Saurabh Sunil Tiwary (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian

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who plays as a left-handed

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batsman. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in

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Indian Premier League

He represented Mumbai Indians from the 2008

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. He had become a regular player for them in the IPL 2010, where he was dubbed as a left-handed version of

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. It is often believed that he was selected to play for the national team only because he looked like an overweight version Dhoni, although with underweight talent. He has won the Under-23 player of the tournament for IPL 2010 representing Mumbai Indians as he had a fairly successful tournament, scoring 419 runs in 16 matches, at an average of 29.92 and strike rate of 135.59. He was signed by

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for the 2011

at a price of US$1.6 million. In 2014 IPL auction, he was signed by

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for 70 lakhs Indian rupees. After Tiwary was sidelined by an injured shoulder, he was replaced by

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. In the 2016 IPL, Tiwary and

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were traded by the Delhi Daredevils to the new franchise

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. In 2016 IPL he scored two promising half centuries against

and Mumbai Indians. In February 2017, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 30

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s. He scored a half century playing against

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on 13 May 2017. In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the

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. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.

International career

Tiwary was called into the squad for the 2010 Asia Cup, but did not play. He made his ODI debut against Australia in

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in October 2010 after a few first-choice players were rested.

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