Hiken Shah (born 15 November 1984) is an Indian cricketer who plays for

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

in domestic cricket. He is a left-hand batsman and leg-break bowler.Mumbai squad - Ranji Trophy 2012/13
/ref> Shah made his debut for Mumbai in 2006 after consistent performances in inter-university cricket. However, he could not keep his place in the team as the Mumbai middle-order already consisted of big names such as

Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the all time highest run-scor ...

Rohit Sharma Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer and the current captain of the Indian cricket team. Widely considered as one of the best opening batter of all time, he plays as a right-handed batsman for Mumbai ...

Abhishek Nayar Abhishek Mohan Nair (born 8 October 1983) is a former Indian international cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. He played first class cricket for Mumbai and also represented Mumbai Indians, Kings ...

and

Amol Muzumdar Amol Anil Muzumdar (born 11 November 1974) was an Indian cricketer, domestically, having previously played for Mumbai and Assam. He was primarily a right-handed batsman. He held the record for the most runs scored in the Ranji Trophy, India's pr ...

. In 2012, he had a great run in the Safi Darashah tournament and the tour game against the visiting England side, due to which he got the No.3 spot in the Mumbai batting order in the

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. In January 2016, he was given a five-year ban by the

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for his role in the

2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case The 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case arose when the Delhi Police arrested three cricketers, Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, on the charges of alleged spot-fixing. The three represented the Rajasthan Royals in ...

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