Abhishek Arunkumar Jhunjhunwala (born 1 December 1982) is an Indian first-class

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er. He played for the Royal Bengal Tigers and the Indian World Team in the

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competition, before signing for the

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in the

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. In his second match for the Royals, he hit a 7 not out. In the 4th season of IPL, he played for

Pune Warriors India Pune Warriors India was a franchise Twenty20 cricket team that represented the city of Pune in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team was one of two IPL franchises from the Indian state of Maharashtra, the other being Mumbai Indians. It was ...

. In the 5th season of IPL, he moved to

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. Abhi is now playing for Hampton Wick having moved from Richmond CC to become HW's Director of Cricket.

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