Madhya Pradesh cricket team

Madhya Pradesh cricket team
MP cricket team
Nickname	MP
Personnel
Captain	Rajat Patidar (FC & T20) ; Venkatesh Iyer (LA)
Coach	Chandrakant Pandit
Chairman	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Owner	Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association
Team information
Founded	1934
Home ground	Holkar Stadium
Capacity	30,000
Secondary home ground	Captain Roop Singh Stadium
Secondary ground capacity	18,000
History
First-class debut	Central Provinces and Berar (now Vidarbha); in 1934; at Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Ranji Trophy wins	5
Wills Trophy wins	1
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0
Official website	MPCA Official

The Madhya Pradesh cricket team formerly known as Holkar cricket team, is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It competes in the Ranji Trophy.

History

Holkar cricket team

A Central India team competed in the Ranji Trophy between 1934–35 and 1939–40, playing 12 matches.^[1] In 1941, Holkar entered the competition, organised and managed by King Yashwantrao Holkar II belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas. In the fourteen years of its existence Holkar, which included such players as C. K. Nayudu and Mushtaq Ali, won the title four times and finished second on six other occasions. Another Ranji Trophy team later to be absorbed by Madhya Pradesh was Gwalior (one match in 1943–44).^[2]

Madhya Pradesh team

Madhya Pradesh began competing as a team from 1950–51. Holkar appeared in the Ranji Trophy till 1954-55 after which it was dissolved and replaced by a Madhya Bharat team. This became part of the Madhya Pradesh team after two years as the states were reorganised.

Madhya Pradesh's first title was the 1998-99 Wills Trophy, where they defeated Bengal in the final.^[3] Madhya Pradesh team reached the final of the Ranji Trophy for the first time in the same season. They took the first innings lead against Karnataka and needed only a draw to win the title but collapsed in the final session of the last day to lose with five overs to spare.^[4]

Finally in the 2021–22 season, Madhya Pradesh defeated the 41-time Champions Mumbai in the final in Bengaluru to win the Ranji Trophy for the fifth time and first time as Madhya Pradesh.^[5]

Honours

Holkar

Ranji Trophy
- Winners (4): 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1952–53
- Runners-up (6): 1944–45, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55

Madhya Pradesh

Ranji Trophy
- Winners: 2021–22
- Runners-up: 1998–99
Wills Trophy
- Winners: 1998–99
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
- Runners-up (2): 2010-11, 2024-25

Famous players

Players from Holkar and Madhya Pradesh who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

Players from Madhya Pradesh who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:

Amay Khurasiya (1999)
Venkatesh Iyer (2022)
Avesh Khan (2022)
Kuldeep Sen (2022)

Cricketers from other state teams who also played for Madhya Pradesh, and played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

Khanderao Rangnekar (1947)
Chandrakant Pandit (1986)

Cricketers from other state teams who also played for Madhya Pradesh, and played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:

Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)

Notable players at the domestic level:

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Yash Dubey	(1998-12-23) 23 December 1998	Right-handed
Rajat Patidar	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	First-class & Twenty20 Captain Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Harpreet Bhatia	(1991-08-11) 11 August 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Akshat Raghuwanshi	(2003-09-15) 15 September 2003	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Rishabh Chouhan	(1999-09-05) 5 September 1999	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Aniket Verma	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Ankush Singh	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
Abhishek Pathak	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Venkatesh Iyer	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	List A Captain Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Shubham Sharma	(1993-12-24) 24 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Saransh Jain	(1993-03-31) 31 March 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Sagar Solanki	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Shivang Kumar	(2002-05-26) 26 May 2002	Right-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox	Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Wicket-keepers
Himanshu Mantri	(1994-02-09) 9 February 1994	Left-handed
Harsh Gawli	(1998-11-09) 9 November 1998	Right-handed
Spinners
Kumar Kartikeya	(1997-12-26) 26 December 1997	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Shivam Shukla	(1995-12-11) 11 December 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Fast-bowlers
Aryan Pandey	(2004-01-23) 23 January 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Tripuresh Singh	(2002-04-13) 13 April 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Kuldeep Sen	(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Arshad Khan	(1997-12-20) 20 December 1997	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Rahul Batham	(1998-08-21) 21 August 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Updated as on 9 February 2026

Coaching staff

Coaching staff for team are listed below:

Head Coach: Chandrakant Pandit
Trainer: Mayank Agarwal
Physio: Balasaheb Tate

Former players

Records

For more details on this topic, see List of Madhya Pradesh first-class cricket records, List of Madhya Pradesh List A cricket records, List of Madhya Pradesh Twenty20 cricket records.

Grounds

Holkar Stadium

Madhya Pradesh play the majority of their home matches at the Holkar Stadium.

Captain Roop Singh Stadium

Madhya Pradesh's second home is Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior

Other grounds

References

↑ "First-class matches played by Central India". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ "First-class matches played by Gwalior". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ "Final: Bengal v Madhya Pradesh at Calcutta, 17 Jan 1999".
↑ Scorecard of the 1998-99 final
↑ "Dubey, Shubham, Patidar, bowlers fashion Madhya Pradesh's maiden Ranji Trophy title".

[1] "First-class matches played by Central India". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[2] "First-class matches played by Gwalior". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[3] "Final: Bengal v Madhya Pradesh at Calcutta, 17 Jan 1999".

[4] Scorecard of the 1998-99 final

[5] "Dubey, Shubham, Patidar, bowlers fashion Madhya Pradesh's maiden Ranji Trophy title".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Ranji Trophy
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Current teams	Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Nawanagar Northern India Northern Punjab North West Frontier Province Patiala Sind Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks