Baroda cricket team

The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.

Baroda cricket team
Personnel
CaptainKedar Devdhar,
Deepak Hooda
CoachJacob Martin
OwnerBaroda Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1930
Home groundMoti Bagh Stadium
Capacity18,000
History
Ranji Trophy wins5
Irani Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins2

The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium. Although there are very few notable cricket players in history that have played for this team based in Gujarat, it has begun producing some of the most talented cricketers in India and is particularly noted for its fast bowlers.

Baroda were runners-up in the 2005/06 Ranji Trophy. It is one of three Gujarat Teams, the others being the Saurashtra cricket team 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 Irani Trophy appearance, in which it failed to defeat a strong Rest of India team which contained the likes of VVS Laxman (13 & 148), Dinesh Mongia (125 & 90*), Debashish Mohanty, Sarandeep Singh and Akash Chopra. See Scorecard. It was considered a strong team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning 4 times and coming runner-up twice. Vijay Hazare , Irfan Pathan , Yusuf Pathan , Hardik Pandya 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
YearPosition
2010-11Runner-up
2001-02Runner-up
2000-01Winner
1957-58Winner
1949-50Winner
1948-49Runner-up
1946-47Winner
1945-46Runner-up
1942-43Winner

Home grounds

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Deepak Hooda (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995Right-handedRight-arm off breakPlays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL
Vishnu Solanki (1992-10-15) 15 October 1992Right-handedRight-arm off break
Yusuf Pathan (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982Right-handedRight-arm off break
Aditya Waghmode (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Swapnil Singh (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Krunal Pandya (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxFirst-class and List A Captain
Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Abhimanyusingh Rajput (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Abhijit Karambelkar (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium
Hardik Pandya (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Wicket-keepers
Kedar Devdhar (1989-12-14) 14 December 1989Right-handedTwenty20 Captain
Viraj Bhosale (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992Right-handed
Mitesh Patel (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Bhargav Bhatt (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Ninad Rathva (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Atit Sheth (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
Lukman Meriwala (1991-12-11) 11 December 1991Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
Anureet Singh (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium
Rishi Arothe (1995-11-12) 12 November 1995Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
Soyeb Sopariya (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium
Babashafi Pathan (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Dhruv Patel (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium

Coaching staff
  • Head Coach - Jacob Martin[1]
  • Assistant Coach - Himanshu Jadhav
  • Physio - Sumit Roy
  • Trainers - Rakesh Gohil

Famous players
Irfan Pathan

References
  1. "Jacob Martin, former India player with criminal record, named Baroda Ranji coach". India Today. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. Baroda Cricket Hall of Fame Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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