Raiphi Vincent Gomez (born 16 October 1985) is an Indian cricketer who played for Kerala and Puducherry in domestic cricket.[1] He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium-fast.[2] He was bought by Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2009 season of Indian Premier League making him the second Kerala player to be part of an IPL franchise after Sreesanth.[3] Raiphi has also represented India U-17 team and India U-19 team.

Raiphi Gomez
Personal information
Full name
Raiphi Vincent Gomez
Born (1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 38)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAllrounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2017Kerala
2009–2010Rajasthan Royals
2011Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2012–2013Pune Warriors India
2018–2019Puducherry
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 41 51 62
Runs scored 1,258 1,261 774
Batting average 21.68 30.02 21.50
100s/50s 2/5 1/9 0/2
Top score 108 105 62*
Balls bowled 2,853 1,179 588
Wickets 40 19 20
Bowling average 31.85 51.73 38.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/58 3/51 2/8
Catches/stumpings 21/– 9/– 26/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 May 2022

Gomez represented Kochi Tuskers Kerala in IPL 2011.[4] After KTK's termination, he was selected to play for Pune Warriors India in the 5th edition of IPL.[5]

In December 2018, he was selected for cricket association of Pondicherry as a guest player in Ranji trophy.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Raiphi Gomez". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ Krishnaswamy, Karthik. "The tale of Samson". The Cricket Monthly. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Raiphi to play for Rajasthan Royals". The Hindu. 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Raiphi Vincent Gomez to play for Kochi IPL Team". Kochi IPL Team - Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Team KTK. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Pune Warriors India's playing XI in their last IPL match- Where are they now? | Raiphi Gomez". CricTracker. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ Chhabria, Vinay (3 March 2019). "IPL history: Kochi Tuskers Kerala squad - Where are they now? | Raiphi Gomez". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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