Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian cricketer from
Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...
. A right-arm
fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first
One Day International
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(ODI) for
India
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in October 2011 and made his
Test
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debut the following month.
Domestic career
Aaron took 13 wickets in the
2010–11 Ranji Trophy
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and bowled a delivery. He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the India ODI squad for the series in England. He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the Indian T20 and ODI squad for the series in England as a replacement for
Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma (; born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall right-arm fast-medium bowler. At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian squ ...
.
In September 2014, he was signed by the
Durham County Cricket Club
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for the
2014 County Championship
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.
In February 2017, he was bought by the
Kings XI Punjab
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team for the
2017 Indian Premier League
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for 2.8
crore
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s.
In October 2018, he was named in India B's squad for the
2018–19 Deodhar Trophy
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The Board of Control for Cricket in ...
.
In December 2018, he was bought by the
Rajasthan Royals
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in the
player auction for the
2019 Indian Premier League
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.
In August 2019, he was named in the India Red team's squad for the
2019–20 Duleep Trophy
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. In February 2022, he was bought by the
Gujarat Titans
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in the
auction
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for the
2022 Indian Premier League
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tournament.
International career
ODI career
Aaron only bowled 3 overs in his second match against England at Eden gardens and took 1 wicket (again bowled) of
Alastair Cook
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which proved to be a key strike for India.
On 25 January 2014, Aaron made his international comeback after 2 years, having previously suffered from a back injury. He returned figures of 1/52.
[Key wickets give Varun Aaron hope]
CricketNext. Retrieved 25 November 2011
References
External links
s profile page on Wisden
*
Varun Aaron - IPL Profilefrom
RoyalChallengers
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Varun Aarons name on
Jain University
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Website
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1989 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Jharkhand cricketers
Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers
Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers
Delhi Capitals cricketers
Rajasthan Royals cricketers
India Test cricketers
India One Day International cricketers
East Zone cricketers
People from Jamshedpur
Cricketers from Jharkhand
Leicestershire cricketers
Gujarat Titans cricketers