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Full name Niraj Kanubhai Patel

Born March 26, 1981, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Current age 28 years 106 days

Major teams Air India, Gujarat, India Blue, Rajasthan Royals

Batting style Left-hand bat

Niraj Kanubhai Patel
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 69 116 7 4204 173 38.56 10 21 48 0
List A 53 48 7 1618 111 39.46 1 11 21 0
Twenty20 17 14 4 421 93 42.10 345 122.02 0 3 47 7 8 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 69 556 256 5 2/13 51.20 2.76 111.2 0 0
List A 53 510 516 6 2/28 2/28 86.00 6.07 85.0 0 0 0
Twenty20 17 7 90 139 7 4/29 4/29 19.85 9.26 12.8 1 0 0
Career statistics
First-class debut 1997/98
Last First-class Gujarat v Uttar Pradesh at Vadodara, Dec 26-29, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 1998/99
Last List A Saurashtra v Gujarat at Rajkot, Feb 21, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Gujarat v Maharashtra at Mumbai, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Durban, May 20, 2009 scorecard
Profile

Niraj Patel played Under-16 and Under-19 cricket for Gujarat from 1995 to 1997 before graduating to the state side. He scored 62 on Ranji debut and was included in India's U-19 squad for the World Cup in 1999. Out of the seven matches he featured in, Patel got to bat in only four and averaged 66.5 with the bat. The 2004-05 season was important in reviving his career. Niraj topped the run-charts in the league phases of both the Ranji Trophy and the Ranji ODIs, where he averaged 103 in four games. In 2005 he was also picked in the India A side against the visiting Pakistanis. Then in 2008, Niraj got to play with the likes of Shane Warne and Shane Watson when he was signed on by the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He scored a nerveless 29-ball 40 to clinch a last-ball win against Mumbai in Rajasthan's penultimate league game.

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Feb 15, 2000

Niraj Patel Square driving on his innings of 70 off 70 balls, Challenger Series 1999/00, India 'A' v India 'B', Sardar Patel (Gujrat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, 12 Feb 2000

Niraj Patel Square driving on his innings of 70 off 70 balls

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Jan 28, 2000

The victorious Indian U19 team - the new World Champions, Under-19s World Cup, 1999-00, final, Sri Lanka Under-19s v India Under-19s, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, 28 January 2000

The victorious Indian U-19 team - the new World Champions

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Jan 8, 2000

Niraj Patel, Gujrat, Portrait

Niraj Patel, Portrait

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Country Fixtures Country Results
Mumbai v Rest of Ind in India (venue TBA)
Oct 1-5 (04:00 GMT)
India Blue v India Red in India (venue TBA)
Oct 8 (09:00 GMT)
India Green v India Red in India (venue TBA)
Oct 9 (09:00 GMT)
India Blue v India Green in India (venue TBA)
Oct 10 (09:00 GMT)
Group A: Assam v Rajasthan in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group B: Baroda v Delhi in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group A: Gujarat v Orissa in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group A: Hyderabad v H. Pradesh in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group B: J + K v Services in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group A: Jharkhand v Tripura in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group B: Kerala v Andhra in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group B: M. Pradesh v Haryana in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group B: Maharashtra v Bengal in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group A: Punjab v Mumbai in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group A: Railways v Tamil Nadu in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group B: U. Pradesh v Karnataka in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
Group A: Vidarbha v Goa in India (venue TBA)
Nov 3-6 (04:00 GMT)
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