Full name Ankit Singh Rajpoot
Born December 4, 1993, Kanpur
Current age 26 years 182 days
Major teams Chennai Super Kings, India A, India Blue, India Emerging Team, India Green, India Under-23s, Indian Board President's XI, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Rest of India, 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 | 63 | 75 | 21 | 235 | 32 | 4.35 | 709 | 33.14 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| List A | 36 | 20 | 9 | 85 | 18 | 7.72 | 133 | 63.90 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| T20s | 73 | 16 | 9 | 49 | 8 | 7.00 | 69 | 71.01 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 63 | 110 | 11906 | 5982 | 215 | 6/25 | 10/97 | 27.82 | 3.01 | 55.3 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| List A | 36 | 35 | 1739 | 1370 | 48 | 4/36 | 4/36 | 28.54 | 4.72 | 36.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 73 | 73 | 1477 | 1841 | 97 | 5/14 | 5/14 | 18.97 | 7.47 | 15.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka at Meerut, Nov 17-20, 2012 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Uttar Pradesh v Himachal Pradesh at Lucknow, Feb 12-15, 2020 scorecard |
| List A debut | Rajasthan v Uttar Pradesh at Indore, Feb 14, 2013 scorecard |
| Last List A | Haryana v Uttar Pradesh at Vadodara, Oct 17, 2019 scorecard |
| T20s debut | Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh at Nagpur, Mar 19, 2013 scorecard |
| Last T20s | Kerala v Uttar Pradesh at Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17, 2019 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/57, 1, 1/55, 0 | U. Pradesh | v H. Pradesh | Lucknow | 12 Feb 2020 | FC |
| 3/74, 0, 3/48 | U. Pradesh | v M. Pradesh | Indore | 27 Jan 2020 | FC |
| 32, 3/133 | U. Pradesh | v Mumbai | Mumbai | 19 Jan 2020 | FC |
| 0, 2/72, 0/8 | U. Pradesh | v Baroda | Kanpur | 11 Jan 2020 | FC |
| 4/60, 2, 3/39 | U. Pradesh | v Tamil Nadu | Kanpur | 3 Jan 2020 | FC |
| 1*, 0/18 | U. Pradesh | v Karnataka | Hubballi | 17 Dec 2019 | FC |
| 2/77, 0, 2/95 | U. Pradesh | v Railways | Meerut | 9 Dec 2019 | FC |
| 2/24 | U. Pradesh | v Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | 17 Nov 2019 | T20 |
| 2/14 | U. Pradesh | v Manipur | Thumba | 15 Nov 2019 | T20 |
| 3*, 1/27 | U. Pradesh | v Rajasthan | Thiruvananthapuram | 14 Nov 2019 | 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 10, 2019
Ankit Rajpoot hurt his hand while trying to field one off his own bowling
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May 20, 2018
Ankit Rajpoot finished with 4-1-19-2
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May 16, 2018
Ankit Rajpoot attempts a difficult catch
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