Karnataka cricket team

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One of the strongest teams in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group, the Karnataka cricket team has seen its fair share of glory in the Ranji Trophy tournament and has produced some of the finest superstars to emerge in the Indian cricket team. It has won the Ranji Trophy 6 times and has come runner-up 3 times. The team's home ground is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

1 Competition history
2 Famous players
3 Current squad
4 References

[edit] 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 Indian cricketing legends. The remainder of its victories were evenly spread in the 70s and 80s.

In the Irani Trophy, it has won 4 and lost 2 matches against the Rest of India team.

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Current squad

2006-07 Ranji Trophy Super League squad ^[1]

Yere Goud (c)
N. C. Aiyappa
B. Akhil
K. P. Appanna
Stuart Binny
Bharat Chipli
Deepak Chougule
Sunil Joshi
Thilak Naidu (wk)
Udit Patel
Devraj Patil
C. Raghu
Barrington Rowland
Robin Uthappa
Vinay Kumar

[edit] References

^ http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/squad/269041.html

Indian first class cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy
Andhra Pradesh \| Assam \| Baroda \| Bengal \| Delhi \| Goa \| Gujarat \| Haryana \| Himachal Pradesh \| Hyderabad \| Jammu and Kashmir \| Jharkhand \| Karnataka \| Kerala \| Madhya Pradesh \| Maharashtra \| Mumbai \| Orissa \| Punjab \| Railways \| Rajasthan \| Saurashtra \| Services \| Tamil Nadu \| Tripura \| Uttar Pradesh \| Vidarbha