Abhinav Mukund

Abhinav Mukund (pronunciation ; born 6 January 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for India and Tamil Nadu.[1] He has played for India in seven Test matches. He did captaincy of Tamil Nadu and India A on several occasions. He was a member of Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.

Abhinav Mukund
Personal information
Full nameAbhinav Mukund
Born (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NicknameMukund
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break googly
RoleOpening Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 270)20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test26 July 2017 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–presentTamil Nadu
2008–2012Chennai Super Kings
2013Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 7 141 84 35
Runs scored 320 9789 4,163 728
Batting average 22.85 46.61 52.03 26.96
100s/50s 0/2 29/35 12/24 0/3
Top score 81 300* 147 68*
Balls bowled 12 1041 206 105
Wickets 0 16 4 11
Bowling average – 37.93 44.75 9.18
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling n/a 3/23 1/0 3/22
Catches/stumpings 6/– 88/– 37/– 21/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 December 2019

Career

He was picked for the India Under-19 squad's tour in Malaysia where he played two matches. His highest score in first-class cricket is 300* against Maharashtra. He and Murali Vijay scored 462 runs for the first wicket partnership in the same match.[2] He was named in the Indian Test squad for the tour of the West Indies in 2011 and then for the tour of England.[3]

On 1 October 2015, At the age of just 25, Abhinav made his 100th First class appearance against Baroda.

In September 2016 Abhinav was picked as the main opener as part of the Albert TUTI Patriots team in the inaugural Tamil Nadu Premier League Tournament, Patriots went on to win the tournament with Abhinav top scoring in the final with 82 not out. [4]

Abhinav was included in Indian test team for one of match against Bangladesh starting on 9 February 2017. Abhinav was part of the Indian test squad for Australia's tour of India in February/March 2017. He played a test match against them in Bengaluru in the absence of Murali Vijay. Abhinav was also in the squad for India's tour of Sri Lanka which started from July 2017 and played the lone test at Galle where he got 12 & 81. Abhinav is currently captain of the Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy Team.[5]

In July 2018, he was named as the captain of the India Red team for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.[6] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 560 runs in nine matches.[7] In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[8]

References
  1. mukund, abhinav. "RCB News - Royal Challengers Bangalore Official Website". mukund transfer. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Abhinav Mukund
  3. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2054429.ece
  4. http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/262958-abhinav-mukund-stars-as-albert-tuti-patriots-win-tamil-nadu-premier-league%5B%5D
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  7. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2018/19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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