Robin Bist (born 2 November 1987) is an Indian

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er who plays for

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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

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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

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contract with the

. In November 2012 Robin Bist was released by Delhi Daredevils. In August 2015, he moved to

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for

2015–16 Ranji Trophy The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced ...

for two year following

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had been suspended by the

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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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bist, Robin 1987 births Living people Indian cricketers Rajasthan cricketers Uttarakhand cricketers Delhi Capitals cricketers Central Zone cricketers Himachal Pradesh cricketers