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Priyank Kiritbhai Panchal (born 9 April 1990) is an Indian domestic cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Gujarat. He was born in Ahmedabad.[1]

Priyank Panchal

Panchal during the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name	Priyank Kirit Panchal
Born	(1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 (age 32) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–present	Gujarat
FC debut	3 November 2008 Gujarat v Saurashtra
LA debut	27 February 2008 Gujarat v Maharashtra
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 101 75 50 Runs scored 7,068 2,854 1,327 Batting average 45.30 40.19 29.48 100s/50s 24/26 5/18 0/8 Top score 314* 135* 79 Balls bowled 1,638 166 66 Wickets 14 4 4 Bowling average 54.35 30.75 20.75 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/20 1/0 4/19 Catches/stumpings 74/– 51/– 27/–
Source: Cricinfo, 04 March 2022

Career

Panchal made his first cricketing appearance for the Under-15s in the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy, in which he played for two seasons. He stepped up to the Under-17s team, for whom, in his last fixture of the 2005–06 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he scored a century. The following season, he played in both the limited overs competition and the three-day game.

On 27 February 2008, he made his List-A debut against Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, playing for Gujarat, where he scored 123 runs in 115 balls with the help of 17 fours and 1 six.[2]

Panchal made his first-class debut in the Ranji Trophy competition the following season, against Saurashtra, in a game which Gujarat won by an innings margin.

In November 2016, Panchal became first player to score a triple century for Gujarat.[3] The following month, he became the first player for Gujarat to score 1,000 runs in a single Ranji Trophy season.[4] He finished the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy season with the most runs in the competition, with a total of 1,310 from ten matches and seventeen innings.[5]

He was the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 542 runs in seven matches.[6] In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Green for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.[7] He was also the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 367 runs in eight matches.[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 898 runs in nine matches.[9] He finished the tournament with 898 runs in nine matches.[10]

In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the India Red team for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[11][12] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[13]

In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's Test squad for their series against England.[14] In November 2021, he was named as captain of the India A team for their tour of South Africa.[15] In December 2021, he was named in India's squad for Test series versus South Africa, replacing Rohit Sharma, who was suffering from hamstring injury.[16] In February 2022, he was named in India's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[17]

See also

• List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries

References

External links

• Priyank Panchal at ESPNcricinfo

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