Full name Abhishek Arunkumar Jhunjhunwala
Born December 1, 1982, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Current age 26 years 356 days
Major teams Bengal, ICL India XI, India A, Kolkata Tigers, Reebok XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 18 | 27 | 0 | 1010 | 139 | 37.40 | 2091 | 48.30 | 3 | 4 | 151 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| List A | 18 | 17 | 3 | 413 | 84 | 29.50 | 578 | 71.45 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 149 | 41* | 18.62 | 140 | 106.42 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 18 | 12 | 246 | 184 | 3 | 2/80 | 2/84 | 61.33 | 4.48 | 82.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 18 | 7 | 198 | 186 | 3 | 2/58 | 2/58 | 62.00 | 5.63 | 66.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 38 | 1 | 1/9 | 1/9 | 38.00 | 7.60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Gujarat v Bengal at Surat, Dec 25-28, 2005 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Karnataka v Bengal at Mysore, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | Bengal v Tripura at Jamadoba, Feb 11, 2006 scorecard |
| Last List A | Bengal v Karnataka at Dharamsala, Mar 17, 2007 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Assam v Bengal at Kolkata, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Bengal v Tripura at Dhanbad, Oct 24, 2009 scorecard |
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala displayed his potential with a century on his Under-16 debut for Bengal. He has since developed into a reliable and technically correct No. 3 batsman and an important foil to the stroke-players in Bengal's middle order. A good first season in the 2005-06 Ranji Trophy saw him selected for the Duleep Trophy in 2006-07, and he mantained his form through that season. He joined the Indian Cricket League in August 2007, representing the Kolkata Tigers and making a great impression with his batting in the unofficial tournament. Jhunjhunwala severed ties with the ICL in 2009, and was granted amnesty by the BCCI.
Sidharth Monga June 2009
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