Priyank Panchal

Priyank Kiritbhai Panchal (born 9 April 1990) is an Indian former cricketer. He played for Gujarat primarily as a right-handed opening batsman. He was born in Ahmedabad.^[1]

Priyank Panchal

Panchal during the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name	Priyank Kirit Panchal
Born	(1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 (age 35) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Opening batter
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–present	Gujarat
FC debut	3 November 2008 Gujarat v Saurashtra
LA debut	27 February 2008 Gujarat v Maharashtra
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 127 97 59 Runs scored 8,856 3,672 1,522 Batting average 45.18 40.80 28.71 100s/50s 29/34 8/21 0/9 Top score 314* 136 79 Balls bowled 1,698 190 66 Wickets 16 4 4 Bowling average 49.25 36.75 20.75 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/0 1/0 4/19 Catches/stumpings 98/– 62/– 30/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2025

Career

Panchal made his first cricketing appearance for the Under-15s in the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy, in which he played for two seasons. He stepped up to the Under-17s team, for whom, in his last fixture of the 2005–06 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he scored a century. The following season, he played in both the limited-overs competition and the three-day game.

On 27 February 2008, he made his List-A debut against Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, playing for Gujarat, where he scored 123 runs in 115 balls with the help of 17 fours and 1 six.

Panchal made his first-class debut in the Ranji Trophy competition the following season, against Saurashtra, in a game which Gujarat won by an innings margin.

In November 2016, Panchal became the first player to score a triple century for Gujarat.^[2] The following month, he became the first player for Gujarat to score 1,000 runs in a single Ranji Trophy season.^[3] He finished the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy season with the most runs in the competition, with a total of 1,310 from ten matches and seventeen innings.^[4]

He was the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 542 runs in seven matches.^[5] In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Green for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.^[6] He was also the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 367 runs in eight matches.^[7] He was the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 898 runs in nine matches.^[8] He finished the tournament with 898 runs in nine matches.^[9]

In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the India Red team for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.^[10][11] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.^[12]

In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's Test squad for their series against England.^[13] In November 2021, he was named as captain of the India A team for their tour of South Africa.^[14] In December 2021, he was named in India's squad for Test series versus South Africa, replacing Rohit Sharma, who was suffering from hamstring injury.^[15] In February 2022, he was named in India's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.^[16] He was close to making his debut during the 2021-22 South Africa tour but didn’t get the chance to wear the national cap.^[17]

In May 2025, Panchal announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.^[18]

See also

• List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries