Saurabh Tiwary

Saurabh Tiwary (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a left-handed middle order batsman. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia.^[1][2] He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2010 Asia Cup.

Saurabh Tiwary

Personal information
Full name	Saurabh Tiwary
Born	(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 35) Jamshedpur, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batter
International information
National side	India
ODI debut (cap 189)	20 October 2010 v Australia
Last ODI	10 December 2010 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2024	Jharkhand
2008–2010, 2017–2018, 2020–2021	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 15)
2011–2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014–2015	Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 15)
2016	Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 15)
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 3 116 116 181 Runs scored 49 8,076 4,050 3,454 Batting average – 47.22 46.55 37.45 100s/50s 0/0 22/34 6/27 0/16 Top score 37* 238 138* 69 Balls bowled 0 417 214 6 Wickets 0 1 4 0 Bowling average – 221.00 49.25 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 – – Best bowling 0/0 1/0 2/40 – Catches/stumpings 2/– 88/– 65/– 68/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ACC Asia Cup Winner 2010 Sri Lanka ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Winner 2008 Malaysia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 January 2025

Indian Premier League

He represented Mumbai Indians from the 2008 Indian Premier League. He had become a regular player for them in the IPL 2010, where he was dubbed as a left-handed version of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

He has won the Under-23 player of the tournament for IPL 2010 representing Mumbai Indians as he had a fairly successful tournament, scoring 419 runs in 16 matches, at an average of 29.92 and strike rate of 135.59. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2011 Indian Premier League at a price of US$1.6 million. In 2014 IPL auction, he was signed by Delhi Daredevils for ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹1.1 crore or US$130,000 in 2023). After Tiwary was sidelined by an injured shoulder, he was replaced by Imran Tahir. In the 2016 IPL, Tiwary and Albie Morkel were traded by the Delhi Daredevils to the new franchise Rising Pune Supergiants. In 2016 IPL he scored two promising half centuries against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.

In February 2017, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for ₹30 lakh (equivalent to ₹48 lakh or US$57,000 in 2023).^[3] He scored a half century playing against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on 13 May 2017. In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auction.^[4] In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.^[5]

International career

Tiwary was called into the squad for the 2010 Asia Cup, but did not play. He made his ODI debut against Australia in Visakhapatnam in October 2010 after a few first-choice players were rested.