Chirag Jayeshkumar Gandhi (born 18 June 1990) is an Indian

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

er who has played for

Gujarat cricket team The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and Saurashtra cricket team). Led by Parthiv Patel, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy title i ...

since 2011. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm

off-break Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called an off spinner. Off spinners are right-handed spin bowlers who use their fingers to spin the ball. Their normal delivery is an off break, which sp ...

bowler.

Early life

Chirag Gandhi was born on 18 June 1990 in

Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is no ...

into a Gujarati Hindu family. Chirag Gandhi loved to play cricket from his early childhood. Considering his love for cricket, his father put him in a Cricket coaching academy at the age of eight. His father always believed that Chirag can be a good cricketer so he inspired and supported him to make his career in Cricket. Chirag Gandhi was raised in Surat and completed his schooling from M T Jariwala High School and In 2010, he has taken his B.com degree from SPB English Medium College of Commerce, Surat. After graduation, he started his Government job in department of Post in Surat and after working for 3 years, in 2014 he appointed in Income tax Department in Ahmedabad.

Cricket career

Gandhi made his domestic limited-overs debut in February 2011, playing for Gujarat in the

Vijay Hazare Trophy The Vijay Hazare Trophy, (officially known as Mastercard Vijay Hazare trophy for sponsorship reasons) also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy pl ...

at Indore he scored 21 in his debut innings against

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

. He made his

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the county cricket, inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have ...

debut later that year against

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capi ...

in the

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic T-20 cricket championship in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), among the teams from the Ranji Trophy. It is named after Indian former test cricketer Syed Mushtaq Al ...

. His first-class debut came in a game against

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

in the

Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...

that started in December 2012. On 26 January 2016. Gandhi scored a hundred against India B in the

Deodhar Trophy The Deodhar Trophy, also known as Mastercard Devdhar trophy due to sponsorship reasons (also spelled Devdhar Trophy), is a List A cricket domestic cricket tournament of India. It is named after D. B. Deodhar (known as the Grand Old Man of India ...

. Gandhi scored 169 runs with 22 fours and two sixes in the 2017

Irani Cup Irani Trophy or Irani Cup also known as the Mastercard Irani Trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a first-class cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). . It is played annually between the winners of ...

against Rest of India at Mumbai.

References

External links

* *
Chirag Gandhi
at

Cricbuzz Cricbuzz is an Indian cricket news website owned by Times Internet. It features, news, articles and live coverage of cricket matches including videos, text commentary, player stats and team rankings. Their website also offers a mobile app. C ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gandhi, Chirag 1990 births Living people Indian cricketers Gujarat cricketers Cricketers from Surat