Priyank Panchal
![]() Panchal during the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Priyank Kirit Panchal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India | 9 April 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–present | Gujarat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 3 November 2008 Gujarat v Saurashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 27 February 2008 Gujarat v Maharashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2025 |
Priyank Kiritbhai Panchal (born 9 April 1990) is an Indian former cricketer. He played for Gujarat primarily as a right-handed opening batsman. He was born in Ahmedabad.[1]
Career
[edit]Panchal made his first cricketing appearance for the Under-15s in the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy, in which he played for two seasons. He stepped up to the Under-17s team, for whom, in his last fixture of the 2005–06 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he scored a century. The following season, he played in both the limited-overs competition and the three-day game.
On 27 February 2008, he made his List-A debut against Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, playing for Gujarat, where he scored 123 runs in 115 balls with the help of 17 fours and 1 six.
Panchal made his first-class debut in the Ranji Trophy competition the following season, against Saurashtra, in a game which Gujarat won by an innings margin.
In November 2016, Panchal became the first player to score a triple century for Gujarat.[2] The following month, he became the first player for Gujarat to score 1,000 runs in a single Ranji Trophy season.[3] He finished the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy season with the most runs in the competition, with a total of 1,310 from ten matches and seventeen innings.[4]
He was the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 542 runs in seven matches.[5] In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Green for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.[6] He was also the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 367 runs in eight matches.[7] He was the leading run-scorer for Gujarat in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 898 runs in nine matches.[8] He finished the tournament with 898 runs in nine matches.[9]
In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the India Red team for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[10][11] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[12]
In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's Test squad for their series against England.[13] In November 2021, he was named as captain of the India A team for their tour of South Africa.[14] In December 2021, he was named in India's squad for Test series versus South Africa, replacing Rohit Sharma, who was suffering from hamstring injury.[15] In February 2022, he was named in India's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[16] He was close to making his debut during the 2021-22 South Africa tour but didn’t get the chance to wear the national cap.[17]
In May 2025, Panchal announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Priyank Kirit Panchal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Panchal on a roll, hits triple ton". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Panchal creates Gujarat history; UP tail wags". ESPN Cricinfo. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2016/17: Records – Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Gujarat batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Gujarat: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ "From irresistible Rajasthan to inconsistent Karnataka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Gujarat: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "India's squad for first two Tests against England announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Ind vs NZ T20Is: Rohit to lead; Kohli, Bumrah, Hardik absent". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Rohit Sharma ruled out of South Africa Tests; replacement named". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane dropped from India's Test squad for Sri Lanka series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Team, CricOpinion (28 May 2025). "Priyank Panchal Retires After India Snub: "It's Not Happening"". CricOpinion. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Priyank Panchal retires from all forms of cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
External links
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https://www.facebook.com/PriyankPanchalOfficial?mibextid=LQQJ4d