Madhya Pradesh cricket team

Madhya Pradhesh cricket team
MP cricket team
Nickname(s) MP
Personnel
Captain Devendra Bundela
One-day captain Naman Ojha
Coach Harvinder Singh Sodhi
Chairman Jyotiraditya Scindia
Owner Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association
Team information
Founded 1950
Home ground Holkar Stadium
Capacity 30,000
Secondary home ground(s) Captain Roop Singh Stadium
Secondary ground capacity 45,000
History
First-class debut Hyderabad cricket team
in 1950
at Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Ranji Trophy wins 0
Irani Trophy wins 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins 0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins 0
Official website: MPCA Official

The Madhya Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It competes in the Ranji Trophy.

History

Holkar cricket team

A Central India team competed in the Ranji Trophy between 1934–35 and 1939–40, playing 12 matches.[1] In 1941, Holkar entered the competition, organised and managed by King Yashwantrao Holkar II belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas. In the fourteen years of its existence Holkar, which included such players as C. K. Nayudu and Mushtaq Ali, won the title four times and finished second on six other occasions.

Best performances of the Holkar team in Ranji Trophy
YearPosition
1954-55Runner-up
1953-54Runner-up
1952-53Winner
1951-52Runner-up
1950-51Winner
1949-50Runner-up
1947-48Winner
1946-47Runner-up
1945-46Winner
1944-45Runner-up

Another Ranji Trophy team later to be absorbed by Madhya Pradesh was Gwalior (one match in 1943-44).[2]

Madhya Pradesh team

Madhya Pradesh began competing as a team from 1950-51. Holkar appeared in the Ranji Trophy till 1954-55 after which it was dissolved and replaced by a Madhya Bharat team. This became part of the Madhya Pradesh team after two years as the states were reorganised.

The finest achievement of the Madhya Pradesh team is reaching the final of the Ranji Trophy in 1998-99. They took the first innings lead against Karnataka and needed only a draw to win the title but collapsed in the final session of the last day to lose with five overs to spare.[3]

Best performances of the Madhya Pradesh team in Ranji Trophy
YearPosition
1998-99Runner-up

Famous players

CK Nayudu, CS Nayudu, Denis Compton, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar, Khandu Ranganekar, Narayan Nivsarkar.

  • Mushtaq Ali - played for Madhya Pradesh in the early years after Holkar ceased to exist.
  • Hiralal Gaekwad - played for Madhya Pradesh in the early years after Holkar ceased to exist.
  • Chandu Sarwate - a off-spinner represented India nine times between 1946 and 1951-52. He played for Madhya Pradesh between 1958/59 and 1967/68 but the Test appearances had come during his time with Holkar
  • Rajesh Chauhan took 47 wickets for India in his 21 appearances and played a significant role in India's home victories in the 1990s
  • Narendra Hirwani, who was born in Uttar Pradesh, spent twenty years in the Madhya Pradesh team and took more than four hundred first class wickets
  • Amay Khurasiya made a few appearances for the Indian one day side at the turn of the 2000s
  • Naman Ojha - made his ODI debut in June 2010 against Sri Lanka.[4] He got out scoring only 1 run in that game and has not played for India since then.He currently plays for SunRisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
  • Devendra Bundela - played 100 first-class matches for Madhya Pradesh
  • Ishwar Pandey - has played for the India A Team and has been selected in the Indian Test and ODI squads for the New Zealand tour of 2014. He was bought by Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2014 Auction for Rs 1.5 crores.
  • Jalaj Saxena - played as an allrounder for the India A cricket team and was signed up by the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians in 2013.
  • Harpreet Singh - has represented India at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
  • Sandeep Patil - professional cricketer from Bombay
  • Chandrakant Pandit - captained the team between 1994 and 2001. It was under Pandit that MP reached the 1999 final.
  • Jai Prakash Yadav - played for Railways and India. His highest first class score of 265 is the best ever by a Madhya Pradesh batsman.
  • Ankit Sharma - Plays as a spin bowler for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He is currently part of IPL Pune team.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Rajat Patidar1 June 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break
Shubham Sharma23 December 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break googlyVice Captain
Devendra Bundela22 February 1977Right-handedRight-arm mediumFirst Class Captain
Aryaman Birla9 July 1997Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPlays for Rajasthan Royals
Waseem Ahmed11 December 1993Right-handed
Ankit Kushwah20 April 1992Right-handed
Yash Dubey23 December 1998Right-handed
Aditya Shrivastava18 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly
Parth Sahani9 March 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Ankush Singh12 October 1998Left-handedRight-arm leg break googly
Ashutosh Sharma15 September 1998Right-handed
All-rounders
Anshul Tripathi23 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly
Venkatesh Iyer25 December 1994Left-handedRight-arm medium
Rameez Khan31 December 1989Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Sohraab Dhaliwal18 November 1991Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Naman Ojha29 July 1983Right-handedList A and Twenty20 Captain
Plays for Delhi Daredevils
Ankit Dane1 April 1990Right-handed
Ajay Rohera4 June 1997Right-handed
Fast-bowlers
Ishwar Pandey15 August 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Puneet Datey10 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Avesh Khan13 December 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays for Delhi Daredevils
Spinners
Mihir Hirwani18 May 1994Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Ankit Sharma20 April 1991Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPlays for Rajasthan Royals
Saransh JainLeft-handedRight-arm off break
Kumar Kartikeya26 December 1997Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox

Coaching staff

Former players

Records

For more details on this topic, see List of Madhya Pradesh first-class cricket records, List of Madhya Pradesh List A cricket records, List of Madhya Pradesh Twenty20 cricket records.

Grounds

Holkar Stadium

Madhya Pradesh play the majority of their home matches at the Holkar Stadium.

Captain Roop Singh Stadium

Madhya Pradesh's second home is Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior

Other grounds

References

  1. ↑ "First-class matches played by Central India". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "First-class matches played by Gwalior". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Scorecard of the 1998-99 final
  4. ↑ "5th Match: India v Sri Lanka at Harare, Jun 5, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  5. ↑ Tamil Nadu bank on experience for strong start
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