Chhattisgarh cricket team is a cricket team from the state of Chhattisgarh, India.Chhattisgarh Teams
Chhattisgarh began playing in Indian domestic tournaments, including the Ranji Trophy, starting in the 2016–17 season. The team is managed by the Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh, which was granted the full-member status by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in February 2016. The team made its first-class cricket debut in Group C of the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy against Tripura on 6 October 2016. They won the match by nine wickets. The 49,000-capacity SVNS International Cricket Stadium is the main venue for the team.
History In 2013/14, Chhattisgarh Under-16 and Under-25 teams finished at the bottom of their respective groups in the Vijay Merchant Trophy's zonal league and CK Nayudu Trophy's plate league, respectively. Their Under-19 team, however, finished third in their group in the Cooch Behar Trophy plate league and missed qualifying for the semi-finals of the lower tier by a whisker.full member of the BCCI
According to the BCCI regulations, an associate member can be promoted as a full member if the said member is an Associate Member for a continuous period of five cricketing seasons, and such a member satisfies the board that the game in its jurisdiction has reached a standard justifying its participation in the national tournament of Ranji Trophy.Chhattisgarh cricketers feel orphaned by BCCI
Chhattisgarh gained associate member status in 2008, and was given full membership in February 2016. This meant that Chhattisgarh would participate in the domestic tournaments (Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy) from the 2016–17 season. Chhattisgarh will play in the Group C of the Ranji Trophy, taking the number of teams in the group to 10. CSCS secretary Rajesh Dave expects Ashutosh Singh, Harpreet Singh, Jalaj Saxena, Jatin Saxena (all Madhya Pradesh), Abhimanyu Chauhan, Sahil Gupta (both Baroda) and Bhima Rao (Railways) to play for the new Chhattisgarh team, along with India under-19 cricketer Amandeep Khare.
In July 2016, former Mumbai and Vidarbha coach Sulakshan Kulkarni was named as head coach of team. He will remain with the team for three seasons starting from 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.Sulakshan Kulkarni appointed Chhattisgarh coach for three seasons Mohammad Kaif has been appointed as the first captain."Kaif to lead debutants Chhattisgarh in 2016-17 season"
Notable cricketers Notable cricketers from the state:
Harpreet Singh Amandeep Khare Ajay Mandal Rajesh Chauhan
Mohammad Kaif who is originally from Uttar Pradesh played 2 seasons for Chhattisgarh (2016-18)
Squad
Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen Amandeep Khare Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Aayush Pandey Left-handed Right-arm off break Sanjeet Desai Right-handed Right-arm leg break Anuj Tiwary Left-handed Right-arm off break Ashutosh Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break Prateek Yadav Left-handed All-rounder Vikalp Tiwari Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Shashank Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL Gagandeep Singh Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Wicket-keepers Mayank Verma Right-handed Shashank Chandrakar Right-handed Spin bowlers Ajay Mandal Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Vice-captain Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL Aditya Sarwate Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox Shubham Agarwal Right-handed Right-arm leg break Mohit Raut Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox Pace bowlers Ravi Kiran Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Sourabh Majumdar Right-handed Right-arm medium Dev Aditya Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium Vashudev Bareth Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Ashish Chouhan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Harsh Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium
Updated as on 1 February 2026
Coaching staff
Head coach: Hitesh Goswami Trainer: Swadesh Nagare Physio: Kishore Nakhale video analyst: Yogesh Verma
Home grounds
Chhattisgarh play the majority of their home matches at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium.
Other grounds There are 10 ground in the state that can host first-class games.
References
External links MPCA ESPNcricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions Academy Chhattisgarh at CricketArchive