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Full name | Rakesh Vinubhai Dhruv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jamnagar, Gujarat, India | 12 May 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1999/00–2010/11 | Saurashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13–2017 | Gujarat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,26 December 2013 |
Rakesh Vinubhai Dhruv (born 12 May 1981) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Gujarat in Indian domestic cricket. He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He represented the India A cricket team in 2013. In October 2017,he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. [1]
Dhruv made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in the 1999/00 season. He played for Saurashtra until the 2010/11 season. In 2012,he switched to Gujarat and made immediate impact with his bowling. In a Ranji Trophy group match against Rajasthan in December 2012,Dhruv picked up 6/65 in the first innings and 8/31 in the second innings. [2] He finished the season with 36 wickets from eight matches at an average of 25.55. [3] His impressive bowling was rewarded by the national selectors who drafted him into the India A squad for the three-day match against the touring Australian team in February 2013. He picked up 5/31 in the first innings and 1/37 in the second innings,taking wickets of regular Test batsmen such as Shane Watson and Ed Cowan. [4]
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