Jacob Joseph Martin () (born 11 May 1972) is an Indian

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er. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. Martin has appeared 10 times for India at

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(ODI) level at the turn of the 21st century. He captained

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in the Indian domestic circuit.

Domestic career

Martin made his first-class debut for

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in the 1991–92 season in the

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. In his debut match, he took 5 wickets in an innings against

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and scored a 50. However, Martin came to be regarded as a specialist batsman and an occasional part-time spin bowler — to date, he has a total of 9 first-class wickets including the 5 he took on debut. He has played for

throughout his career except during the 2002–03 season when he played for

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. He has also captained

on a regular basis from the 2000–01 season onwards, winning the

in 2000–01 and finishing as runners-up the following season. Martin's most prolific season was in 1998–99 when he scored 1037 runs for Baroda in the

at an average of 103.70 including 5 centuries. The feat made him only the sixth player to have scored over 1000 runs in a Ranji Trophy season, and helped to earn him selection for the

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International career

Martin made his ODI debut against the West Indies cricket team in September 1999, and also played in the subsequent triangular ODI series in Australia against

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and

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in January 2000. However, he was unable to reproduce his domestic form and did not play again for India after 2001.

Post-playing career

He was named as head coach of

for

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season. He was arrested in 2011 in

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in connection with a 2003 human-trafficking case. In December 2018, Martin was involved in a road accident and was placed on life support. Martin is now retired and runs outlets of laundry and dry-cleaning brand, UClean, in Gujarat.

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