The Punjab cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for only one Ranji Trophy semi-final in the last five seasons and made it to the final in the 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways in the first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have only been winners of the Ranji Trophy once, in the 1992–93 season.

Competition history

In 1968-69, Punjab competed as a unified team for the first time. Before then, Southern Punjab, Eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab had competed at various times. Punjab has won the Ranji Trophy only once, in 1992–93. That year, they lost the Irani Trophy against a Rest of the Indian team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. Punjab has never won the one-day trophy.

Honours

• Ranji Trophy
  • Winners: 1992–93
  • Runners-up (3): 1938–39, 1994–95, 2004–05

• Vijay Hazare Trophy
  • Runners-up (2): 2002-03, 2014-15

• Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
  • Winners: 2023–24
  • Runners-up (4): 2006-07, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15

Home ground

The Punjab cricket team are based and plays their home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, established in 1993 on swampland. New cricket grounds of International recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar as per the saying of the Punjab govt.

The international stadium and the proposed of Punjab cricket team:-

• Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. It is a regular test venue for the BCCI and the home of the IPL team Kings XI Punjab.
• Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar – hosted 2 ODI matches.
• Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar – hosted a Test and 3 ODI.
• Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala – the oldest ground in Punjab.
• Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar.
• Shaheed Udham Singh Stadium, Amritsar – proposed in 2011.
• Bathinda International Cricket Stadium, a stadium presented by Bathinda, has been under construction since 2007.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 6 January 2024^[1]

Notable players

External links

• First-class matches played by Punjab at CricketArchive

References