Sanjay Raul (born 6 October 1976) is an Indian

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. He is a right-handed

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and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Sanjay Raul is a strokeful middle order batsman who started his international debut as part of India 'A' tour of

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in early 1998. He played both of his ODIs against Pakistan at Skating & Curling Club, Toronto in 1998, but failed to perform well in the two matches. His best domestic season was in 1996/97, when he made 644 runs and took 37 wickets, and topped the batting and bowling averages for

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. Now he is a professional match referee on OCA. He has also played domestic cricket for

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. He was the Captain of

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in the year 1995/96. He was also the Captain of

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