Hiren Varaiya

Kenya

Full name Hiren Ashok Varaiya

Born April 9, 1984, Mumbai, India

Current age 34 years 345 days

Major teams Kenya, Africa XI, Kenya Select XI, Kenya XI, Rift Valley Rhinos, Southern Stars

Nickname Viru

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	63	38	17	252	34	12.00	489	51.53	11	1	15
T20Is	25	12	11	51	18*	51.00	81	62.96	1	0	12
First-class	25	42	8	513	44	15.08	1884	27.22	45	0	12
List A	88	53	22	378	34	12.19	728	51.92	19	1	23
T20s	55	19	14	74	18*	14.80	114	64.91	2	0	25

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	63	60	2951	2048	68	4/25	4/25	30.11	4.16	43.3	2	0	0
T20Is	25	24	464	461	18	2/10	2/10	25.61	5.96	25.7	0	0	0
First-class	25	45	4681	2325	105	6/22	12/73	22.14	2.98	44.5	3	8	2
List A	88	83	3962	2739	89	4/25	4/25	30.77	4.14	44.5	2	0	0
T20s	55	54	1024	1061	55	4/21	4/21	19.29	6.21	18.6	2	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Canada v Kenya at Toronto, Aug 5, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	Kenya v Scotland at Christchurch, Jan 30, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Kenya v Bangladesh at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 1, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	Afghanistan v Kenya at Sharjah, Nov 24, 2013 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Canada v Kenya at King City (NW), Jul 29-Aug 1, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	Afghanistan v Kenya at ICCA Dubai, Oct 6-8, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	Canada v Kenya at Toronto, Aug 5, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Kenya v Oman at Windhoek, Feb 15, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Kenya v Bangladesh at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 1, 2007 scorecard
Last T20s	Afghanistan v Kenya at Sharjah, Nov 24, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
4*, 0/44	Kenya	v Oman	Windhoek	15 Feb 2018	LA
8*, 3/28	Kenya	v Oman	Windhoek	14 Feb 2018	LA
0, 1/27	Kenya	v Namibia	Windhoek	13 Feb 2018	LA
0/14, 4	Kenya	v Canada	Windhoek	11 Feb 2018	LA
4	Kenya	v Namibia	Windhoek	9 Feb 2018	LA
21*, 0/16	Kenya	v Zimbabwe A	Mutare	4 Feb 2018	Other OD
4, 1/53	Kenya	v Zimbabwe A	Mutare	2 Feb 2018	Other OD
0/25	Kenya	v Zimbabwe A	Mutare	29 Jan 2018	Other OD
5, 1/17	Kenya	v Namibia	Windhoek	1 Nov 2015	LA
0/20	Kenya	v Namibia	Windhoek	30 Oct 2015	LA

Profile

Left-arm spinner Hiren Varaiya was one of a handful of young players given a chance by selectors in 2006 and he rose to the challenge, taking a wicket with his first ball on debut against Canada. He struggled in one outing against Bangladesh but made amends with solid performances against other Associates and quickly established himself in the side with a string of good performances. He varies his pace intelligently, holding the odd ball back and like all bowlers of his kind in one-dayers, he forces the batsmen to play shots and so take risks.
Martin Williamson April 2007

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