The Meghalaya cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Meghalaya in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season, including the Ranji Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy. However, prior to the start of the tournament, the team did not have a ground to play first-class cricket on. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Sanath Kumar was appointed as the team's coach.
In September 2018, they won their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Mizoram by 8 wickets. In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in fifth place in the Plate Group, with four wins and four defeats from their eight matches. Puneet Bisht finished as the leading run-scorer, with 502 runs, and Gurinder Singh and Abhay Negi were the joint-leading wicket-takers for the team, with fourteen dismissals each.
In November 2018, in their opening match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, they beat Arunachal Pradesh by seven wickets. They finished the 2018–19 tournament fourth in the table, with four wins from their eight matches.
In March 2019, Meghalaya finished in last place in Group B of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with no wins from their six matches. Gurinder Singh was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 207 runs, and Abhay Negi was the leading wicket-taker, with eight dismissals.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold
Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style NotesBatsmen Kishan Lyngdoh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast First-class Captain Swastic Chettri Right-handed Right-arm off break Jaskirat Sachdeva Right-handed Right-arm off break Rahul Dalal Right-handed Larry Sangma Right-handed Right-arm medium Kush Agarwal Right-handed Right-arm leg break Bamanbha Shangpliang Left-handed Right-arm off break Abhishek Gupta Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Ajay Duhan Right-handed Swarajeet Das Right-handed Right-arm medium Bijon Dey Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Arpit Bhatewara Right-handed Arien Sangma Left-handed Spin bowlers Aryan Bora Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox Anish Charak Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox Agreas Sangma Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Himan Pukhan Right-handed Right-arm leg break Pace bowlers Akash Choudhary Right-handed Right-arm medium Twenty20 Captain Dippu Sangma Right-handed Right-arm medium List A Captain Ram Gurung Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Aaron Nongrum Right-handed Right-arm medium Chengkam Sangma Right-handed Right-arm medium Abhishek Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium Riboklang Hynniewta Right-handed Right-arm medium
Updated as on 3 January 2026
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