Ashok Dinda
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ashok Dinda | |||
| Born | 25 March 1984 Calcutta, India |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| ODI debut | 28 May 2010 v Zimbabwe | |||
| Last ODI | 22 June 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||
| T20I debut | 9 December 2009 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2005–present | Bengal | |||
| 2007–2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| 2011 | Delhi Daredevils | |||
| 2012-present | Pune Warriors India | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | ODI | T20I | FC | LA |
| Matches | 5 | 3 | 46 | 39 |
| Runs scored | 18 | 19 | 317 | 119 |
| Batting average | 6.00 | 19.00 | 10.22 | 7.43 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 16 | 19 | 41 | 28* |
| Balls bowled | 227 | 60 | 9659 | 2000 |
| Wickets | 3 | 5 | 175 | 54 |
| Bowling average | 76.00 | 15.20 | 29.37 | 33.24 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | n/a | n/a | 2 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 2/44 | 2/15 | 8/123 | 3/50 |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 0/– | 20/– | 7/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2012 | ||||
Ashok Dinda (Bengali:অশোক দিন্দা ) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Bengal and Pune Warriors India. Earlier he played for Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. He has been one of the most economical bowlers in the Indian Premier League. He is all set to play for Pune Warriors India for the 2012 season of the IPL.
[edit] Personal life and early career
Hailing from the village of Noichunpur, near the district headquarter Tamluk of East Midnapore district, Ashok Dinda's talent was spotted by a coach in Kolkata after bowling a few overs in the nets. The coach, Atal Dev Burman, asked him to stay back and hone his talents. Dinda stayed at Burman's house for four years and honed his skills at the Russa United Cricket Coaching Centre in Tollygunge. After a stint with Kalighat club and the Australian Institute of Sport, he made his first-class debut for Bengal in the 2005-06 season. He was a regular member of the side that reached the final of the Ranji Trophy the next season, although his performance with the ball wasn't that impressive, with 16 wickets in eight matches at 54.56. He was a late addition to the Kolkata Knight Riders' squad for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League in 2008, and shone in the league opener in Bangalore. In September he was awarded a place in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy - a match meant to include Test probables for the Australia series, the following month.
Ashok Dinda was named in the Israel bound India A Squad which played three limited overs match against the Israel. Dinda was selected in the side on the basis of his impressive performance in the Indian Premier League.
[edit] International career
He played his first T20 international for India on 9 December 2009 against Sri Lanka at Nagpur. He took the wicket of Sanath Jayasuriya. He ended up with figures of 1/34 in 3 overs. While batting, he scored 19 runs off 20 deliveries before being bowled by Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Dinda made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in June 2010. He bowled 7.4 overs and took 0/49. He was picked for the 2010 Asia Cup squad in Sri Lanka. However he played only one game in that tournament, a group stage match against Sri Lanka, in which he ended up with figures of 0/39 in 5 overs.
Dinda, after impressive performances in the 2011–12 Ranji Trophy, was selected in the 15-man Indian squad for 2012 Asia Cup.
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