A technically correct batsman and part-time medium-pacer, Akshdeep Nath rose through the junior cricket ranks in Uttar Pradesh. He was a vice-captain of the India side that won the Under-19 World Cup in 2012. In the 2011-12 season, he led Uttar Pradesh U-19s to victory in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy (50-over competition) and finished the tournament as the second-highest run-getter with five half-centuries in the tournament, including 88 in the final against Madhya Pradesh. He scored one century and three fifties in the 2011-12 Cooch Behar Trophy leading Uttar Pradesh U-19s into the semi-final. A first-class debut in 2012 promised bigger things, but a combination of poor form and healthy competition for places saw him play just six matches in his first five seasons.

In the IPL 2016 player auction, Nath was picked up by Gujarat Lions for his base price of INR 10 lakh.
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