Full name Ankit Singh Rajpoot
Born December 4, 1993, Kanpur
Current age 24 years 139 days
Major teams Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Uttar Pradesh
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 38 | 51 | 17 | 125 | 19 | 3.67 | 449 | 27.83 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| List A | 20 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 6.57 | 91 | 50.54 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
T20s 
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47 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 6.00 | 25 | 72.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 38 | 67 | 7104 | 3641 | 121 | 6/68 | 10/97 | 30.09 | 3.07 | 58.7 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| List A | 20 | 20 | 991 | 777 | 26 | 3/32 | 3/32 | 29.88 | 4.70 | 38.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
T20s
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47 | 47 | 939 | 1160 | 57 | 5/20 | 5/20 | 20.35 | 7.41 | 16.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka at Meerut, Nov 17-20, 2012 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka at Kanpur, Nov 17-20, 2017 scorecard |
| List A debut | Rajasthan v Uttar Pradesh at Indore, Feb 14, 2013 scorecard |
| Last List A | Kerala v Uttar Pradesh at Dharamsala, Feb 15, 2018 scorecard |
| T20s debut | Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh at Nagpur, Mar 19, 2013 scorecard |
| Last T20s | Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, Apr 21, 2018 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0/32 | Kings XI | v KKR | Kolkata | 21 Apr 2018 | T20 |
| 1/61, 18 | U. Pradesh | v Kerala | Dharamsala | 15 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 5*, 2/29 | U. Pradesh | v H. Pradesh | Bilaspur | 11 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 3/51 | U. Pradesh | v Bengal | Bilaspur | 9 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 0/74, 0 | U. Pradesh | v Maharashtra | Bilaspur | 7 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 2/61, 10 | U. Pradesh | v Delhi | Bilaspur | 5 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 2/33, 0* | U. Pradesh | v Delhi | Kolkata | 25 Jan 2018 | T20 |
| 1/33 | U. Pradesh | v Baroda | Kolkata | 24 Jan 2018 | T20 |
| 2/37 | U. Pradesh | v Tamil Nadu | Kolkata | 23 Jan 2018 | T20 |
| 1/20 | U. Pradesh | v Bengal | Kolkata | 22 Jan 2018 | T20 |
While still very young, seamer Ankit Rajpoot, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, was rated highly by former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad who was the state's bowling coach for two seasons. Rajpoot was a part of the strong Chennai Super Kings set-up in the 2013 and 2014 IPL seasons. Given the level of competition there, opportunities to play were hard to come by, but Rajpoot was happy to tap into the cricketing brain of the franchise's bowling coach, former Australia pacer Andy Bichel.
During UP's successful campaign in the 2016 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India's domestic T20 competition, Rajpoot was the tournament's third-highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets at an average of 14.21. In the IPL auction the same year, Rajpoot was one of several uncapped Indian players to earn big, with Kolkata Knight Riders shelling out Rs 1.5 crore to buy him.
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Apr 21, 2018
Ankit Rajpoot reacts on the field
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Jan 3, 2018
Ankit Rajpoot bowls at the India nets with head coach Ravi Shastri watching
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May 19, 2017
Ankit Rajpoot loses his stumps after swiping across the line to a slower yorker
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