Robin Bist (born 2 November 1987) is an Indian
cricket
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er who plays for
Uttarakhand
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in domestic cricket. He is a right-hand batsman and an off-break bowler. He was part of
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) are a franchise cricket team based out of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, ...
squad in the
Indian Premier League
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.
Bist was the leading run-scorer of
Ranji Trophy 2011–12, where he scored 1034 runs from 16 innings at a whopping average of 86.16 including four centuries. His performances helped him get an
IPL
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
contract with the
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) are a franchise cricket team based out of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, ...
. In November 2012 Robin Bist was released by Delhi Daredevils.
In August 2015, he moved to
Himachal Pradesh
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for
2015–16 Ranji Trophy
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for two year following
Rajasthan Cricket Association
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had been suspended by the
BCCI
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in May 2015. For the Ranji trophy 2017-18 he returned to Rajasthan.
In November 2018, he scored his 6,000th run in first-class cricket, batting for Rajasthan against
Jammu & Kashmir in the
2018–19 Ranji Trophy
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between November 2018 and February 2019. Vidarbha were the defending champions. The final took place between ...
. He was the leading run-scorer for Rajasthan in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 684 runs in nine matches. He finished the tournament with 741 runs in ten matches.
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1987 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Rajasthan cricketers
Uttarakhand cricketers
Delhi Capitals cricketers
Central Zone cricketers
Himachal Pradesh cricketers