Railways cricket team

Railways cricket team
Personnel
Captain	Bhargav Merai (FC) ; Karn Sharma (LA & T20)
Coach	ZUFRI
Owner	Railways Sports Promotion Board
Team information
Founded	1958
Home ground	Karnail Singh Stadium, New Delhi (and other stadiums)
History
First-class debut	Eastern Punjab; in 1958; at Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar
Ranji Trophy wins	2
Irani Cup wins	2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0
Official website	RSPB

Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi.^[1] The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.^[2]

Competition history

For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.

Honours

Ranji Trophy
- Winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05
- Runners-up (2): 1987–88, 2000–01

Wills Trophy
- Runners-up: 1988-89

Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Winners: 2005–06
- Runners-up: 2013–14

Notable players

Players from Railways who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

Budhi Kunderan (1960)
Murali Kartik (2000)
Sanjay Bangar (2001)
Karn Sharma (2014)

Players from Railways who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:

Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Birthplace	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Pratham Singh	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992	Delhi, DL	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Ravi Singh	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break	Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Bhargav Merai	(1992-02-02) 2 February 1992	Surat, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	First-class Captain
Mohammad Saif	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996	Varanasi, UP	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ashutosh Sharma	(1998-09-15) 15 September 1998	Ratlam, MP	Right-handed		Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Vivek Singh	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993	Howrah, WB	Left-handed
Kush Marathe	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000	Vadodara, GJ	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Sahab Yuvraj Singh	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997	Lucknow, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Navneet Virk	(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996	Jind, HR	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Shubham Chaubey	(1995-10-15) 15 October 1995	Varanasi, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
Zubair Ali	(2000-12-22) 22 December 2000		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ansh Yadav	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003	Lucknow, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Shivam Chaudhary	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	Meerut, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Akshat Pandey	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993	Firozabad, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Upendra Yadav	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996	Kanpur, UP	Right-handed
Suraj Ahuja	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999	Sri Ganganagar, RJ	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Karn Sharma	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987	Meerut, UP	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	List A & Twenty20 Captain
Raj Choudhary	(1996-05-18) 18 May 1996	Nagpur, MH	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Akash Pandey	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999	Kolkata, WB	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers3
Kunal Yadav	(1999-12-23) 23 December 1999	Jhansi, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Adarsh Singh	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999	Rewa, MP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Rahul Sharma	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990	Agra, UP	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Himanshu Sangwan	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995	Najafgarh, DL	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Atal Bihari Rai	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999	Allahabad, UP	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Updated as on 1 February 2026

References

^ "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
^ "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[cricinfo08-1] "One city, three matches, one day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[toif12-2] "Ex-kabaddi player was in-charge of Karnail Singh Stadium!". The Times of India. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

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Ranji Trophy
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Current teams	Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Nawanagar Northern India Northern Punjab North West Frontier Province Patiala Sind Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks