Manoj Kumar Tiwary (born 14 November 1985) is an Indian cricketer and politician. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls occasional

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. Tiwary represents

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in domestic cricket and played for

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and

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in the

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. He played

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s and

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s for the

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. In 2021, he joined

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political party and was elected to the

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later in the year.

Career

Tiwary plays as an aggressive right-handed batsman. He made his international debut against Australia in the

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in which he scored only 2 runs in his only innings. He was later included in the India team for the West Indies tour of 2011, as a replacement for

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, who opted out of the series due to a lung infection. Manoj Tiwary played the 4th and 5th ODI in the series. He later got picked for England's tour of India in October. He played in the 5th ODI and got 24 runs. He also played the only T20 and scored 15 runs. Tiwary was subsequently named in the squad for the ODI's against West Indies in November–December. He played in the 5th ODI at Chennai when India was down by 2 wickets for only 1 run in the very first over of the match. Tiwary then went on build a solid innings which got him his scoring maiden ODI century (104 not out) despite having cramps and retired soon after getting his century. Eventually India won the match by 34 runs and he was awarded the Man-Of-The-Match for this match-winning knock. Even after the unbeaten century, Tiwary was made to sit in the reserves for 14 successive matches following the century. However, he made an auspicious comeback as an all-rounder replacing

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Rahul Sharma against Sri Lanka at

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as he took 4/61 from his 10 overs with his leg-breaks to restrict the hosts to 251/8. He took the wickets of

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Jeevan Mendis Balapuwaduge Manukulasuriya Amith Jeevan Mendis ( si, ජීවන් මෙන්ඩිස්; born 15 January 1983) is a former Sri Lankan professional cricketer, who played limited over internationals. An all-rounder who bowls leg spin, Mend ...

and

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, and followed it with a fighting 21 from 38 at a tough time coming at 60/3. India eventually won the match as

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scored an unbeaten ton. Tiwary also was picked for the Commonwealth Bank tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka, but he didn't play any matches. Manoj Tiwary was again selected in the Indian team for the Asia Cup 2012 where again he didn't play any matches. Tiwary was also selected for the lone T20 against South Africa which was played celebrating 150 years of settlement of Indians in South Africa. In October 2017, Tiwary played in his 100th

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match, in the fixture between Bengal and

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in the

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. Tiwary was the leading run-scorer for Bengal in the

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, with 366 runs in nine matches. In October 2018, he was named in India B's squad for the

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. In November 2018, batting for Bengal against

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in the

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, Tiwary scored his fifth double-century in first-class cricket. In January 2020, in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy, he scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket, with an unbeaten 303 runs.

Indian Premier League

Tiwary was signed by

in the initial seasons of the

. He was traded to the

in exchange for

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before the 2010 IPL season. In the auction for 4th edition of the

, he was signed by the

. He scored the winning runs for Kolkata in the final of 2012 competition. In February 2017, Tiwary was bought by the

team for the

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and in January 2018, he was bought by the

in the

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Political career

Tiwary joined

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party in February 2021. He was selected as a candidate for the

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, winning the seat and is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. In the

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he was appointed a minister of state for Affairs of Sports and Youth.

References

External links

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Manoj Tiwary
s profile page on Wisden
Manoj Tiwary Official Website
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