ABHISHEK NAYAR-A NEW INDIAN CAP

Full name Abhishek Mohan Nayar

Born October 8, 1983, Secunderabad, Hyderabad

Current age 25 years 252 days

Major teams India Green, Mumbai, Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI, Mumbai Indians

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm mediuM

Tall and broad shouldered, Abhishek Nayar is a useful right-arm medium-pacer who has time and again got Mumbai crucial breaktrhoughs in his young first-class career. He does not quite have the pace to be a regular attacking option, but it's with his left-hand batting that he becomes a natural selection. Capable of crease occupation as well as hitting the ball hard, Nayar chipped in with vital contributions in Mumbai's successful Ranji campaign in 2006. The first-class century narrowly eluded him for a time - he made 97 against Gujarat in 2006 - but when it came it was a big one, 152 against Karachi Urban in the Mohammad Nissar Trophy. Nayar was bought by the lucrative Indian Premier League's Mumbai franchise in early 2008 and enjoyed regular playing time as the tournament kicked off. In the final of the 2008-09 Ranji Trophy he made a vital 99 that helped set up Mumbai's 38th triumph and, after being on the fringes of the national side, was selected for ODI squad to tour West Indies in June.

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	23	33	3	1307	152	43.56	1807	72.32	3	6	152	29	7	0
List A	45	40	5	920	102	26.28	993	92.64	1	3			8	0
Twenty20	28	21	4	399	45*	23.47	290	137.58	0	0	30	16	9	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	23	43	3352	1475	54	6/45	7/66	27.31	2.64	62.0	0	2	0
List A	45		1409	1210	38	6/28	6/28	31.84	5.15	37.0	1	1	0
Twenty20	28	10	126	170	6	3/13	3/13	28.33	8.09	21.0	0	0	0