Varun Aaron

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Varun Aaron
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Personal information
Full name
Varun Raymond Aaron
Born (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 35)
Jamshedpur, Bihar, (now Jharkhand), India
NicknameRoon
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  273)22 November 2011 v  West Indies
Last Test14 November 2015 v  South Africa
ODI debut(cap  192)23 October 2011 v  England
Last ODI2 November 2014 v  Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.77
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Men's Cricket
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2014 Bangladesh
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 February 2024

Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian former cricketer from Jamshedpur. A right-arm fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first One Day International (ODI) for India in October 2011 and made his Test debut the following month.

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Domestic career

Aaron is a product of the MRF Pace Foundation. He made his first-class debut playing for Jharkhand in the 2008–09 season of the Ranji Trophy, in a home fixture against Jammu and Kashmir. He claimed two wickets in each innings. [1]

Aaron took 13 wickets in the 2010–11 Ranji Trophy and bowled a 153.4 km/h (95.3 mph) delivery. [2] He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, [3] and after impressing there earned a call-up to the India ODI squad for the series in England. He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the Indian T20 and ODI squad for the series in England as a replacement for Ishant Sharma. [4]

In September 2014, he was signed by the Durham County Cricket Club for the 2014 County Championship. [5]

In February 2017, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 2.8 crores. [6] In October 2018, he was named in India B's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy. [7]

In December 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League. [8] [9]

In August 2019, he was named in the India Red team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy. [10] [11] In February 2022, he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. [12]

Aaron announced his retirement from the first-class format in February 2024. He cited that his "body won't allow me to continue bowling fast in red-ball cricket, so I have decided to quit." [1] He finished with 173 wickets at an average of 33.27. [13]

International career

ODI career

Aaron only bowled 3 overs in his second match against England at Eden gardens and took 1 wicket (again bowled) of Alastair Cook which proved to be a key strike for India. [14]

On 25 January 2014, Aaron made his international comeback after 2 years, having previously suffered from a back injury. He returned figures of 1/52. [15] [16]

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  2. ↑ "Varun Aaron says he won't compromise on pace". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Dhawan to lead team in Emerging Players tournament". The Times of India . 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Varun Aaron | India Cricket | Cricket Players no. ESPNcricinfo
  5. ↑ "Varun Aaron to join Durham". ESPNcricinfo. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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  9. ↑ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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  12. ↑ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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  14. ↑ Aaron, Meaker debut as England bat ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2011
  15. ↑ Harbhajan Singh out of Test squad; Rahul Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli in ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2011
  16. ↑ Key wickets give Varun Aaron hope CricketNext. Retrieved 25 November 2011
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