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| Full name | Rohan Ravindra Raje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 1986 Neral, Maharashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armed fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006/07–2016/17 | Mumbai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Mumbai Indians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rohan Ravindra Raje is an Indian cricketer who played for Mumbai domestically between the 2006/2007 and 2016/2017 seasons. He also appeared with the Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 and 2009. A right-armed fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed,he played in 30 Twenty20 matches over his career,10 of them in the IPL. After his career in major cricket ended,he founded a cricket academy and served as a selector for Mumbai's under-14 side,while returning to minor Indian cricket as a player in 2025.
Born in Neral in Maharashtra on 3 September 1986, [1] Raje debuted as part of Mumbai's youth system during the 2004/05 season,representing their Under-19 squad in both the Vinoo Mankad Trophy,a limited-overs competition,and the Cooch Behar Trophy,which featured multiple-day matches. [2] Starting in the 2006/07 campaign,he made his first appearances in the C. K. Nayudu Trophy,a three-day competition for those 22 and younger. Also starting in the 2006/07 cricket season,Raje began playing for a cricket team representing the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),starting an affiliation that spanned 12 non-consecutive seasons. [2] Later that season,during the first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMA Trophy), [a] Raje made his initial appearances in major cricket. [4] Appearing twice for Mumbai in West Zone group play, [3] he scored two runs, [5] took the wicket of Pratik Desai, [6] and had three catches. [5]
In the 2007/08 season,Raje played in the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time, [7] making a single appearance for Mumbai where he failed to record a wicket as a bowler and scored 11 runs as a batter. [8] Much of his year was spent with Mumbai's Under-22 side, [2] with whom he helped win the Nayudu Trophy. [9] His performances with the Under-22 side and the IOC team that year were considered "consistent" by Cricinfo, [1] and helped him receive a contract from the Mumbai Indians of the newly-formed Indian Premier League (IPL). [10]
Raje signed a US$40,000 contract to play for the Indians in 2008, [11] double the base $20,000 salary for a rookie cricketer. [b] [12] During the year,he made six appearances in the debut IPL season, [13] scoring eight runs and taking five wickets, [14] including taking a pair of wickets at the cost of 16 runs in a victory against the eventual champions,the Rajasthan Royals. [15] He remained with the Indians during the second edition of the IPL,held in 2009 in South Africa, [13] with his contract having been upgraded by US$10,000 in the interim. [11] Raje appeared in four matches for the Indians,with most of his statistical contributions coming in a match against the Deccan Chargers,where he scored 11 of the 12 runs he recorded over the year and took his lone wicket,that of Adam Gilchrist, [16] of the season. [13] [14] The 11 runs would become his career best in any T20 match,including later matches in the SMA Trophy. [1] 2008 and 2009 represented the only seasons in which Raje would factor in the IPL. [13]
After playing in only a SMA Trophy match during the 2009/10 cricket season, [3] Raje played in all three cricket formats (first-class,List A,and Twenty20) with Mumbai for the only time in his career. [3] [7] [17] In the 2010/11 SMA Trophy,Raje led Mumbai with eight wickets, [18] while in his debut (and ultimately only) Ranji Trophy match, [19] he recorded three wickets,all in the first eight overs of the match, [20] in a victory against Railways. [19]
Between 2011/12 and 2013/14,Raje did not appear in major cricket,spending most of those years representing IOC and the Mumbai-based National Cricket Club in various minor competitions. [2] Returning to Twenty20 cricket in the 2014/15 season,he played in all 7 of Mumbai's SMA Trophy matches that year, [21] leading the side in wickets taken. [22] Raje's three wickets for 15 runs in a Trophy match against Rajasthan represented his best bowling in any innings in major cricket. [23] The following season,in a loss to Rajasthan in the Hazare Trophy,he would record his best batting total with 21 runs in an innings. [24] His major career ended with two SMA Trophy matches in the 2016/17 campaign, [3] while he played a final minor match for IOC in 2017. [2]
Raje lived in Badlapur when he founded a cricket academy there in 2021. [25] He was a selector for Mumbai's under-14 side in 2025. [26] During that same year,eight years after his final matches with Mumbai,and seven seasons following his most recent appearance representing IOC,Raje started a comeback in the minor T20 Mumbai League,winning man of the match in his first appearance with the Mumbai South Central (MSC) Maratha Royals. [27] He ultimately helped MSC win the league championship,scoring the runs that clinched the win in the final match. [28]