Gujarat has produced a remarkable run of India cricketers. This list features famous Gujarati cricketers, from all-rounders to fast bowlers, each with a verified Gujarat connection and their achievements.
This list is built from the Gujaratipedia database, a verified record of Gujarat cross-checked against IMDb, Wikipedia and trade press. Nothing here is invented: where a credit, figure or fact could not be confirmed from a real source, it is left out rather than guessed. That is why you can trust these rankings, and why they read differently from the recycled listicles elsewhere.
Explore all Gujarati athletes on Gujaratipedia →Born in Navagam Ghed near Jamnagar, he is a left-arm spinner and hard-hitting batter regarded as one of India's finest all-rounders across all formats.
Born in Rajkot to a Ranji Trophy cricketing family, he was India's Test No. 3 for over a decade, known for his patient and disciplined batting.
Born and raised in Ahmedabad, he is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of his generation and the first Indian to top ICC bowling rankings in all three formats.
Born in Anand and representing Gujarat in domestic cricket, he is a left-arm spinner and all-rounder who took seven wickets on his Test debut.
Born in Ikhar village of Bharuch district, the fast bowler nicknamed the Ikhar Express was a member of India's 2011 World Cup winning squad.
Born in Ahmedabad and a longtime Gujarat captain, he became Test cricket's youngest wicketkeeper at 17 when he debuted for India in 2002.
Born in Vadodara, the left-arm swing bowler and all-rounder rose from humble beginnings in a mosque to star in India's 2007 T20 World Cup triumph.
Born in Vadodara, the explosive all-rounder held the record for the fastest ODI century by an Indian and won two World Cups with India.
Born in Surat and raised in Vadodara, the fast-bowling all-rounder captained Gujarat Titans to their maiden IPL title in 2022.
Elder brother of Hardik Pandya, he plays for Baroda in domestic cricket as a left-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.
Born in Porbandar, he became the first player to captain Saurashtra to a Ranji Trophy title and returned to India's Test XI after a 12-year gap.
From Vartej village near Bhavnagar, the left-arm pacer rose from modest circumstances to debut for India in 2021 and win the Ranji Trophy with Saurashtra.
A right-handed opener from Ahmedabad, he was the first player to score a triple century for Gujarat and topped the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy run charts.
Born into the Nawanagar royal family of Jamnagar, the flamboyant middle-order batsman played 15 Tests and 196 ODIs and was later named heir to the Jamnagar throne.
Born in Vadodara, the Baroda wicketkeeper-batsman played 49 Tests for India and later chaired the selection panel that picked MS Dhoni.
Born in Jamnagar, the legendary all-rounder set a 413-run opening partnership record and gave his name to the term Mankading.
The Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (Jamnagar) was one of the greatest batsmen of his era and is honoured by India's premier domestic tournament, the Ranji Trophy.
Born in Nawanagar (present-day Jamnagar), Ranjitsinhji's nephew was an elegant batsman for England and is honoured by India's Duleep Trophy.
The Afghan-born all-rounder settled in Jamnagar and played for Gujarat and Saurashtra, becoming the first cricketer to receive the Arjuna Award.
The former India captain who led the country to its first Test victory played much of his domestic cricket for Baroda and is honoured by the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Dattajirao Gaekwad played 11 Tests, captained India on the 1959 England tour, and led Baroda to a Ranji Trophy title.
The off-spinner who played for Gujarat took 14 wickets in the 1959 Kanpur Test to hand India its first Test victory against Australia.
Born in Rajkot and starting out for Saurashtra, the left-arm fast-medium bowler took 109 Test wickets for India across the 1970s and early 1980s.
Born in Baroda, the Baroda wicketkeeper played 44 Tests for India and scored a memorable 152 opening the batting against Australia in 1996.
Born in Surat and raised in Nargol village, the Parsi left-arm fast bowler for Gujarat became India's first Parsi to break into the national setup since 1975.
Hailing from Bhavnagar, the wicketkeeper-batsman scored over 5,600 first-class runs for Saurashtra and played in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders.
A Gujarat cricketer, the right-arm medium-pacer holds the record for most wickets by an Indian for Rajasthan Royals in IPL history.
A Gujarat all-rounder, he made his IPL debut for Delhi Capitals in 2021 after strong domestic performances in the Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophies.
New Gujarati films, people and records are documented all the time, and this list is refreshed as the database grows, so it stays current rather than going stale. For full profiles, complete filmographies, ratings and the sources behind every entry, open the Gujaratipedia directory linked above and search any name. If you spot something missing or out of date, that is exactly the kind of gap this project exists to close.
Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Cheteshwar Pujara, Axar Patel, Parthiv Patel and the Pathan brothers are among the India cricketers from Gujarat.