Railways cricket team

Indian cricket team

Railways playing against Odisha at Brabourne Stadium c.2006

Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi.^[1] The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.^[2]

Competition history

For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. 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 Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.

Honours

• Ranji Trophy
  • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05
  • Runners-up (2): 1987–88, 2000–01

• Wills Trophy
  • Runners-up: 1988-89

• Vijay Hazare Trophy
  • Winners: 2005–06
  • Runners-up: 2013–14

Notable players

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

• Budhi Kunderan (1960)
• Murali Kartik (2000)
• Sanjay Bangar (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 19 February 2024

References

1. "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
2. "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.