Rakesh Vinubhai Dhruv (born 12 May 1981) is a former Indian cricketer who played for

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in Indian domestic cricket. He was a

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bowler. He represented the

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in 2013. In October 2017, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

Career

Dhruv made his first-class debut for

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in the 1999/00 season. He played for Saurashtra until the 2010/11 season. In 2012, he switched to Gujarat and made immediate impact with his bowling. In a Ranji Trophy group match against Rajasthan in December 2012, Dhruv picked up 6/65 in the first innings and 8/31 in the second innings. He finished the season with 36 wickets from eight matches at an average of 25.55. His impressive bowling was rewarded by the national selectors who drafted him into the

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squad for the three-day match against the touring Australian team in February 2013. He picked up 5/31 in the first innings and 1/37 in the second innings, taking wickets of regular Test batsmen such as

Shane Watson Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who played for and occasionally captained the Australia national cricket team, Australian national cricket team between 2002 and 2016. He ...

and

Ed Cowan Edward James McKenzie Cowan (born 16 June 1982) is an Australian former cricketer, who played domestically mainly for New South Wales and Tasmania as a left handed opening batsman. In March 2018, he announced his retirement from first-class cri ...

.Australia in India 2012/13 - India A v Australians
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* 1981 births Living people Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Saurashtra cricketers West Zone cricketers Gujarat cricketers People from Jamnagar Cricketers from Gujarat {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub