Siddharth Kishorkumar Trivedi (born 4 September 1982) is an Indian

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er who represented

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. Currently, he plays for

Saurashtra cricket team Saurashtra cricket team is one of the three first-class cricket teams based in Gujarat (the others being Baroda and Gujarat) that compete in the first-class tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Tro ...

on his return to domestic circuit.

Domestic career

Trivedi is right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his first class debut in 2002–03. He played for West Zone in the

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, for

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in the

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and for the

Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai ...

in the

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. He returned to domestic in 2014 after completing ban of 1 year. He joined

on his return to domestic circuit.

Under 19 career

He played in

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in 2002 for India. He has been called up to an Indian emerging players tour to Australia in July.

Indian Premier League

In the

, he played for the

, who won the 2008 competition. Trivedi is Rajasthan's highest wicket taker in the IPL, with 65 wickets.

Ban

In 2013, Trivedi was banned for 1 year after he failed to report that bookies approached him, even though he had no involvement in match fixing or spot fixing during the IPL corruption scandal in 2013.'Won't be able to trust anyone' – Trivedi
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* 1982 births Living people Indian cricketers Rajasthan Royals cricketers West Zone cricketers Gujarat cricketers Saurashtra cricketers India Red cricketers India Blue cricketers Cricketers from Ahmedabad Cricketers banned for corruption {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub