Siddharth Trivedi

Sidhharth Trivedi

Personal information
Full name	Siddharth Kishorkumar Trivedi
Born	(1982-09-04) 4 September 1982 (age 42) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008-2013	Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 82 78 103 Runs scored 849 233 71 Batting average 11.02 7.28 5.91 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0 Top score 65 21* 12 Balls bowled 15,142 3,732 2,103 Wickets 268 107 103 Bowling average 24.81 28.53 26.13 5 wickets in innings 15 0 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/32 4/40 4/25 Catches/stumpings 16/– 17/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 October 2012

Siddharth Kishorkumar Trivedi (born 4 September 1982) is an Indian cricketer who represented Gujarat. Currently, he plays for Saurashtra cricket team on his return to domestic circuit after serving a one-year ban for his failure to report being approached by bookies.

Domestic career

Trivedi is right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his first class debut in 2002–03. He played for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy, for Gujarat cricket team in the Ranji Trophy and for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He returned to domestic in 2014 after completing ban of 1 year. He joined Saurashtra cricket team on his return to domestic circuit.^[1]

Under 19 career

He played in the 2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup for India. He has been called up to an Indian emerging players tour to Australia in July.

Indian Premier League

In the Indian Premier League, he played for the Rajasthan Royals, who won the 2008 competition. Trivedi is Rajasthan's 2nd highest wicket taker in the IPL, with 65 wickets.

Ban

In 2013, Trivedi was banned for 1 year after he failed to report that bookies approached him, even though he had no involvement in match fixing or spot fixing during the IPL corruption scandal in 2013.^[2][3][4]

References

1. Having served a one-year ban for failing to report an approach by a bookie, Siddharth Trivedi is back playing competitive cricket
2. India cricketers Sreesanth, Chavan banned for life for fixing
3. Sreesanth, Chavan banned for life by BCCI
4. 'Won't be able to trust anyone' – Trivedi

External links

• Siddharth Trivedi at ESPNcricinfo