Full name Aavishkar Madhav Salvi
Born October 20, 1981, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 28 years 19 days
Major teams India, Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai, Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4* | 2.00 | 14 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class | 44 | 53 | 31 | 254 | 25 | 11.54 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 40 | 14 | 9 | 43 | 20* | 8.60 | 87 | 49.42 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 4 | 4 | 172 | 120 | 4 | 2/15 | 2/15 | 30.00 | 4.18 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 44 | 7764 | 3290 | 136 | 5/39 | 24.19 | 2.54 | 57.0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| List A | 40 | 1964 | 1513 | 59 | 5/45 | 5/45 | 25.64 | 4.62 | 33.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 10 | 9 | 180 | 226 | 8 | 3/28 | 3/28 | 28.25 | 7.53 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI debut | Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Apr 11, 2003 scorecard |
| Last ODI | India v Australia at Kolkata, Nov 18, 2003 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2001/02 |
| Last First-class | Mumbai v Maharashtra at Mumbai, Dec 1-4, 2007 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2001/02 |
| Last List A | Gujarat v Mumbai at Rajkot, Feb 16, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Baroda v Mumbai at Mumbai, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Cape Cobras v Delhi Daredevils at Delhi, Oct 19, 2009 scorecard |
An action modelled on Glenn McGrath's, and - at the domestic level at least - a McGrathesque ability to trouble batsmen with springy bounce from a length marked Aavishkar Salvi out in his early days. Salvi's climb was worthy: in the space of a year he went from reserve seamer to Mumbai's spearhead, and then to India A and India. But four ODIs and four wicket later, injuries caught up with him, and made him a sporadic presence even in the Mumbai team. When, in 2009, he turned up for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, he came face to face with, and bowled with, his idol McGrath.
Sidharth Monga October 2009
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