- Competition history Best performances in Ranji Trophy
- Home grounds
- Current squad
- Coaching staff
- Famous players
- References
- External links
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|name = Baroda cricket team
|image =
|captain = Deepak Hooda
|coach = Jacob Martin
|founded = 1930
|ground =Moti Bagh Stadium
|capacity = 18,000
|owner = Baroda Cricket Association
| title1 = Ranji Trophy
| title1wins = 5
| title2 = Irani Trophy
| title2wins = 0
| title3 = Vijay Hazare Trophy
| title3wins = 0
| title4 = Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
| title4wins = 2
|website =
}}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. 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 historyBaroda 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 | Year | Position |
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| 2010-11 | Runner-up | | 2001-02 | Runner-up | | 2000-01 | Winner | | 1957-58 | Winner | | 1949-50 | Winner | | 1948-49 | Runner-up | | 1946-47 | Winner | | 1945-46 | Runner-up | | 1942-43 | Winner |
Home grounds- Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara - Hosted three ODIs. Capacity 18,000.
- Reliance Stadium, Vadodara - hosted 10 ODIs
- Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground
Current squadPlayers with international caps are listed in bold. | No. | Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| Batsmen |
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| 18 | Kedar Devdhar | 1989|12|14|df=y}} | Right-handed | First Class and Twenty20 Captain | | 28 | Yusuf Pathan | 1982|11|17|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | | Vishnu Solanki | 1992|10|15|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | | Deepak Hooda | 1995|4|19|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | List A Captain
Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Played for India Blue in 2018-19 Duleep Trophy | | Aditya Waghmode | 1989|11|8|df=y}} | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | | Shivalik Sharma | 1998|11|28|df=y}} | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | | Mohit Mongia | 1999|6|20|df=y}} | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | | Pratik Salunke | 1991|12|11|df=y}} | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | | Pratyush Kumar | 1995|7|1|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | | All-rounders |
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| Swapnil Singh | 1991|1|22|df=y}} | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Played for India Blue in 2018-19 Duleep Trophy | | Krunal Pandya | 1991|3|24|df=y}} | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Played for India A in 2018-19 Deodhar Trophy | | Hardik Pandya | 1993|10|11|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | | Kartik Kakade | 1995|7|25|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | | Wicket-keepers |
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| Pinal Shah | 1987|11|3|df=y}} | Right-handed | | Mitesh Patel | 1997|5|15|df=y}} | Right-handed | | Spin Bowlers |
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| Bhargav Bhatt | 1990|5|13|df=y}} | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | | Soaeb Tai | 1989|12|25|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | | Bowlers |
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| Lukman Meriwala | 1991|12|11|df=y}} | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | | Atit Sheth | 1996|2|3|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Played for India Green in 2018-19 Duleep Trophy | | Rishi Arothe | 1995|11|12|df=y}} | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | | Babashafi Pathan | 1994|8|19|df=y}} | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Coaching staff- Head Coach - Jacob Martin[1]
- Assistant Coach - Himanshu Jadhav
- Physio - Sumit Roy
- Trainers - Rakesh Gohil
Famous players- Hemu Adhikari
- Amir Elahi
- Gul Mohammad
- Anshuman Gaekwad
- Datta Gaekwad
- Jayasinghrao Ghorpade
- Vijay Hazare
- Nayan Mongia
- Rashid Patel
- Kiran More
- C. S. Nayudu
- Yusuf Pathan
- Irfan Pathan
- Munaf Patel
- Zaheer Khan
- Hardik Pandya
- Krunal Pandya
- Ambati Rayudu[2]
References1. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/jacob-martin-baroda-ranji-team-coach-criminal-record-341073-2016-09-14 | title=Jacob Martin, former India player with criminal record, named Baroda Ranji coach | date=14 September 2016 | publisher=India Today | accessdate=18 June 2018 }}
2. ^Baroda Cricket Hall of Fame {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405175149/http://barodacricket.org/index_files/HallOfFame_BCA.htm |date=5 April 2008 }}
External links- Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) - Official Website
- Baroda Cricket Team at CricBuzz
- Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
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