Sachin Baby

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Sachin Baby
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Personal information
Full nameSachin Baby
Born (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 33)
Thodupuzha, Kerala, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–presentKerala
2012–2013Rajasthan Royals
2016–2017,2021–presentRoyal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 36)
2018–2019Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 18)
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 63 64 63
Runs scored 2,899 2,088 913
Batting average 32.57 39.39 21.23
100s/50s 5/14 2/14 0/3
Top score 250* 104* 79
Balls bowled 774 330 94
Wickets 9 7 3
Bowling average 44.77 39.42 44.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/24 2/11 2/4
Catches/stumpings 64/0 17/0 26/0
Source: CricInfo, 26 March 2019

Sachin Baby (born 18 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket.[1] He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off breaker.[2]

Early life[]

Sachin was born to PC Baby on Thodupuzha, Kerala. He was named after Sachin Tendulkar by his parents.[3]

Domestic career[]

Consistency in first-class cricket continued to elude Baby in his formative years as a domestic cricketer, but he got off to a good start in limited-overs cricket, with a List A average in the mid-40s.

Better performances in the following years have seen him rise to the top and become an integral part of the state team. He is the former captain of the side and had formed a productive partnership with former-coach Dav Watmore, eventually taking the team to the Ranji Trophy semi-finals for the first time in history in the 2018–19 season.[4]

Sachin Baby scored heavily in the 2012–13 Vijay Hazare Trophy, India's premier domestic 50-over tournament. His century in the quarter-final earned Kerala a place in the final four of the tournament.

Indian Premier League[]

Baby's penchant for limited-overs cricket earned him a contract with the Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2013.[5] He was part of the Rajasthan Royals squad in the 2013 IPL season, though he only got to play one match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore picked him up in the IPL Player Auction 2016. In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction.[6] In February 2021, Baby was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[7]

Personal life[]

Sachin married his girlfriend Anna Chandy on January 5, 2017, at St Sebastain's Church, Thodupuzha.[8] The couple were blessed with a baby boy, Steve Sachin on 1 December 2017.

Outside Cricket[]

Sachin released the official teaser of his YouTube channel Sachin Baby Official on 15 July 2020.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ This Sachin's making heads turn too Archived 5 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Wisden India (2013-03-03). Retrieved on 2016-01-02.
  2. ^ "Sachin Baby". espncricinfo.
  3. ^ "Sachin Baby accidentally named after Sachin Tendulkar". cricketaddictor.
  4. ^ "Kerala vanquish Gujarat to enter maiden Ranji semi-final". ESPNcricinfo. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Sachin Baby, Harmeet Singh among Royals' new signings". ESPN Cricinfo. 7 March 2013.
  6. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. ^ "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Cricketer Sachin Baby announces marriage with Anna Chandy". deccanchronicle.
  9. ^ "Sachin Baby becomes a Youtuber". thehindu.
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