Eklavya Dwivedi

Eklavya Rakesh Dwivedi is an Indian cricket player who was born in 1988 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. This right hand batsman and right arm bowler presently got selected by the Sahara Pune Warriors team to play in the 2011 IPL Franchise. He has been retained by this team to play at the IPL 5 season 2012.

Dwivedi made his first class debut in 2010 against the Orissa cricket team held in Lucknow. He made his List A debut against the Rajasthan cricket team held in Kanpur in 2008. It was in 2010, when he got a chance to play as a debutant player in Twenty20 match against the Madhya Pradesh cricket team held in Jaipur.

Career Highlights

He played in 9 First class matches scoring 276 runs, with his highest being 83, at an average of 23.00 and a strike rate of 39.42. Dwivedi played in 11 List A matches, scoring overall 308 runs, at an average of 30.80 and a strike rate of 65.53. His Twenty20 matches strike rate was 129.88 with an average rate of 37.66 , of the overall 8 matches.