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Niraj Patel

India

Full name Niraj Kanubhai Patel

Born March 26, 1981, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Current age 31 years 62 days

Major teams Air India, Gujarat, India Blue, Rajasthan Royals

Batting style Left-hand bat

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	89	149	9	5403	228*	38.59			13	25			59
List A	69	64	8	2221	111	39.66			1	16			29
Twenty20	29	26	6	740	96*	37.00	594	124.57	0	5	81	15	12

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
First-class	89		884	486	10	3/35		48.60	3.29	88.4
List A	69		762	730	9	2/28	2/28	81.11	5.74	84.6	0
Twenty20	29	17	222	321	11	4/29	4/29	29.18	8.67	20.1	1

Career statistics

First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Gujarat v Haryana at Surat, Dec 21-24, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Gujarat v Saurashtra at Mumbai, Feb 28, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Gujarat v Maharashtra at Mumbai, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Gujarat v Saurashtra at Rajkot, Oct 25, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/5, 5	Gujarat	v Saurashtra	Mumbai	28 Feb 2012	List A
56	Gujarat	v Baroda	Mumbai	25 Feb 2012	List A
6	Gujarat	v Mumbai	Mumbai	23 Feb 2012	List A
0/5, 64	Gujarat	v Maharashtra	Mumbai	22 Feb 2012	List A
21, 2	Gujarat	v Haryana	Surat	21 Dec 2011	First-class
19	Gujarat	v Tamil Nadu	Ahmedabad	13 Dec 2011	First-class
11, 5	Gujarat	v Baroda	Vadodara	6 Dec 2011	First-class
9, 39	Gujarat	v M. Pradesh	Indore	29 Nov 2011	First-class
228*, 0/6	Gujarat	v Delhi	Valsad	10 Nov 2011	First-class
0/11, 9	Gujarat	v Bengal	Kolkata	3 Nov 2011	First-class

Profile

Niraj Patel played Under-16 and Under-19 cricket for Gujarat from 1995 to 1997 before graduating to the state side. He scored 62 on Ranji debut and was included in India's U-19 squad for the World Cup in 1999. Out of the seven matches he featured in, Patel got to bat in only four and averaged 66.5 with the bat. The 2004-05 season was important in reviving his career. Niraj topped the run-charts in the league phases of both the Ranji Trophy and the Ranji ODIs, where he averaged 103 in four games. In 2005 he was also picked in the India A side against the visiting Pakistanis. Then in 2008, Niraj got to play with the likes of Shane Warne and Shane Watson when he was signed on by the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He scored a nerveless 29-ball 40 to clinch a last-ball win against Mumbai in Rajasthan's penultimate league game.