Baba Indrajith (born 8 July 1994) is an Indian

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er who plays for the

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. Indrajith is a right hand batsman and legbreak bowler and an occasional wicket-keeper. He plays first-class cricket for

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. In September 2017, he scored his first double-century in

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, playing for India Red in the

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. In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Green for the

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. In the opening fixture of the tournament, he made a century, scoring 109 runs. He was the leading run-scorer for India Green in the tournament, with 149 runs in two matches. He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu in the

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, with 641 runs in eight matches. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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for the

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tournament as a wicket-keeper batsman. Indrajith finished the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy season as the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu, with 396 runs in three matches, at an average of 99, with three centuries.

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