Manish Krishnanand Pandey (born 10 September 1989) is an Indian international cricketer. He is primarily a right-handed middle-order batsman representing

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in domestic cricket and

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in the

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(IPL). He played as an opening batsman for his former IPL team, the

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, and became the first Indian player to score a century in the IPL in

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Life and early career

Pandey was born in

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, but moved to

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at the age of 15 with his family. His father was in the

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. He did his schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya and later joined the

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. His sister, Anita Pandey was also a former cricketer who had represented Karnataka. He was a member of the victorious Indian team in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup held in Malaysia.

Indian Premier League

He was selected for the Mumbai Indians squad in the 2008 season of the

. On 21 May 2009, while playing for

, he became the first Indian to score a century in the IPL. He was then picked up by the

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in 2014. In the finals, he played a match-winning innings of 94 against

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and was awarded Man of Match. He had been included in the list of top 10 scorers of 2 IPL seasons, 2014 (401 runs in 16 matches) and in 2017 (396 runs in 13 matches). In 2018, he was picked up by

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for ₹11 crore. He was dropped for most of the season in IPL 2021, due to lack of form. In the 2022 IPL Auction, Pandey was bought by the

for ₹ 4.6 crores. In the 2023 IPL Auction, Pandey was bought by the

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for ₹ 2.4 crores.

Domestic career

Manish plays for Karnataka. He was named captain of the Karnataka team in the 2021

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. He captains Karnataka team in various domestic tournaments.

International career

Pandey made his One Day International (ODI) debut for

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against

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on 14 July 2015. He had a successful debut that included a 144-run partnership with

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. Pandey joined Jadhav at the crease when India was struggling at 82 for the loss of 4 wickets and made his maiden half-century before being dismissed for 71 runs. He made his

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debut for India on the same tour, on 17 July 2015. Pandey's breakout international innings, however, came six months later in Sydney. In January 2016, his unbeaten maiden ODI century helped India gun down Australia's 330 with two balls to spare and prevent a whitewash. He was selected in the ODI squad for the Australian tour in January 2016. In the final game at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he played a match-winning inning of 104*, helping India win its only match of the series. He was selected as a replacement of

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in 2016 World T20 for India. He was named in the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy in June 2017. However, he injured himself during the IPL and missed out the ICC event for India. In June 2021, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and T20I squad for their series against Sri Lanka.

Personal life

Pandey married an Indian actress

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on 2 December 2019 in

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References

External links

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