Full name Ashok Bhimchandra Dinda
Born March 25, 1984, Medinipur, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Current age 25 years 247 days
Major teams India, Bengal, East Zone, Kolkata Knight Riders
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 28 | 36 | 17 | 203 | 27 | 10.68 | 366 | 55.46 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| List A | 15 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 6.14 | 70 | 61.42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1.50 | 11 | 54.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 28 | 54 | 5580 | 2908 | 93 | 6/52 | 9/100 | 31.26 | 3.12 | 60.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| List A | 15 | 15 | 726 | 646 | 24 | 3/52 | 3/52 | 26.91 | 5.33 | 30.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 26 | 24 | 462 | 546 | 17 | 3/33 | 3/33 | 32.11 | 7.09 | 27.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Maharashtra v Bengal at Pune, Nov 23-26, 2005 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Karnataka v Bengal at Mysore, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | India Blue v India Green at Cuttack, Oct 25, 2008 scorecard |
| Last List A | India Blue v India Red at Nagpur, Oct 11, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore, Apr 18, 2008 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Bengal v Tripura at Dhanbad, Oct 24, 2009 scorecard |
Hailing from the village of Naichanpur, about three hours from Kolkata, Ashok Dinda's talent was spotted by a coach in Kolkata after bowling a few overs in the nets. The coach, Atal Dev Burman, asked him to stay back and hone his talents. After a stint with Kalighat club and the Australian Institute of Sport, he made his first-class debut for Bengal in the 2005-06 season. He was a regular member of the side that reached the final of the Ranji Trophy the next season, although his performance with the ball wasn't that impressive, with 16 wickets in eight matches at 54.56. He was a late addition to the Kolkata Knight Riders' squad for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League in 2008, and shone in the league opener in Bangalore. In September he was awarded a place in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy - a match meant to include Test probables for the Australia series, the following month.
- India Blue hold nerve to clinch thriller (Oct 8, 2009)
- Dinda fined for spat with Bose (Jul 7, 2009)
- We would have done better under Ganguly - Dinda (May 23, 2009)
- Mukund leads Tamil Nadu to one-day title (Mar 9, 2009)
- Ishant, Rohit and Badrinath benefit from new contracts (Dec 15, 2008)
May 18, 2009
Ashok Dinda looks frustrated
© Associated Press
May 1, 2009
Ashok Dinda gets some lift after dismissing Sanath Jayasuriya
© AFP
Apr 19, 2009
Ashok Dinda celebrates the dismissal of Adam Gilchrist
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