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The '''Eastern Punjab''' cricket team was an [[India]]n domestic cricket team representing the eastern part of the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. It played 22 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches, all in the [[Ranji Trophy]], between 1950 and 1960, winning 2, losing 13 and drawing 7. It played its home matches in [[Amritsar]] and [[Jalandhar]].<br />
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The highest individual score was 145 by [[Swaranjit Singh]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20005.html| title = Delhi v Eastern Punjab 1951-52| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 17 February 2015}}</ref><br />
who hit two of the team’s four centuries. Swaranjit Singh’s 145 contributed to Eastern Punjab’s highest team total of 380. The lowest team total was 31, against [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] in 1958-59.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23232.html| title = Eastern Punjab v Railways 1958-59| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 17 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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The best innings bowling figures were 6 for 35 by [[William Ghosh]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20964.html| title = Eastern Punjab v Delhi 1953-54| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 17 February 2015}}</ref> The best match figures were 9 for 48 (5 for 15 and 4 for 33) by Som Prakash in [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir’s]] inaugural first-class match in January 1960.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23925.html| title = Eastern Punjab v Jammu and Kashmir 1959-60| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 17 February 2015}}</ref> That match, which Eastern Punjab won by an innings, was the only one in which they dismissed their opponents twice.<br />
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After the team disbanded, many of the players joined [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] or [[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]], which both competed in the Ranji Trophy from 1960–61 and 1967-68. For the 1968-69 season they combined to form [[Punjab cricket team (India)|an undivided Punjab team]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/674/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Eastern Punjab] at CricketArchive<br />
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[[Category:Former senior cricket clubs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket in Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:1950 establishments in East Punjab]]<br />
[[Category:1960 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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