Abu Nechim

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Abu Nechim Ahmed (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer[1] who plays for Nagaland in domestic cricket and played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. He captained Assam cricket team in the Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Abu Nechim
Personal information
Full name
Abu Nechim Ahmed
Born (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35)
Guwahati, Assam, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2021Assam
2010–2013Mumbai Indians
2014–2016Royal Challengers Bangalore
2021–PresentNagaland
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 64 56 75
Runs scored 1,114 421 239
Batting average 13.75 14.03 9.19
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 50 43 26*
Balls bowled 10,810 2,378 1,435
Wickets 167 59 75
Bowling average 32.04 34.88 24.29
5 wickets in innings 6 1 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 7/68 5/32 4/21
Catches/stumpings 23/– 13/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 March 2021

Career edit

Abu made his first-class debut on 1 December 2005 against Madhya Pradesh at Indore in the 2005–06 Ranji Trophy. From 2010 to 2013 he represented Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He has represented India at the U-19 level many times, played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He had also represented ICL India XI & Royal Bengal Tigers in the now defunct ICL.[1]

He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Assam in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with twelve dismissals in four matches.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Abu Nechim Ahmed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Assam batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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