Saurashtra Premier League
The Saurashtra Premier League (SPL) is a 20-over cricket league in Saurashtra, India. The league has been formed by Saurashtra Cricket Association. The first season of tournament was played between 14 and 22 May 2019. Sorath Lions won the first season while Halar Heroes won the second season. Teams Venue All matches are played at Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of .... Winners * 2019 - Sorath Lions * 2022 - Halar Heroes References {{Sports leagues of India Cricket leagues in India 2019 establishments in Gujarat Sports leagues established in 2019 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saurashtra Cricket Association
Saurashtra Cricket Association is the governing body of the cricket activities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region of the Gujarat state of India and the Saurashtra cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world .... History It was founded in 1950. References External linksOfficial website History of cricket in Saurashtra [Baidu]   |
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Arpit Vasavada
Arpit Vyomahesh Vasavada (born 28 October 1988) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Saurashtra cricket team. He bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin. He has also represented the West Zone cricket team The West Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents western India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is a composite team of players from five first-class Indian teams from western India competing in the Ranji Troph .... References External links * 1988 births Living people Indian cricketers Saurashtra cricketers West Zone cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1988-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cricket Leagues In India
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rajkot
Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of more than 2 million as of 2021. Rajkot is the 6th cleanest city of India, and it is the 7th fastest-growing city in the world as of March 2021."City Mayors World's fastest growing urban areas (1)" . Retrieved 31 December 2016 The city contains the administrative headquarters of the Rajkot District, 245 km from the state capital Gandhinagar, and is lo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SCA Stadium
SCA may refer to: Biology and health * Sickle cell disease, also known as sickle cell anaemia * Spinocerebellar ataxia, a neurological condition * Statistical coupling analysis, a method to identify covarying pairs of amino acids in protein multiple sequence alignments * Sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart suddenly stops beating, leading to sudden cardiac death * Superior cerebellar artery, a major blood supplier to the cerebellum Commercial entities * Sebastian Conran Associates, a British product and brand development consultancy * Sony Corporation of America, holding company for Sony's American companies * Southern Cross Austereo, an Australian media company * Supercheap Auto, an Australian automotive parts and accessories retailer * SCA (company) (''Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget''), a Swedish hygiene products and paper manufacturer Computing * SCA (computer virus), an Amiga virus referencing the Swiss Cracking Association * Service Component Archi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Niraj Odedra
Niraj Rambhai Odedra (born 18 January 1975) is an Indian cricket coach and former player. He was appointed head coach of Saurashtra in 2020 and additionally became coach of the Bermuda national cricket team in 2022. He previously played for Saurashtra as a right-arm off spin bowler. Early life Odedra was born on 18 January 1975 in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. Playing career Odedra played 26 Ranji Trophy matches and 22 List A matches for Saurashtra between 1998 and 2004. He took 80 first-class wickets including two ten-wicket hauls. Odedra also played for Chingford in the Essex Cricket League where he was the leading runscorer from 2004 to 2006. Coaching career In 2015, Odedra was appointed as Saurashtra's bowling and fielding coach. He was an assistant coach during the team's maiden title victory in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy. In April 2020 he was appointed to succeed Karsan Ghavri as Saurashtra's head coach. In June 2022, Odedra was appointed coach of the Bermuda national ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)
Sheldon Philip Jackson (born 27 September 1986) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League (IPL).He is a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter. After a good domestic season in 2012–13, he was signed up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in February 2013. He finished the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy season as the fifth-highest run-getter. During the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Jackson hit two centuries on two consecutive days of the competition. Jackson made his debut for Saurashtra in 2011 and scored 5634 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 49.42, including 19 hundreds and 27 half-centuries. He was a part of Kolkata Knight Riders IPL team in 2017. On 3 March 2017, during the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Chhattisgarh, Jackson became only the second Indian batsman to be given out in a List A match by obstructing the field. On 2 November 2018, in Saurashtra's match against Chhattis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zalawad
Jhalawar () is a city, municipal council and headquarter in Jhalawar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located in the southeastern part of the state. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jhalawar, and is the administrative Jhalawar district. Its district headquarters is Jhalawar. This district is the 22nd largest district of Rajasthan. This district is known by the nicknames of Cherrapunji of Rajasthan, Nagpur of Rajasthan, Brijnagar of Rajasthan etc. Cherrapunji of rajasthan because the highest rainfall in the whole of Rajasthan occurs in manoharthana town in this district. Gagron fort at the confluence of Kalisindh and Ahu river at some distance from Jhalawar It is situated which is one of the Jaldurg of Rajasthan and it is such a fort which is a standing fort without foundation. This fort was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013. History The city of Jhalawar was founded by a Rajput Jhala Zalim Singh, who was then the Dewan of Kot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rakesh Dhruv
Rakesh Vinubhai Dhruv (born 12 May 1981) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Gujarat in Indian domestic cricket. He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He represented the India A cricket team in 2013. In October 2017, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Career Dhruv made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in the 1999/00 season. He played for Saurashtra until the 2010/11 season. In 2012, he switched to Gujarat and made immediate impact with his bowling. In a Ranji Trophy group match against Rajasthan in December 2012, Dhruv picked up 6/65 in the first innings and 8/31 in the second innings. He finished the season with 36 wickets from eight matches at an average of 25.55. His impressive bowling was rewarded by the national selectors who drafted him into the India A The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chirag Jani
Chirag Sureshbhai Jani (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He is a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium Medium may refer to: Science and technology Aviation *Medium bomber, a class of war plane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Communication * Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data * Medium of ... pace bowler. Chirag was born in Mahuva town of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat state of India. References External links * 1989 births Living people Indian cricketers Brothers Union cricketers Saurashtra cricketers Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers West Zone cricketers Gujarati sportspeople {{India-cricket-bio-1989-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saurashtra Region
Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 11 districts of Gujarat, including Rajkot District. It was formerly a state of India before it merged with Bombay state. In 1961 it separated from Bombay and joined Gujarat. Location Saurashtra peninsula is bound on the south and south-west by the Arabian sea, on the north-west by the Gulf of Kutch and on the east by the Gulf of Khambhat. From the apex of these two gulfs, the Little Rann of Kutch and Khambhat, waste tracts half salt morass half sandy desert, stretch inland towards each other and complete the isolation of Kathiawar, except one narrow neck which connects it on the north-east with the mainland of Gujarat. The peninsula is sometimes referred to as Kathiawar after the Kathi Darbar, which once ruled most of the region. However, Saurashtra is not entirely synonymous with Kathiawar, since a small ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ajay Jadeja
Ajaysinhji Jadeja ( born 1 February 1971), known as Ajay Jadeja, is an Indian former professional cricketer, who was a regular member of the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000. He played 15 Test cricket, Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals for India. Personal life Jadeja was born into an erstwhile Nawanagar State, Nawanagar royal family. which has a cricketing pedigree. His relatives include K. S. Ranjitsinhji, after whom the Ranji Trophy is named, and K. S. Duleepsinhji, for whom the Duleep Trophy is named. Jadeja's Father D. P. Jadeja, Daulatsinhji Jadeja was a 3 time Member of Parliament from Jamnagar Loksabha. His mother is a native of Alappuzha district, Alappuzha in Kerala. Jadeja is married to Aditi Jaitly, the daughter of Jaya Jaitly and the couple have two children, and Ameera. He began his schooling at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi. He was subsequently sent to a Rajkumar College, Rajkot, Rajkumar Co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |