Baba Aparajith

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Baba Aparajith
Aparajith during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name
Baba Aparajith
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 29)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RoleBatting All-rounder
RelationsBaba Indrajith (twin-brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentTamil Nadu
2016–presentVB Thiruvallur Veerans
Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 78 82 50
Runs scored 3,952 3,104 897
Batting average 38.36 43.71 26.38
100s/50s 9/21 6/23 0/2
Top score 212 137 52*
Balls bowled 3,748 1,825 284
Wickets 46 50 15
Bowling average 44.45 29.28 18.93
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/86 4/30 2/9
Catches/stumpings 78/– 38/– 26/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 August 2021

Baba Aparajith (born 8 July 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler, who plays first-class cricket for Tamil Nadu. He played for the India Under-19 cricket team in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup.[2] He was a member of the Chennai Super Kings squad in the Indian Premier League for five seasons but had not been picked to play a single match in Indian Premier League.[3]

On 4 October 2013 he scored his first double century playing for South Zone against West Zone in the Duleep Trophy.[4]

He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 417 runs in four matches.[5] In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Red for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.[6] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "India / Players / Baba Aparajith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ Tiwari, Manas (15 September 2017). "The Baba twins: Another example of Indian cricket's harsh side". The Financial Express. India. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Benched for five years, Baba Aparajith disappointed with another IPL snub". CricTracker. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Duleep Trophy: Baba Aparajith, Manish Pandey power South Zone to 553/7". The Indian Express. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Tamil Nadu batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPNcricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

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