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The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian Test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and S. Sreesanth. Sanju Samson has played one T20I for India while Basil Thampi also has a national call-up to his name. The team also lined up ex-Indian International player Sadagoppan Ramesh for two years from 2005 to 2007. Kerala has also produced Krishna Chandran, who plays at international level for United Arab Emirates.

Playing history

Kerala began competing in the 1957-58 season, succeeding the Travancore-Cochin cricket team after the states were reorganized. It competed in the South Zone, against Madras/Tamil Nadu, Mysore/Karnataka, Andhra and Hyderabad. In 1957-58 Kerala lost all four matches, three of them by an innings.^[1]

At the end of the 2016-17 season, Kerala had played 302 first-class matches, and won 46, lost 140 and drawn 116.^[2] In List A cricket Kerala had played 120 matches, with 47 wins, 71 losses and two ties.^[3]

In the 1994-95 and 1996–97 Ranji Trophy, Kerala qualified from South Zone. They finished second in the Plate group in 2002-03 and played in the Elite group in 2003-04.

In November 2017, they progressed to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy for the first time, when they finished second in Group B of the 2017–18 tournament.^[4]^[5]

They put on their best show in their Ranji Trophy history when they progressed to the semifinals in 2018-19 after beating former champions Gujarat convincingly in quarters. ^[6]

Current squad

Stadiums

Kozhikode

Kannur

Ernakulam

Kollam

Alappuzha

Kottayam

Malappuram

Pathanamathitta

Wayanad

Thiruvananthapuram

Thrissur

Kasaragod

Famous players

The players given below are the famous players who played for Kerala. This includes the players who played in the international level (in bold marks):

References

1. ^Wisden 1959, pp. 856-57.
2. ^{{cite web|title=Kerala's first-class playing record|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/India/Firstclass/Kerala/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Kerala's List A playing record|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/India/ListA/Kerala/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2017}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/sports/kerala-cricket-team-creates-history-enters-ranji-trophy-quater-finals-in-style/950906/ |title=Kerala cricket team creates history! Enters Ranji Trophy quarterfinals in style |publisher=Financial Express |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2017/nov/28/kerala-ranji-trophy-team-qualifies-for-the-quarterfinals-1712887.html |title=Kerala Ranji Trophy team qualifies for the quarterfinals |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2018-19/match/161 |title= Ranji Trophy 2018-19, Kerala vs Gujarat|publisher=BCCI |date=17 Jan 2017 |accessdate=17 Jan 2017}}