Sachin Baby
Sachin Baby (born 18 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket.[1] He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off breaker.[2]
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| Full name | Sachin Baby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1988 Thodupuzha, Kerala, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–present | Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Rajasthan Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Sachin was born to PC Baby on Thodupuzha, Kerala. He was named after Sachin Tendulkar by his parents.[3]
Domestic career
Consistency in first-class cricket continued to elude Baby in his formative years as a domestic cricketer, but he got off to a good start in limited-overs cricket, with a List A average in the mid-40s.
Better performances in the following years have seen him rise to the top and become an integral part of the state team. He is the former captain of the side and had formed a productive partnership with former-coach Dav Watmore, eventually taking the team to the Ranji Trophy semi-finals for the first time in history in the 2018–19 season.[4]
Sachin Baby scored heavily in the 2012–13 Vijay Hazare Trophy, India's premier domestic 50-over tournament. His century in the quarter-final earned Kerala a place in the final four of the tournament.
Indian Premier League
Baby's penchant for limited-overs cricket earned him a contract with the Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2013. He was part of the Rajasthan Royals squad in the 2013 IPL season, though he only got to play one match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore picked him up in the IPL Player Auction 2016.
In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction.[5]
Personal life
Sachin married his girlfriend Anna Chandy on January 5, 2017 at St Sebastain's Church, Thodupuzha.[6] The couple were blessed with a baby boy, Steve Sachin on 1 December 2017.
Outside Cricket
Sachin released the official teaser of his youtube channel Sachin Baby Official on 15 July 2020.[7]
References
- This Sachin's making heads turn too. Wisden India (2013-03-03). Retrieved on 2016-01-02.
- "Sachin Baby". espncricinfo.
- "Sachin Baby accidentally named after Sachin Tendulkar". cricketaddictor.
- "Kerala vanquish Gujarat to enter maiden Ranji semi-final". ESPNcricinfo. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "Cricketer Sachin Baby announces marriage with Anna Chandy". deccanchronicle.
- "Sachin Baby becomes a Youtuber". thehindu.