Delhi cricket team

Delhi cricket team
Personnel
Captain Gautam Gambhir
Coach Vijay Dahiya
Owner Delhi District Cricket Association
Team information
Founded 1934
Home ground Feroz Shah Kotla
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

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 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground. In the Duleep and Deodhar Trophy, Delhi comes under the North Zone team.

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 for 4).[1]

Its six appearances in the Irani Trophy showed mixed results, losing to the Rest of India side four times and winning twice.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

YearPosition
2007-08Winner
1991-92
1988-89
1985-86
1981-82
1979-80
1978-79
YearPosition
2017-18Runner-up
1996-97
1989-90
1986-87
1984-85
1983-84
1980-81
1976-77

Famous players

Virender Sehwag

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Captain & Batsmen
15Unmukt Chand26 March 1993Right-handedRight-arm off breakPlayed in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for Prime Bank Cricket Club.
Opening Batsmen
5Gautam Gambhir14 October 1981Left-handedRight-arm leg breakLeads Delhi Daredevils
Batsmen
Milind Kumar15 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm off breakPlayed in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for Brothers Union cricket team.
Vaibhav Rawal9 November 1991Left-handedRight-arm leg break
Kunal Chandela7 July 1994Right-handed-
Rahul Verma4 June 1996Right-handed
Himmat Singh8 November 1996Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Dhruv Shorey5 June 1992Right-handedRight-arm off breakPlays for Chennai Super Kings
Nitish Rana27 December 1993Left-handedRight-arm off breakPlays for Kolkata Knight Riders
Lalit Yadav17 December 1995--
Wicket-keepers
Rishabh Pant4 October 1997Left-handedPlays for Delhi Daredevils
Pace bowlers
29Ishant Sharma2 September 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Akash SudanRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium'
Vikas Tokas16 October 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Pranshu Vijayran18 November 1995Left-handedRight-arm medium
Navdeep Saini23 November 1992Right-handedRight-arm mediumPlays for Royal Challengers Bangalore
Picked for Rest of India cricket team in 2017–18 Irani Cup
Spin bowlers
9Manan Sharma19 March 1991Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox4 FC 50s; 78 FC Wkts
Vikas Mishra27 December 1992Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
15Pawan Negi6 January 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPlays for Royal Challengers Bangalore
On National Duty
25Shikhar Dhawan5 December 1985Left-handedRight-arm off breakPlays for Sunrisers Hyderabad
18Virat Kohli5 November 1988Right-handedRight-arm mediumLeads Royal Challengers Bangalore

Coaching staff

  • Head Coach - Kittu Monti
  • Assistant Coach - Amit Bhandari
  • Manager - Manoj Kapoor
  • Under-19s Coach - Madan Sharma
  • Physio - Deepak Sury
  • Trainers - Nishant

References

  1. ↑ "Delhi Cricket Team".


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