Vriitya Aravind (born 11 June 2002) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[2] He plays as wicket-keeper batsman for the United Arab Emirates cricket team.[3][4][5] In October 2019, he was added to the UAE's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament, replacing Ghulam Shabber.[6] In December 2019, he was named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[7] He made his ODI debut for the UAE, against the United States on 8 December 2019.[8][9] Later the same month, he was named in the UAE's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[10]
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| Born | (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 20) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper batsman[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 79) | 8 December 2019 v United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 November 2022 v Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 49) | 23 February 2020 v Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 20 October 2022 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In February 2020, he was named in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 qualifier tournament.[11] He made his T20I debut for the UAE, against Iran, on 23 February 2020.[12]
In March 2022, in the sixth match of the 2022 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series, Aravind scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 115 not out from just 76 balls.[13]
Aravind was born in Chennai, India.[3] He studied at Kings School Al Barsha in Dubai.[14] He moved to England in 2020 to attend Loughborough University.[15]