Baba Aparajith (born 8 July 1994) is an Indian
cricket
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er who plays as an
all-rounder
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. He is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler, who plays first-class cricket for
Tamil Nadu
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. He played for the
India Under-19 cricket team
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The team has won the Und ...
in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup. He was a member of the
Chennai Super Kings
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squad in the
Indian Premier League
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for five seasons but had not been picked to play a single match in Indian Premier League.
On 4 October 2013 he scored his first double century playing for
South Zone against
West Zone in the
Duleep Trophy
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.
He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu in the
2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 417 runs in four matches.
In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Red for the
2018–19 Duleep Trophy
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.
In October 2019, he was named in
India B's squad for the
2019–20 Deodhar Trophy
The 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy was the 47th edition of the Deodhar Trophy, a List A cricket competition in India. It was contested between three teams selected by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It took place in October and Novem ...
.
References
External links
Baba Aparajiths profile page on Wisden
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Indian cricketers
Tamil Nadu cricketers
South Zone cricketers
Chennai Super Kings cricketers
Living people
1994 births
Rising Pune Supergiant cricketers
India Blue cricketers
India Red cricketers
Cricketers from Chennai
Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club cricketers