Chandigarh cricket team represents the Union Territory of Chandigarh in Indian domestic cricket competitions. In August 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named them as the last of ten expansion teams, the other nine having been introduced in 2018–19. Chandigarh made their senior debut in the 2019–20 season, playing in the Ranji Trophy, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Former Indian cricketer, V. R. V. Singh, was named as the first coach of the team.
Chandigarh made their debut in the Ranji Trophy in December 2019, in the Plate Division. In their first match of the season, Arslan Khan scored the first century by a batsman for Chandigarh in first-class cricket.
On 12 February 2020, their fixture against Manipur was the 60,000th first-class cricket match to be played.
Home ground Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Manan Vohra Right-handed Right-arm medium First-class and List A Captain Arjun Azad Right-handed Right-arm leg break Shivam Bhambri Right-handed Right-arm leg break Twenty20 Captain Ankit Kaushik Right-handed Right-arm leg break Sanyam Saini Left-handed Right-arm off break Gaurav Puri Right-handed Arslan Khan Left-handed Nejal Pajni Left-handed Right-arm off break All-Rounders Raj Bawa Left-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Taranpreet Singh Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox Wicket-keepers Nikhil Thakur Right-handed Tushar Joshi Right-handed Spin Bowlers Nishunk Birla Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Vishu Kashyap Right-handed Right-arm off break Rahul Singh Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Chiragvir Dhindsa Right-handed Right-arm off break Pace Bowlers Jagjit Sandhu Right-handed Right-arm medium Rohit Dhanda Right-handed Right-arm medium Sandeep Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL Abhishek Saini Right-handed Right-arm medium Hartejassvi Kapoor Left-handed Right-arm medium Nikhil Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium
Updated as on 31 January 2026
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