Aneesh Kapil (born 3 August 1993) is an English

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er who has played for

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and

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. A right-handed batsman and right-hand fast-medium pace bowler he made his first-class debut for

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against

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in August 2011.

County career

Kapil's first competitive appearance for Worcestershire came in a

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game against

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in May 2011. He scored 44 from 55 balls, ending up second top scorer for Worcestershire as they posted a disappointing 155. Kapil bowled 5 overs in the reply going for 21 in a seven wicket defeat. Kapil made his Twenty20 debut in June 2011 playing against

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in an 8-run loss at

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. On 29 June 2011, Kapil played in a T20 match against

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, Kapil claimed 3 wickets for 9 runs restricting Northamptonshire to 129 as Worcestershire won by 6 wickets. In July 2011, Kapil played in five youth one-day Internationals for England U-19. His best performances came in the second and fifth games. In the first Youth ODI Kapil starred with the ball taking 4 wickets for 36 as England won by six wickets. In the fifth ODI, Kapil scored 54 runs from 45 balls in a one-wicket loss for England. Kapil played in a first-class match against

in August 2011; he took 3 wickets and scored 31 in the match as Worcestershire lost by 98 runs. Kapil and Worcestershire were unable to come to an agreement on a contract extension, allegedly due to unrealistic wage demands, and Kapil left Worcestershire at the end of the 2013 season. In April 2014 Kapil joined

on a trial. He played in the second eleven championship match against

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at Bristol and two one day second eleven trophy matches against Gloucestershire and

at Bristol and Horsham respectively. He was then registered by Surrey and made his first-class debut for the County at Canterbury on 4 May against

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. He scored his maiden first class century against New Zealand A that same year. After an impressive 2014 season he was rewarded a contract extension, before ultimately being released in 2018. He is currently pursuing legal action against his former employers

, accusing them of sabotaging his cricketing career

References

External links

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Aneesh Kapil Worcestershire County Cricket Club Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapil, Aneesh 1993 births Living people English people of Indian descent English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Cricketers from Wolverhampton British Asian cricketers Surrey cricketers Staffordshire cricketers Sussex cricketers