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.
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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.
Updated as on 11 October 2026