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

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who played as a left-handed middle order 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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. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2010 Asia Cup.

Indian Premier League

He represented

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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 Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He has won the Under-23 player of the tournament for IPL 2010 representing

as he had a fairly successful tournament, scoring 419 runs in 16 matches, at an average of 29.92 and

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of 135.59. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2011 Indian Premier League at a price of US$1.6 million. In 2014 IPL auction, he was signed by Delhi Daredevils for . After Tiwary was sidelined by an injured shoulder, he was replaced by Imran Tahir. In the 2016 IPL, Tiwary and Albie Morkel were traded by the Delhi Daredevils to the new franchise Rising Pune Supergiants. In 2016 IPL he scored two promising half centuries against Royal Challengers Bangalore and

. In February 2017, he was bought by the

team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for . He scored a half century playing against

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at Eden Gardens on 13 May 2017. In January 2018, he was bought by the

in the 2018 IPL auction. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the

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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