Abhimanyu Mithun Biography of Indian Cricketer

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Biography

Full name     Abhimanyu Mithun

Born     25 October 1989 (age 21)

Bangalore, India

Height     6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Batting style     Right-handed

Bowling style     Right-arm medium-fast

Role     Bowler

International information

National side     India

Test debut     18 July 2010 v Sri Lanka

Only ODI (cap 180)     27 February 2010 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2008–     Karnataka

2009     Royal Challengers Bangalore

Career statistics

Competition     ODI     FC     LA     T20

Matches     1     10     10     3

Runs scored     24     95     38     0

Batting average     24.00     13.57     7.60     0.00

100s/50s     0/0     0/0     0/0     0/0

Top score     24     39*     24     0

Balls bowled     48     2017     474     42

Wickets     0     52     8     0

Bowling average     –     23.26     51.12     –

5 wickets in innings     0     3     0     0

10 wickets in match     n/a     1     n/a     n/a

Best bowling     0/63     6/71     2/29     0/5

Catches/stumpings     0/–     1/–     0/–     0/–

Abhimanyu Mithun (born 25 Oct 1989) is an Indian international cricketer. In first class cricket, he plays for Karnataka. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Mithun was called up to the India squad for the first Test against South Africa in 2009–10, only ten weeks after making his first-class debut. He has also played in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He made his debut in One Day Internationals in the third and final one day match against South Africa in the 2010 season. His Test debut was against Sri Lanka on 18 July 2010, at Galle, in which he claimed four wickets. He batted at No. 11 in the first innings, but after looking more solid than his fellow bowlers, he was promoted to No. 9 in the second innings and scored 25.

Career

As a teenager, Mithun was a discus thrower, competing at state-level. Despite training at his father's gym throughout his teens, he failed to progress with his discus throwing, and a friend suggested that he join a cricket camp. Until the age of 17, he hadn't bowled with a leather ball.Royal Challengers Bangalore's head coach Ray Jennings eulogised about him, describing him as an "express bowler", but he had a quiet IPL.His first-class debut reinvigorated the potential; he claimed six wickets in the first innings, followed by five wickets in the second, including a hat-trick. During the ensuing season, he displayed his credentials, claiming another five-wicket haul, and taking 47 wickets to finish as the highest wicket-taker in the 2009–10 Ranji Trophy.His call-up to the India national team to replace the injured Sreesanth came little more than ten weeks after his first-class debut, but his Karnataka coach Sanath Kumar was not surprised; "From day one we knew he had the potential, he has the pace, bowling around 140kmh, and he has performed in every game, whether it is junior cricket or first-class cricket.