29 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Navdeep Saini | 23 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | |
Kulwant Khejroliya | 13 March 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ||
Pranshu Vijayran | 18 November 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Ishant Sharma | 2 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
Gaurav Kumar | 4 July 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Coaching staff
- Head Coach - Bhaskar Pillai
- Bowling Coach - Rajkumar Sharma
- Assistant Coach - Amit Bhandari
- Manager - Manoj Kapoor
- Under-19s Coach - Madan Sharma
- Physio - Deepak Sury
- Trainers - Nishanta Bordoloi