The Rajasthan cricket team is a cricket team which represents the Indian state of Rajasthan. The team won the Ranji Trophy in the 2010–11 and 2011-12 seasons, having finished runners-up eight times between 1960–61 and 1973-74. It is currently in the Ranji Trophy Elite group. It is run by the Rajasthan Cricket Association and is popularly known as "Team Rajasthan".

History

Rajputana

Rajputana's first recorded match came in the 1928/29 Delhi Tournament against Aligarh, with the Rajputana Cricket Association being formed shortly thereafter in 1931 at Ajmer. Rajputana's inaugural appearance in first-class cricket came in November 1933 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Mayo College Ground in Ajmer, which resulted in a heavy innings defeat. The team entered the Ranji Trophy for the first time in the 1935/36 season, playing its first match in the competition against Central India, losing by a heavy margin. The team played in the following seasons Ranji Trophy, again losing to Central India, but this time by the reduced margin of just two wickets. Rajputana gained its first win in first-class cricket against Lionel Tennyson's touring eleven, with victory by two wickets in 1937. The team lost its only match against Southern Punjab in the 1938/39 Ranji Trophy, however the following season it recorded its first Ranji Trophy victory against Delhi, winning by 7 wickets. However it lost its following match against Southern Punjab by the margin of an innings and 190 runs. With the onset of World War II, cricket in India was somewhat disrupted, but first-class cricket continued to function.

Honours

Famous players

Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut: Foreign international players who briefly played for Rajasthan, along with season:

Current squad

Updated as on 25 November 2024

Captains

• 2011-2021 Ashok Menaria • 2018-2021 Mahipal Lomror • 2012-2020 Robin Bist • 2018-2019 Deepak Chahar • 2018 Aniket Choudhary • 2014-2017 Pankaj Singh • 2010–2013 Hrishikesh Kanitkar • 1992/1997 Rajiv Rathore • 1990/91– Parmindar Singh • 1989/90 Sanjay Vyas • 1988/89 Padam Shastri • 1985/86–1987/88 Sanjay Vyas • 1979/80–1984/85 Parthasarathy Sharma • 1977/78–1978/79 Kailash Gattani • 1966/67–1976/77 Hanumant Singh • 1962/63–1965/66 Raj Singh Dungarpur • 1960/61–1961/62 Kishan Rungta • 1957/58–1959/60 Vinoo Mankad • 1951/52–1956/57 Maharana of Mewar • 1935/36–1939/40 Walter Bradshaw • 1933/34–1937/38 Laxman Singh

Records

For more details on this topic, see

Grounds

Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Rajasthan play the majority of their home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The ends are called the City End and the Pavilion End.

Other grounds