Baba Indrajith

In this Indian name, the name Baba is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Indrajith.

Baba Indrajith (born 8 July 1994)^[1] is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Tamil Nadu cricket team. Indrajith is a right hand batsman and legbreak bowler and an occasional wicket-keeper. He plays first-class cricket for Tamil Nadu.^[2] In September 2017, he scored his first double-century in first-class cricket, playing for India Red in the 2017–18 Duleep Trophy.^[3]

Baba Indrajith

Personal information
Born	(1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Relations	Baba Aparajith (twin-brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013–present	Tamil Nadu
2022	Kolkata Knight Riders
FC debut	28 November 2013 Tamil Nadu v Saurashtra
T20 debut	1 April 2014 Tamil Nadu v Goa
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 83 66 30 Runs scored 5,599 1,841 546 Batting average 51.84 47.20 21.00 100s/50s 16/29 2/13 0/1 Top score 200 103* 78 Catches/stumpings 120/1 36/0 9/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 March 2025

In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Green for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.^[4] In the opening fixture of the tournament, he made a century, scoring 109 runs.^[5][6] He was the leading run-scorer for India Green in the tournament, with 149 runs in two matches.^[7]

He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 641 runs in eight matches.^[8] In February 2022, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament as a wicket-keeper batsman.^[9] Indrajith finished the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy season as the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu, with 396 runs in three matches, at an average of 99, with three centuries.^[10]