Dhruv Parashar

Dhruv Parashar (born 20 December 2004) is an Emirati cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team, as an all-rounder.

Dhruv Parashar

Personal information
Full name	Dhruv Parashar
Born	(2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 (age 20) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off spin
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	United Arab Emirates
ODI debut (cap 113)	01 November 2024 v Oman
Last ODI	09 November 2024 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 73)	31 December 2023 v Afghanistan
Last T20I	21 December 2024 v Kuwait
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2025-present	Desert Vipers
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I T20 Matches 4 14 21 Runs scored 58 72 78 Batting average 19.33 14.40 11.14 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 50* 17* 17* Balls bowled 192 270 328 Wickets 5 18 19 Bowling average 18.60 13.61 16.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/16 4/12 4/12 Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/– 9/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo

Parashar was born in Pune in India.^[1] He attended Wellington School, Somerset, where for played for the school's 1st XI cricket team.

He was selected for the 2023 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, where the UAE team finished runners-up, defeating Pakistan in the semi-finals before losing to Bangladesh in the final.^[2] Shortly after this tournament, he was selected for his senior T20I debut in the home series against Afghanistan. He made his ODI debut in November 2024 during the Tri-Nation Series in Oman (also involving Netherlands) as part of the 2024-2026 Cricket World Cup League 2.

In January 2023, Parashar was selected by the Desert Vipers as an injury replacement player for Ronak Panoly during the inaugural International League T20 tournament.^[3] However, he did not make his debut for Desert Vipers until the 2024/25 ILT20 tournament. He played 6 games for the franchise that season.