The Punjab cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents the Indian state of Punjab. They have qualified for only one Ranji Trophy semi-final in the last five seasons and made it to the final in the 2004–05 tournament, where they lost to Railways in the first innings. They also play in other domestic cricket tournaments in India. They have been winners of the Ranji Trophy only once, in the 1992–93 season. In 2023-24, they won their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Competition history In 1968-69, Punjab competed as a unified team for the first time. Before then, Southern Punjab, Eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab had competed at various times. Punjab has won the Ranji Trophy only once, in 1992–93. That year, they lost the Irani Trophy against a Rest of the Indian team that featured the likes of Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly. Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. The team has never won the one-day trophy.
Honours
Southern Punjab
Ranji Trophy Runners-up (1): 1938–39
Punjab
Ranji Trophy Winners: 1992–93 Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2004–05 Vijay Hazare Trophy Runners-up (2): 2002-03, 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Winners: 2023–24 Runners-up (4): 2006-07, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15
Home ground The Punjab cricket team use several stadiums for home games. The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar is regarded as the main venue for the Punjab cricket team. New cricket grounds of international recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar as per the saying of the Punjab government.
The international stadium and the proposed of Punjab cricket team:
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. It is a regular test venue for the BCCI and the home of the IPL team Kings XI Punjab. Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar – hosted 2 ODI matches. Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar – hosted a Test and 3 ODI. Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala – the oldest ground in Punjab. Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. Shaheed Udham Singh Stadium, Amritsar – proposed in 2011. Bathinda International Cricket Stadium, a stadium presented by Bathinda, has been under construction since 2007.
Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Anmolpreet Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break Harnoor Pannu Left-handed Right-arm leg break Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL Uday Saharan Right-handed Right-arm off break Jaskaranvir Paul Right-handed Right-arm medium Jashanpreet Sidhu Left-handed Right-arm off break Shubman Gill Right-handed Right-arm off break First-class Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL All-rounders Naman Dhir Right-handed Right-arm off break Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Ramandeep Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Kolkata Knight Ridersin IPL Krish Bhagat Right-handed Right-arm medium Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Sanvir Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium Abhishek Sharma Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox List A & Twenty20 Captain Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL Wicket-keepers Prabhsimran Singh Right-handed Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL Salil Arora Right-handed Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL Anmol Malhotra Right-handed Spin Bowlers Mayank Markande Right-handed Right-arm leg break Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Harpreet Brar Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL Prerit Dutta Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Raghu Sharma Right-handed Right-arm leg break Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Pace Bowlers Gurnoor Brar Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL Ayush Goyal Right-handed Right-arm medium Sukhdeep Bajwa Right-handed Right-arm medium Ashwani Kumar Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Arshdeep Singh Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL
Updated as on 27 September 2026
Notable players
Players from Punjab who have played Test cricket for India, along with their year of Test debut Mohammad Jahangir Khan (1932) Lall Singh (1932) Mohammad Nissar (1932) Syed Nazir Ali (1932) Syed Wazir Ali (1932) Lala Amarnath (1933) Dilawar Hussain (1934) Yadavindra Singh (Maharaja of Patiala) (1934) Baqa Jilani (1936) Abdul Hafeez Kardar (1946) Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi) (1946) Amir Elahi (1947) Kanwar Rai Singh (1948) Vijay Rajindernath (1952) Vijay Mehra (1955) Bishan Singh Bedi (1966) Mohinder Amarnath (1969) Surinder Amarnath (1976) Yashpal Sharma (1979) Yograj Singh (1981) Navjot Singh Sidhu (1983) Gursharan Singh (1990) Aashish Kapoor (1994) Vikram Rathour (1996) Harbhajan Singh (1998) Harvinder Singh (1998) Sarandeep Singh (2000) Yuvraj Singh (2003) Vikram Raj Vir Singh (2006) Shubman Gill (2020)
Players from Punjab who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with their year of ODI debut Bhupinder Singh (1994) Pankaj Dharmani (1996) Reetinder Singh Sodhi (2000) Dinesh Mongia (2001) Manpreet Gony (2008) Rahul Sharma (2011) Barinder Sran (2016) Gurkeerat Singh Mann (2016) Siddarth Kaul (2018) Arshdeep Singh (2022) Gurnoor Brar (2026) Naman Dhir (2026)
Players from Punjab who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with their year of T20I debut Sandeep Sharma (2015) Mandeep Singh (2016) Mayank Markande (2019) Abhishek Sharma (2024) Ramandeep Singh (2025)
Notable players at the domestic level Dhruv Pandove Uday Kaul Anmolpreet Singh Prabhsimran Singh Nehal Wadhera
References
External links First-class matches played by Punjab at CricketArchive