Saurabh Tiwary

Saurabh Tiwary

Personal information
Full name	Saurabh Sunil Tiwary
Born	(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989
Height
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
ODI debut	20 October 2010 v Australia
Last ODI	10 December 2010 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–present	Jharkhand
2008–2010	Mumbai Indians
2011–2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014–present	Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 3 23 24 34 Runs scored 49 1,707 831 830 Batting average  – 46.13 41.55 31.92 100s/50s 0/0 6/5 0/8 0/5 Top score 37* 169 76 69 Balls bowled 0 78 118 0 Wickets  – 0 4 – Bowling average  –  – 27.25 – 5 wickets in innings  – 0 0 – 10 wickets in match  – 0 0 – Best bowling  – 0/7 2/40 – Catches/stumpings 2/– 11/– 9/– 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 January 2011

Saurabh Sunil Tiwary (born 30 December 1989, in Ramgarh, Jharkhand) is an Indian One Day International and first class cricketer. Tiwary is a left-handed middle order batsman. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. He hails from Jamshedpur.

Indian Premier League

He represented Mumbai Indians from the 2008 Indian Premier League. He has become a regular player for them in the IPL 2010, where he was dubbed as a left-handed version of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

He has won the Under-23 player of the tournament for IPL 2010 representing Mumbai Indians as he had a fairly successful tournament, scoring 419 runs in 16 matches, at an average of 29.92 and strike rate of 135.59. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2011 Indian Premier League at a price of USD 1.6 million.In 2014 IPL auctions,he was signed by Delhi Daredevils for 70 lakhs Indian rupees.However after the signing,he has become very inconsistent and is described by spectators as 'a real waste of money' in the IPL.

He was called into the squad for the 2010 Asia Cup, but did not play. He made his ODI debut against Australia in Visakhapatnam in October 2010 after a few first-choice players were rested. He was bought by Delhi Daredevils in Indian Premier League 2014 but was replaced by Imran Tahir (South Africa) after he was sidelined by an injured shoulder.

External links

• Cricinfo profile - Saurabh Tiwary