Manpreet Juneja

Manpreet Juneja (born 12 September 1990) is an Indian cricketer[1] who plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket.[2] He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. Juneja scored an unbeaten 201 on his first-class debut against Tamil Nadu in December 2011, becoming only the fourth Indian to score a double-century on first-class debut.[3] T. A. Sekhar, the mentor of IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils, was said to have been tracking Juneja even before his debut and drafted him into the Daredevils squad in January 2012.[4]

Manpreet Juneja
Personal information
Full name
Manpreet Charanjit Juneja
Born (1990-09-12) 12 September 1990
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleMiddle-order batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–presentGujarat
2012–2013Delhi Daredevils
2014Sunrisers Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 20 22 19
Runs scored 1520 752 468
Batting average 58.46 44.23 31.20
100s/50s 5/6 1/7 1/2
Top score 201* 114* 108*
Catches/stumpings 7/– 10/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2013

Juneja scored 796 runs from 8 matches at an average of 66.33 in the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy. He had three centuries and three fifties to his name in the season.[5]

In 2013 he along with Abdulahad Malek set the highest ever 4th wicket partnership in any forms of T20 cricket(202*)[6][7][8]

Juneja made his IPL debut in 2013 (2013 Indian Premier League) against Kolkata Knight Riders.

He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad at the 2014 IPL auction.

He was part of the Gujarat cricket team that won the Ranji Trophy in 2016-17 where he scored half centuries[9] in both innings. Manpreet with skipper Parthiv Patel helped Gujarat beat defending champions Mumbai in the final in Indore. Gujarat had never reached the finals nor won a Ranji Trophy in over 66 years before that.[10]

References
  1. Manprit Juneja
  2. Gujarat Squad, Ranji Trophy 2012/13
  3. Juneja scores rare double on debut on day of draws
  4. Delhi Daredevils sign Negi, Juneja, Raval
  5. Ranji Trophy, 2012/13 - Gujarat / Records / Batting and bowling averages
  6. "Group A: Gujarat v Kerala at Indore, Mar 30, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. "Gujarat in final after Manprit ton". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. "Records | Twenty20 matches | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. "Ranji Trophy final: Gujarat ride on Parthiv Patel-Manprit Juneja stand to grab first innings lead". Firstpost. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  10. Viswanath, G. "Parthiv guides Gujarat to maiden Ranji title". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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