Jaykumar Dineshchandra Desai (born 30 January 1987) is an Indian

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er who plays for

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in the

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and the

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. He also additionally plays for the Lone Star Athletics in

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Career

Desai started playing cricket at the age of 10 in the village of Kathodia, in

. He was selected by

in early 2007 as he made his debut for Gujarat versus

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in the 47th game of the 2006-07 Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 20 off 18, and suffering a marginal 6-run loss. He later was selected to play for Gujarat in the 2007 Inter-State T20 Championship, making his T20 debut against

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, winning the game by 5 runs. He went on to score 104 runs from 7 innings out of 8. He was then selected for Gujarat in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy where he made his FC debut against

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scoring 19 & 8, winning the game by 50 runs. He goes on to score a total of 54 runs in 6 innings of 3 games. Desai wasn't picked up for the 2008-09 Vijay Hazare Trophy, but played during the 2009-10 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, scoring 108 runs from 4 matches at an average of 36. Desai was then selected into the Gujarati squad for the 2009-10 Ranji Trophy, where he made 108 against

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to help to draw against them. He also additionally made 76 against

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to give Gujarat a fighting chance, but missed the follow-on target by 5 runs, losing the game. He amassed a total of 295 runs from a total of 12 innings in 7 games during the season. Desai played once more during the

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, but had a poor performance, scoring only 2 runs out of the 3 games he played in. He was also separately selected again for his final Mushtaq Trophy outing, where he scored 60 runs from 4 matches at an average of 20. This performance selected him into the Gujarat side which would play the

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in 3 matches in preparation for the

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. He partook in the second match and made 72 to take Gujarat to a 206-run win over Kenya. He also played in what would be his last

outing. Desai made 98 runs in 6 innings of 4 games to end his

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career. He was then taken off the

ing radar until he was selected to play for the Indian Income Tax cricket team in the 2013–14 BCCI Corporate Trophy. His good performance during the trophy allowed him to return in the Gujarati side for the 2013-14 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. However, he was dropped after the season ended. He then immigrated to the US in hopes of playing for the

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. He was selected for the Lone Star Athletics to play in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Desai, Jay 1987 births Living people Indian cricketers Gujarat cricketers American cricketers