Railways cricket team (also known as the Indian Railways) is a domestic cricket team in India representing Indian Railways. The team's home ground is East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi. The team is run by the Railways Sports Promotion Board which fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.
Competition history For most of its history, the Indian Railways has met little success in the Ranji Trophy. However, in recent years since 2000, Railways have won the trophy twice and become runners-up one time. As Champions of the Ranji Trophy, they have played the Irani Trophy twice, emerging victorious on both occasions.
Honours Ranji Trophy Winners (2): 2001–02, 2004–05 Runners-up (2): 1987–88, 2000–01
Wills Trophy Runners-up: 1988-89
Vijay Hazare Trophy Winners: 2005–06 Runners-up: 2013–14
Notable players Players from Railways who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: Budhi Kunderan (1960) Murali Kartik (2000) Sanjay Bangar (2001) Karn Sharma (2014)
Players from Railways who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut: Jai Prakash Yadav (2002)
Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Birth date Birthplace Batting style Bowling style NotesBatsmen Pratham Singh Delhi, DL Left-handed Right-arm off-break Ravi Singh Varanasi, UP Left-handed Right-arm leg-break Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL Bhargav Merai Surat, GJ Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast First-class Captain Mohammad Saif Varanasi, UP Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Ashutosh Sharma Ratlam, MP Right-handed Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL Vivek Singh Howrah, WB Left-handed Kush Marathe Vadodara, GJ Right-handed Right-arm off-break Sahab Yuvraj Singh Lucknow, UP Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Navneet Virk Jind, HR Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Shubham Chaubey Varanasi, UP Right-handed Right-arm off-break All-rounders Zubair Ali Right-handed Right-arm medium Ansh Yadav Lucknow, UP Right-handed Right-arm off-break Shivam Chaudhary Meerut, UP Right-handed Right-arm off-break Akshat Pandey Firozabad, UP Left-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Upendra Yadav Kanpur, UP Right-handed Suraj Ahuja Sri Ganganagar, RJ Right-handed Spin Bowlers Karn Sharma Meerut, UP Left-handed Right-arm leg break List A & Twenty20 Captain Raj Choudhary Nagpur, MH Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Akash Pandey Kolkata, WB Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Pace Bowlers3 Kunal Yadav Jhansi, UP Right-handed Right-arm medium Adarsh Singh Rewa, MP Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Rahul Sharma Agra, UP Left-handed Left-arm medium Himanshu Sangwan Najafgarh, DL Right-handed Right-arm medium Atal Bihari Rai Allahabad, UP Right-handed Right-arm medium
Updated as on 1 February 2026
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