# Uttarakhand cricket team

The Uttarakhand cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Uttarakhand in Indian domestic competitions.

## Background

In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season, including the Ranji Trophy, the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

## Coaches

| Season | Coach |
| 2018–19 | Bhaskar Pillai |
| 2019–20 | Gursharan Singh |
| 2020–21 | Wasim Jaffer |
| 2021–22 | Manish Jha |

## Current squad

| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||
| Ravikumar Samarth | (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | First-class Captain |
| Yuvraj Chaudhary | (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL |
| Kunal Chandela | (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Priyanshu Khanduri | (1995-10-14) 14 October 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Vaibhav Bhatt | (1995-11-25) 25 November 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | | |
| Vijay Sharma | (1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | | |
| Sanskar Rawat | (2005-06-15) 15 June 2005 (age 19) | Left-handed | | |
| All-rounders |||||
| Avneesh Sudha | (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Swapnil Singh | (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL |
| Shashwat Dangwal | (2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Dikshanshu Negi | (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Sparsh Joshi | (2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Prashant Chauhan | (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||
| Aditya Tare | (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | | |
| Akhil Rawat | (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | | |
| Spin bowlers |||||
| Himanshu Bisht | (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Mayank Mishra | (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace bowlers |||||
| Deepak Dhapola | (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Abhay Negi | (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Devendra Bora | (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Agrim Tiwari | (1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Akash Madhwal | (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | List A & Twenty20 Captain Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL |
| Prashant Bhati | (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
| Rajan Kumar | (1996-07-08) 8 July 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
Updated as on 30 January 2025

## Competitive record

Ranji Trophy (First-class) :
| Season | Group | Matches | Wins | Losses | Draws | No Result | Performance |
| 2018–19 | Plate Group | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| 2019–20 | Group C | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2020–21 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021–22 | Group E | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| 2022–23 | Group A | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| 2023–24 | Group D | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2024–25 | Group B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Group Stage |
| Total | Total | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 0 | – |
Vijay Hazare Trophy (List A) :
| Season | Group | Matches | Wins | Losses | Ties | No Result | Performance |
| 2018–19 | Plate Group | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2019–20 | Plate Group | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Group Stage |
| 2020–21 | Plate Group | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Eliminator Stage |
| 2021–22 | Group D | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2022–23 | Group D | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2023–24 | Group C | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2024–25 | Group A | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| Total | Total | 48 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 3 | – |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) :
| Season | Group | Matches | Wins | Losses | Ties | No Result | Performance |
| 2018–19 | Group E | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Group Stage |
| 2019–20 | Group A | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2020–21 | Group C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2021–22 | Group E | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2022–23 | Group A | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2023–24 | Group D | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Group Stage |
| 2024–25 | Group B | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
| Total | Total | 43 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 1 | – |
In September 2018, they lost their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, to Bihar, by 5 wickets. In the Plate Group fixture between Uttarakhand and Sikkim, Karn Kaushal made the first double-century in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 202 runs.
In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in second place in the Plate Group, with seven wins and one loss from their eight matches. Karn Kaushal finished as the leading run-scorer, with 489 runs, and Deepak Dhapola was the leading wicket-taker for the team, with eleven dismissals.
In November 2018, in their opening match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, they beat Bihar by ten wickets. They went on to win the Plate Group and advanced to the quarter-finals of the tournament. However, in their quarter-final match they lost to Vidarbha by an innings and 115 runs to be knocked out of the tournament.
In March 2019, Uttarakhand finished third in Group E of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with four wins from their seven matches. Karn Kaushal was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 176 runs, and Sunny Rana was the leading wicket-taker, with nine dismissals.