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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Mandeep Singh |
| Owner | Tripura Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Home ground | Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium,Agartala |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Bengal in 1985 at Eden Gardens, Calcutta |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 0 |
| Official website | www.tcalive.com |
TheTripura cricket team is a domestic cricket team based inAgartala, India. The team represents theIndian state ofTripura. The team competes in theFirst-class cricket competition known as theRanji Trophy and theList A cricketVijay Hazare Trophy and theT20 competitionSyed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT).
Cricket developed later in Tripura than in most other parts of India. Competitions were first organized in the early 1960s, and theTripura Cricket Association was formed in 1968.[1]
Tripura entered theRanji Trophy, along withGoa andHimachal Pradesh, when the competition was expanded for the 1985–86 season.[2] They have always been one of the weaker sides in the competition. Up to the end of the 2022–23 season, they had played 193first-class matches resulting in nine wins, 120 losses and 64 draws.[3] InList A cricket they had played 138 matches resulting in 26 wins, 111 losses and one no-result.[4]
In 1985–86, fielding a team with no previous first-class experience,[5] Tripura lost all four matches, the first three by an innings.[6] In 1986–87 they drew their first match and lost the next three, two of them by an innings.[7] The pattern continued. In 2001–02, their last season playing only against their East Zone neighbours –Assam,Bengal,Bihar andOrissa – Tripura lost two matches by an innings and drew the other two.[8]
The Ranji Trophy was restructured for the 2002–03 season, and the lower-ranked teams from around India began to play each other. Tripura's fortunes improved only slightly at first. They registered two losses by an innings and three draws in 2002–03.[9] In 2003–04 they drew all five matches, gaining a first-innings lead in two of them.[10] In 2004–05 they lost three and drew two.[11]
Tripura won their first first-class victory in the 2005–06 season. Until then they had played 87 matches for 65 losses and 22 draws.[12] In their last match of the season, after two draws and two losses, they played Himachal Pradesh atMaharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium inAgartala, Tripura's main home ground. Their captain,Rajib Dutta, scored 32 and 71 not out in a low-scoring match in which no one else reached 50, and Tripura won by 130 runs.Vineet Jain, Tripura's opening bowler, took 2 for 20 and 7 for 29.[13]
Since then Tripura have registered a victory in most seasons. In 2006–07, again at Agartala and captained by Dutta, they beatJammu and Kashmir by 132 runs, Jain taking 4 for 40 and 5 for 40.[14] In 2007–08, once again at Agartala and now captained byRajesh Banik, they beat Kerala by four wickets. Dutta top-scored with 47 to give Tripura a narrow first-innings lead, and Jain took 4 for 42 and 2 for 53.[15] In 2008–09, captained byTushar Saha, they had their first away victory when they beatServices by 54 runs at thePalam A Stadium inNew Delhi.[16] In 2009–10, once again at Agartala and captained by Dutta, they beatRajasthan, who later went on to win the Ranji Trophy in 2010–11 and 2011–12, by one wicket.[17] In 2010–11, captained again by Dutta, they beat Goa by seven wickets atPorvorim,Timir Chanda taking 4 for 35 and 7 for 116.[18]
After a season without a victory Tripura, captained byAjay Ratra, beat Himachal Pradesh atAtal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium inNadaun in 2012–13 by 169 runs,Subhrajit Roy scoring 111 in the first innings.Manisankar Murasingh made 29 and 63 and took 4 for 86 and 1 for 34.[19] Tripura's next victory came nearly four years later, when, in their most overwhelming victory to date, they beat Services by 219 runs in 2016–17 atGuwahati after declaring at 340 for 3 in their second innings.Udiyan Bose scored 165 andSmit Patel 127 not out, and the captain, Manisankar Murasingh, scored 22 in each innings and took three wickets in each innings.[20]
In December 2018, during the sixth round of the2018–19 Ranji Trophy, they beatGoa by 10 wickets. It was the first time that Tripura had won a match by 10 wickets and the first time they had earned a bonus point in the Ranji Trophy.[21] Up to and including that fixture, they had played 171 first-class matches, winning only nine of them.[21][22] However, in the following month, they were dismissed for 35 runs in their first innings againstRajasthan. It was their lowest total in first-class cricket.[23]
Tripura's highest first-class score is 212 byYogesh Takawale againstHyderabad in 2013–14.[24] The best bowling figures are 8 for 133 byTimir Chanda againstHimachal Pradesh in 2011–12.[25] In October 2016Rana Dutta became the first bowler to take a hat-trick for Tripura.[26]
Rajib Dutta played in Tripura's first five victories, captaining the side in four of them.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||
| Mandeep Singh | (1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Sridam Paul | (2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Bikramkumar Das | (1999-11-15)15 November 1999 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Jiwanjot Singh | (1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Rajat Dey | (1996-12-31)31 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Bishal Ghosh | (1996-04-27)27 April 1996 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Samrat Sutradhar | (1996-12-11)11 December 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Hanuma Vihari | (1993-10-13)13 October 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Vijay Shankar | (1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Hrituraj Roy | (2001-12-04)4 December 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Bikramjit Debnath | (1998-12-26)26 December 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Swapnil Singh | (1991-01-22)22 January 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays forRoyal Challengers Bengaluru inIPL | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Srinivas Sharath | (1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (age 29) | Right-handed | |||
| Nirupam Sen | (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | |||
| Babul Dey | (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | |||
| Sentu Sarkar | Left-handed | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Parvez Sultan | (2003-07-18)18 July 2003 (age 22) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Saurabh Das | (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Sankar Paul | (2000-11-15)15 November 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | ||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Manisankar Murasingh | (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | Captain | |
| Abhijit Sarkar | (1996-12-20)20 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Ajoy Sarkar | (1997-05-10)10 May 1997 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Rana Dutta | (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (age 36) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
Updated as on 4 November 2025
