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Manoj Tiwary      

Full name Manoj Kumar Tiwary

Born November 14, 1985, Howrah, Bengal

Current age 23 years 362 days

Major teams India, Bengal, Bengal Under-19s, Delhi Daredevils, India Green, India Under-19s

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

Manoj Kumar Tiwary
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 16 12.50 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 34 51 5 2468 210* 53.65 4323 57.08 9 5 40 0
List A 49 45 7 1349 96* 35.50 1607 83.94 0 11 31 0
Twenty20 24 21 4 503 58 29.58 428 117.52 0 3 50 6 13 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
ODIs 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 34 1202 600 12 2/42 2/42 50.00 2.99 100.1 0 0 0
List A 49 780 729 17 2/29 2/29 42.88 5.60 45.8 0 0 0
Twenty20 24 10 126 158 6 3/19 3/19 26.33 7.52 21.0 0 0 0
Career statistics
Only ODI Australia v India at Brisbane, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut 2004/05
Last First-class Maharashtra v Bengal at Poona, Nov 3-6, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 2003/04
Last List A East Zone v West Zone at Cuttack, Mar 18, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Assam v Bengal at Kolkata, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Bengal v Tripura at Dhanbad, Oct 24, 2009 scorecard
Profile

Manoj Tiwary symbolises Bengal's new brand of cricket, one built on youth and fearlessness. Within two years of first-class cricket, he has become the most talked-about name outside the Indian team, a refreshing fact in this day and age when it's largely international players and Under-19 stars who get most of the attention. Tiwary has a minimalistic approach towards batting; bowlers are meant to be hit, and the purpose of batting anywhere is to make runs. He goes about doing that in the most aggressive of manners. He has idolised Kevin Pietersen, evident through his mannerism on the field, and favours the front foot more.

After being shunted up and down in his first full season in 2005-06, he got a more certain No. 4 position in the next season and made it his own. He scored three scores of 150-plus and his average of 99.50 took his overall first-class average to 57.50. At 21, he has already led Bengal to a Cooch Behar Trophy triumph, and was also asked to captain the state in the Twenty20 championships, despite the presence of Deep Dasgupta and Sourav Ganguly. An aggressive and passionate Bengal cricketing fraternity has already nicknamed him chota dada (in reference to Ganguly's nickname, dada) and, on the back of India's World Cup debacle, was fast-tracked into the one-day side for the tour to Bangladesh in 2007. He made his one-day debut in Australia in February 2008.
Sidharth Monga February 2008

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Oct 4, 2009

Manoj Tiwary compounded Mumbai's troubles with an unbeaten 80, Mumbai v Rest of India, Irani Cup, Nagpur, 4th day, October 4, 2009

Manoj Tiwary compounded Mumbai's troubles with an unbeaten 80

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Jul 15, 2009

S Badrinath and Manoj Tiwary at the National Cricket Academy after a practice session ahead of the Emerging Players' tournament, Bangalore, July 15, 2009

S Badrinath and Manoj Tiwary at the National Cricket Academy

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Feb 3, 2008

A picture of contrasts: Brett Lee is elated while Manoj Tiwary is dejected, Australia v India, CB series, 1st ODI, Brisbane, February 3, 2008

A picture of contrasts: Brett Lee is elated while Manoj Tiwary is dejected

© AFP

Country Fixtures Country Results
Group B: Bengal v Baroda at Kolkata - Nov 10-13
Baroda 307 Bengal 102/3
Group B: Delhi v Karnataka at Delhi - Nov 10-13
Delhi 154 & 14/1 Karnataka 260
Group A: Goa v Assam at Margao
Nov 10-13 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Gujarat v Tamil Nadu at Ahmedabad - Nov 10-13
Gujarat 343 Tamil Nadu 198/2
Group B: J + K v Haryana at Srinagar
Nov 10-13 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Jharkhand v Vidarbha at Ranchi - Nov 10-13
Jharkhand 246/6
Group B: M. Pradesh v Kerala at Indore - Nov 10-13
M. Pradesh 134/1
Group A: Mumbai v Orissa at Mumbai (BS)
Nov 10-13 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Punjab v Hyderabad at Mohali - Nov 10-13
Punjab 221 Hyderabad 193
Group A: Railways v H. Pradesh at Delhi - Nov 10-13
Railways 419 H. Pradesh 32/0
Group B: Saurashtra v U. Pradesh at Rajkot - Nov 10-13
U. Pradesh 395 Saurashtra 50/3
Group A: Tripura v Rajasthan at Agartala - Nov 10-13
Rajasthan 102 Tripura 73/3
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