Armaan Jaffer (born 25 October 1998) is an Indian cricketer who plays for
Mumbai cricket team
The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. The team's primary home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai. Secondary home venues include the MCA ground in Bandra Kurla Comple ...
. He made news when he broke schools cricket record by scoring 498 for
Rizvi Springfield School against
IES Raja Shivaji School in the
Giles Shield tournament at
Cross Maidan
Cross Maidan (formerly ''Parade Ground'' ) is a vast expanse of land in Mumbai. The term maidan means "playing ground" in Marathi. The ground measures 23,000 m². The name "Cross" is derived for the old stone Cross (crucifix) built when ...
in 2010.
Armaan was once again in news when he slammed three consecutive double hundreds. With this he scored 895 runs in 5 matches scored at an average of 223.75 in
Cooch Behar Trophy
The Cooch Behar Trophy is India's national four-day cricket tournament for under-19 players. It has been held annually since the 1945–46 season. It is run by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
History
The trophy was donated by, and ...
.
In December 2015, he was named in 15 man squad for
2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in Bangladesh from 22 January to 14 February 2016. It was the eleventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be held in Ban ...
in Bangladesh
In February 2016, he was added to
Kings XI Punjab
Punjab Kings (PBKS) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008 as the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), the franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zi ...
squad for INR 10 lakh. He made his
first-class debut for
Mumbai
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in the
2016–17 Ranji Trophy
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on 6 October 2016.
He made his
Twenty20
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debut for Mumbai in the
2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 2 February 2017.
In November 2019, he was named in India's squad for the
2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
The 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Bangladesh between 14 and 23 November 2019. Eight teams participated in the tournament, including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations ...
in Bangladesh. He made his
List A
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debut for India, against Nepal, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019.
References
External links
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cricketaechive
1997 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
People from Sangli
Punjab Kings cricketers
Mumbai cricketers
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