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Full name Niraj Kanubhai Patel
Born March 26, 1981, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Current age 27 years 200 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
St
First-class
61
104
7
3935
173
40.56
10
19
42
0
List A
49
44
7
1536
111
41.51
1
11
21
0
Twenty20
13
12
4
403
93
50.37
307
131.27
0
3
46
7
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
61
532
241
4
2/13
60.25
2.71
133.0
0
0
List A
49
492
498
5
2/28
2/28
99.60
6.07
98.4
0
0
0
Twenty20
13
7
90
139
7
4/29
4/29
19.85
9.26
12.8
1
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
Gujarat v Railways at Mumbai (BS), Jan 5-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Gujarat v Saurashtra at Poona, Mar 5, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Gujarat v Maharashtra at Mumbai, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard
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.
