Tanmay Mishra (born 22 December 1986 in

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er. A right-handed aggressive middle-order batsman, he made his One Day International debut for

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in 2006 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo.

Early life

Born in Mumbai, he moved to Kenya in 1994, at the age of 8.

Career

In 2007, Tanmay enrolled himself in an Indian University, and this prevented him from making any appearances for the Kenyan national side for the next three years. He returned to the national team in 2010 October. Mishra was bought by the

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ahead of

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, he has been signed as an 'Indian' as he has an Indian passport (India does not allow dual citizenship). In the 2014 IPL players auction, he was bought by the

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for Rs. 10 lakhs. In the domestic circle, he scored his first List A century in 2019, 13 years after he had played his first domestic one-day match. His ton came in

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's 2019–20

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match against

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. He played in the

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, when in five matches he scored 133 runs. He was Kenya's second-highest scorer behind

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. He made his highest ODI score of 72 in the match against Australia, when he and Obuya added 115 for the fourth wicket.

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From playing World Cup for Kenya to piling runs for Tripura - Tanmay Mishra Story by Bastab K Parida
1986 births Living people Cricketers from Mumbai Kenyan cricketers Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenya Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup Indian cricketers Indian emigrants to Kenya Deccan Chargers cricketers Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Kenyan people of Indian descent Indian expatriates in Kenya {{Kenya-cricket-bio-stub