Aron Stuart Singh Nijjar (born 24 September 1994) is an English

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er who most recently played for

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. Primarily a left-handed

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bowler, he also

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left-handed. He made his First-class debut for Essex against

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in May 2015. He made his

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debut for Essex in the

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on 17 August 2018. Despite consistent performances with bat and ball in the Essex 2nd XI, the excellence and uninterrupted availability of spin-bowling all-rounder Simon Harmer limited Nijjar's appearances for the Essex first team. In September 2023 Nijjar joined

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on loan for the last three games of the season. On 14 September 2023, Nijjar was released by Essex.

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* 1994 births Living people English cricketers Essex cricketers Cardiff MCCU cricketers Suffolk cricketers British Asian cricketers English people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent Cricketers from the London Borough of Redbridge Kent cricketers 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub