Karnataka cricket team is a cricket team that represents the Indian state of Karnataka in domestic first class cricket. One of the strongest teams in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group, it has produced many of the Indian cricket team's leading players throughout its existence. It has won the Ranji Trophy six times and has come second three times. The team's home ground is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
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Competition history
Karnataka has produced some of the best cricket players from the southern part of India. Its most recent wins were in the 1998/99 season and the 1997/98 season, in which it emerged victorious in its finals against Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh respectively. It also beat the Tamil Nadu cricket team in the Ranji Trophy season of 1995/96. This strong run in the Ranji Trophy was due to the emergence of Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble, all of whom have become long-time players for the Indian national team, being the national team's leading batsman, fast bowler, and spinner in the 1990s and early 21st century. The remainder of its victories were evenly spread in the 1970s and 1980s.
In the Irani Trophy, it has won four times and lost twice against the Rest of India team.
Team showed good performance in 2007-2008 season. As International players were had to move in and out of the squad due to their ODI schedules and Test matches clashing, the team could not well adjust with the changes in short period. It is required to build a strong young team, even at absence of International players in the squad can do great, as it is better now. And we need more titles to be won.
Famous players
- Raghuram Bhat
- Roger Binny
- Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
- Rahul Dravid
- Syed Kirmani
- Anil Kumble
- Brijesh Patel
- Erapalli Prasanna
- Javagal Srinath
- Venkatesh Prasad
- Sunil Joshi
- Robin Uthappa
- Sujith Somasunder
- M. R. Srinivasaprasad
- Sudhakar Rao
- Gundappa Viswanath
- Vijay Bharadwaj
- Dodda Ganesh
Current squad
2007-08 Ranji Trophy Super League squad [1]
- Anil Kumble (c)
- N. C. Aiyappa
- B. Akhil
- K. P. Appanna
- Srinivasa Dhananjaya
- Rahul Dravid
- Yere Goud (vc)
- Sunil Joshi
- Thilak Naidu (wk)
- Shailendra Pandore
- K. B. Pawan
- C. Raghu
- Barrington Rowland
- Sudhindra Shinde
- Robin Uthappa
- R. Vinay Kumar
- Bharat Chipli
- Gaurav Dhiman
- Deepak Chougule
- Manish Pandey
- S Aravind
- Coach: Vijay Bharadwaj
Twenty20 League
Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has launched a zonal Twenty20 League to promote Twenty20 in the state of Karnataka called the Karnataka Premier League. The league consists of 10 teams which are from Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Dharwad, Raichur, Tumkur, Shimoga, Bellary, Gulbarga and Belgaum.
References
- ^ "Ranji Trophy Super League 2007-08 - Karnataka". Cricinfo. 29 October 2007. http://www.cricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague/content/squad/317605.html. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
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