Baba Aparajith

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.

Baba Aparajith
Aparajith during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full nameBaba Aparajith
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Batting-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsBaba Indrajith (twin-brother)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 72 77 43
Runs scored 3,744 2,887 806
Batting average 39.00 43.74 25.18
100s/50s 9/19 6/21 0/1
Top score 212 137 51*
Balls bowled 3516 1662 188
Wickets 43 43 9
Bowling average 43.62 31.34 21.00
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/86 4/30 2/9
Catches/stumpings 67/– 38/– 22/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 December 2019

On 4 October 2013 he scored his first double century playing for South Zone against West Zone in the Duleep Trophy.[3]

He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 417 runs in four matches.[4] In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Red for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.[5] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[6]

References
  1. "India / Players / Baba Aparajith". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. Tiwari, Manas (15 September 2017). "The Baba twins: Another example of Indian cricket's harsh side". Financial Express. The Indian Express [P] Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. "Duleep Trophy: Baba Aparajith, Manish Pandey power South Zone to 553/7". The Indian Express. The Indian Express Ltd. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Tamil Nadu batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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