Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian former cricketer from

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. A right-arm fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first

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(ODI) for

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in October 2011 and made his

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debut the following month.

Domestic career

Aaron is a product of the MRF Pace Foundation. He made his first-class debut playing for Jharkhand in the 2008–09 season of the

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, in a home fixture against Jammu and Kashmir. He claimed two wickets in each innings. Aaron took 13 wickets in the 2010–11 Ranji Trophy and bowled a delivery. He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the India ODI squad for the series in England. He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the Indian T20 and ODI squad for the series in England as a replacement for Ishant Sharma. In September 2014, he was signed by the

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for the 2014 County Championship. In February 2017, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab team for the

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for 2.8

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s. In October 2018, he was named in India B's squad for the

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. In December 2018, he was bought by the

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in the player auction for the

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. In August 2019, he was named in the India Red team's squad for the

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. Aaron announced his retirement from the first-class format in February 2024. He cited that his "body won't allow me to continue bowling fast in red-ball cricket, so I have decided to quit." He finished with 173 wickets at an

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of 33.27.

International career

ODI career

Aaron only bowled 3 overs in his second match against England at Eden gardens and took 1 wicket (again bowled) of

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which proved to be a key strike for India. On 25 January 2014, Aaron made his international comeback after 2 years, having previously suffered from a back injury. He returned figures of 1/52.Key wickets give Varun Aaron hope
CricketNext. Retrieved 25 November 2011

References

External links

s profile page on Wisden *
Varun Aaron – IPL Profile
from RoyalChallengers *
Varun Aaron
s name on

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