Ajay Varma (Kerala cricketer)

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Ajay Varma
Personal information
Born18 February 1963 (1963-02-18) (age 60)
Alleppey, Kerala
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches211
Runs scored76
Batting average 3.45
100s/50s0/0
Top score16*
Balls bowled2,77924
Wickets 480
Bowling average 41.85
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling5/82
Catches/stumpings 11/–0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 October 2022

Ajay Varma (born 18 February 1963) is an Indian former cricketer. He played as a bowler for Kerala during the 1980s. He was rated as one of the fastest bowler in his days in south India, he reigned terror in the kerala cricket circuit with sheer pace and was instrumental in State Bank of Travancore cricket team emerging as a reckoning force in South. His career was cut short by a knee injury. At present he is working as Asst Manager in State Bank of Travancore.

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