Fabid Farooque Ahmed (born 27 July 1995) is an Indian

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er who has represented

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and presently

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in domestic cricket. He is an

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who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm

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Early life

Fabid was born on 27 July 1995 in

Thalassery Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karna ...

in Kannur district of

. He comes from the family of former Ranji players CTK Usman Kutty and CTK Masood. He is a resident of Mahe. He has an elder brother Fazil, also a cricketer.

Domestic career

Fabid has represented India South Zone at U-19 level. He took 14 wickets in the C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 tournament in 2014. He has also captained many age-group Kerala teams. He made his

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debut for

on 8 November 2014 in the 2014-15 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his

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debut for Kerala on 27 March 2015 in the 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made his first-class on 8 October 2015 in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy. In his second Ranji match against

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, he scored a century batting at number 8, which was the fastest ton by a Kerala batsman. In August 2018, he was one of eight players that were fined by the

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, after showing dissent against Kerala's captain,

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. He has played six first-class matches and 11 List-A games for Kerala. He was one of the four

cricketers among Nikhilesh Surendran, Iqlas Naha and Abdul Safar who shifted their alliance to the newly found

Puducherry cricket team The Pondicherry cricket team (also Puducherry cricket team) is a cricket team that represents the state of Puducherry in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the ni ...

ahead of the 2018-19 Indian domestic season. He made his

debut for

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in the

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on 19 September 2018 against

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on Puducherry's first ever domestic match. He was also the vice-captain of the team. However, the next day, the

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(BCCI) facing protests from other state associations, the BCCI has revoked the special allowance granted to Puducherry which allowed to play players from outside the state the team is located in, after concerns were raised that no local cricketers had played in the match. Fabid was found matching BCCI's eligibility criteria which required the players to be either born in the state or be a resident for more than a year. He claimed a five-wicket haul against

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in the same season conceding just 8 runs in 9.2 overs, recording the most economical bowling figure in a game in Indian List A cricket. He was the leading wicket-taker for Puducherry in the

, with eleven dismissals in five matches. He was named the man of the match in Puducherry's first ever Ranji trophy victory in which he played a pivotal role with his all-round efforts scoring a century and taking six wickets (2/22, 4/8) in the match.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Fabid 1995 births Living people Indian cricketers Kerala cricketers Pondicherry cricketers People from Thalassery Cricketers from Kerala