Baba Indrajith
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| Full name | Baba Indrajith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1994 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relations | Baba Aparajith (twin-brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Kolkata Knight Riders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 28 November 2013 Tamil Nadu v Saurashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20 debut | 1 April 2014 Tamil Nadu v Goa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baba Indrajith (born 8 July 1994),[1] is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Tamil Nadu cricket team. Indrajith is a right hand batsman and legbreak bowler and an occasional wicket-keeper. He plays first-class cricket for Tamil Nadu.[2] In September 2017, he scored his first double-century in first-class cricket, playing for India Red in the 2017–18 Duleep Trophy.[3]
In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Green for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.[4] In the opening fixture of the tournament, he made a century, scoring 109 runs.[5][6] He was the leading run-scorer for India Green in the tournament, with 149 runs in two matches.[7]
He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 641 runs in eight matches.[8] In February 2022, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament as a wicket-keeper batsman.[9] Indrajith finished the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy season as the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu, with 396 runs in three matches, at an average of 99, with three centuries.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Baba Indrajith - ESPNcricinfo profile
- ^ Ranji Trophy 2013-14 / Tamil Nadu squad
- ^ "Indrajith double-ton headlines batting-friendly day". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPNcricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Gurbani's seven-for ensures three points for India Red". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "(D/N)Duleep Trophy at Dindigul, Aug 17-20 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Duleep Trophy, 2018/19 - India Green: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Tamil Nadu: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2022.