Samridh Sunil "Sam" Agarwal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian

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er who played for

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and the associated Oxford MCCU. Born in

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

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, he was educated at the all-boys Indian boarding school

The Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mode ...

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...

before transferring to

Millfield Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding schoo ...

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. He made his debut in

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in 2010. He bats right handed and bowls right arm offbreaks. In the opening round of first-class fixtures in 2013, he took 3-26 and scored 108 against the county champions,

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. In the four-day

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at Cambridge during the 2013 season, Agarwal scored 313

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from 312 balls, becoming the first player to record a triple century in inter-university matches, and breaking the record for the highest score by an Oxford player at first-class level.Sam Agarwal: Oxford student breaks Varsity batting record
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. Published 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013. He played a number of games for the

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following his stint at Oxford but was not contracted to the county. He was unable to continue playing in England or be contracted by Surrey as he did not qualify as per ECB rules to play for a county as a domestic player in the English county matches. Sam Agarwal has returned to India and is currently training at the RP Cricket Academy in New Delhi.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agarwal, Sam 1990 births Living people Indian cricketers Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom Oxford University cricketers People educated at Millfield Sportspeople from Agra Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford The Doon School alumni Oxford MCCU cricketers