Bharat Popli (born 30 May 1990) is an Indian-born New Zealand

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

er who plays for

Northern Districts The Northern Districts men's cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. They are based in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand (excluding Auckland). They compete in the ...

. He scored the most runs in the

2015–16 Plunket Shield season The 2015–16 Plunket Shield was the 87th season of official first-class cricket in New Zealand. The competition started on 15 October 2015, and ran to 2 April 2016. Auckland won the competition following a draw in their match against Wellington ...

, with a total of 1,149. He made his

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debut for Northern Districts on 22 January 2017 in the

2016–17 Ford Trophy The 2016–17 Ford Trophy was the 46th season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the sixth in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 15 January to 18 February ...

. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Northern Districts for the 2018–19 season.

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* * 1990 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Northern Districts cricketers People from New Delhi Indian emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand sportspeople of Indian descent {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1990s-stub