# Punjab cricket team (India)

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 been winners of the Ranji Trophy only once, in the 1992–93 season. In 2023-24, they won their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

## 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. The team has never won the one-day trophy.

## Honours

Southern Punjab
* Ranji Trophy
** Runners-up (1): 1938–39
Punjab
* Ranji Trophy
** Winners: 1992–93
** Runners-up (2): 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 is 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 government.
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.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters |||||
| Anmolpreet Singh | (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Nehal Wadhera | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL |
| Pukhraj Mann | (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Jaskaranvir Paul | (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Abhay Chaudhary | (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Shubman Gill | (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vice-captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| All-rounders |||||
| Sanvir Singh | (1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ramandeep Singh | (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Kolkata Knight Ridersin IPL |
| Naman Dhir | (1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| Abhishek Sharma | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL |
| Krish Bhagat | (2004-11-06) 6 November 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Sohraab Dhaliwal | (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||
| Prabhsimran Singh | (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL |
| Anmol Malhotra | (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | | |
| Salil Arora | (2002-11-07) 7 November 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | | |
| Spin Bowlers |||||
| Mayank Markande | (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL |
| Jassinder Singh | (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Harpreet Brar | (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL |
| Prerit Dutta | (1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||
| Arshdeep Singh | (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL |
| Gurnoor Brar | (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| Baltej Singh | (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Raghu Sharma | (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ashwani Kumar | (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
Updated as on 30 January 2025

## Notable players
### Players from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with their year of Test debut

* Mohammad Jahangir Khan (1932)
* Lall Singh (1932)
* Mohammad Nissar (1932)
* Syed Nazir Ali (1932)
* Syed Wazir Ali (1932)
* Lala Amarnath (1933)
* Dilawar Hussain (1934)
* Yadavindra Singh (Maharaja of Patiala) (1934)
* Baqa Jilani (1936)
* Abdul Hafeez Kardar (1946)
* Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1946)
* Amir Elahi (1947)
* Kanwar Rai Singh (1948)
* Vijay Rajindernath (1952)
* Vijay Mehra (1955)
* Bishan Singh Bedi (1966)
* Mohinder Amarnath (1969)
* Surinder Amarnath (1976)
* Yashpal Sharma (1979)
* Yograj Singh (1981)
* Navjot Singh Sidhu (1983)
* Gursharan Singh (1990)
* Aashish Kapoor (1994)
* Vikram Rathour (1996)
* Harbhajan Singh (1998)
* Harvinder Singh (1998)
* Sarandeep Singh (2000)
* Yuvraj Singh (2003)
* Vikram Raj Vir Singh (2006)
* Shubman Gill (2020)

### Players from Punjab who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with their year of ODI debut

* Bhupinder Singh (1994)
* Pankaj Dharmani (1996)
* Reetinder Singh Sodhi (2000)
* Dinesh Mongia (2001)
* Manpreet Gony (2008)
* Rahul Sharma (2011)
* Barinder Sran (2016)
* Gurkeerat Singh Mann (2016)
* Siddarth Kaul (2018)
* Arshdeep Singh (2022)

### Players from Punjab who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with their year of T20I debut

* Sandeep Sharma (2015)
* Mandeep Singh (2016)
* Mayank Markande (2019)
* Abhishek Sharma (2024)

### Notable players at the domestic level

* Dhruv Pandove
* Uday Kaul
* Anmolpreet Singh
* Prabhsimran Singh
* Nehal Wadhera
* Ramandeep Singh