The Haryana cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the India

India

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n state of Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

. The team is run by the Haryana Cricket Association

Haryana Cricket Association

Haryana Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Haryana state of India and the Haryana cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India....

. In recent times it hasn't been very successful in the Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...

 circuit. In the past, however, it has produced some of the biggest superstars to go on to play for the Indian cricket team

Indian cricket team

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, including Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...

. It has won the Ranji Trophy 1 time and come runner-up once.

Competition history

Haryana has never been considered a very strong team in the Ranji Trophy circuit and has only featured in a Ranji Trophy final twice. The first time, in 1986 against Delhi

Delhi cricket team

The Delhi cricket team is one of the first-class cricket teams, that plays in India's domestic competition, the Ranji Trophy. They have won the tournament seven times and have been runners-up seven. Their latest title in 2007-08 came after a long wait of 16 years. The previous win was in the...

, resulted in a heavy defeat. Electing to bat first, the Haryana team (captained by Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...

 were all out for 288. They then allowed Delhi to score a mammoth 638, with most bowlers being ineffective. They then went on to be all out for 209 after Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh

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 bagged 8 wickets. See Scorecard.

Its next final was in 1991 against Mumbai

Mumbai cricket team

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, which was a thriller, with Haryana winning by just 2 runs. This allowed for them to make their one and only appearance in the Irani Trophy

Irani Trophy

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, facing a Rest of India side that contained the likes of Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly

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, Javagal Srinath

Javagal Srinath

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, Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh

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 and Vinod Kambli

Vinod Kambli

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. Haryana won by 4 wickets after being set a last innings target of 204. See Scorecard

Famous players

• Kapil Dev
  Kapil Dev
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• Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
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• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
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• Chetan Sharma
  Chetan Sharma
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• Amarjit Kaypee
  Amarjit Kaypee
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• Ajay Jadeja
  Ajay Jadeja
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• Rajinder Goel
  Rajinder Goel
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• Joginder Sharma
  Joginder Sharma
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• Ajay Ratra
  Ajay Ratra
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• Amit Mishra
  Amit Mishra
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Current squad

2011-12 Ranji Trophy Plate Group squad

• Amit Mishra (c
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  )
• Rahul Dewan (c
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  )
• Sanjay Bamel
• Sanjay Budhwar
• Joginder Sharma
  Joginder Sharma
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• Deepak Joon
• Tejinder Mann
• ricky martin
• joshaf arun
• javed akhtar
• anish ansari