Manish Pandey

Manish Krishnanand Pandey (Hindi: [mʌˈniːʃ ˈpaːɳɖeː]; born 10 September 1989) is an Indian international cricketer. He is primarily a right-handed middle-order batsman representing India national cricket team, Karnataka in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL).^[3] He played as an opening batsman for his former IPL team, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, and became the first Indian player to score a century in the IPL in 2009 Indian Premier League.^[4] He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2018 Asia Cup.

Manish Pandey

Personal information
Full name	Manish Krishnanand Pandey
Born	(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 35) Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1][2]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Top-order batter
Relations	Ashrita Shetty (wife) ​ ​ (m. 2019)​
International information
National side	India (2015–2021)
ODI debut (cap 206)	14 July 2015 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	23 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	37
T20I debut (cap 52)	17 July 2015 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	4 December 2020 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	37
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–present	Karnataka
2008	Mumbai Indians
2009–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 1)
2011–2013	Pune Warriors India (squad no. 1)
2014–2017	Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 9)
2018–2021	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 21)
2022	Lucknow Super Giants
2023	Delhi Capitals
2024–present	Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 29 39 91 173 Runs scored 566 709 6,389 5,764 Batting average 33.29 44.31 51.11 45.38 100s/50s 1/2 0/3 19/29 10/36 Top score 104* 79* 238 142* Catches/stumpings 10/– 9/– 125/– 97/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ACC Asia Cup Winner 2018 United Arab Emirates
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2021

Life and early career

Pandey was born in Nainital, Uttarakhand, but moved to Bangalore at the age of 15 with his family. His father was in the Indian Army.^[5][6] He did his schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya and later joined the Karnataka State Cricket Association. His sister, Anita Pandey is also a former cricketer who represented Karnataka.^[7] He was a member of the victorious Indian team in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup held in Malaysia.^[5]

Indian Premier League

He was selected for the Mumbai Indians squad in the 2008 season of the Indian Premier League.^[8] On 21 May 2009, while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he became the first Indian to score a century in the IPL.^[9] He was then picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014.^[10] In the finals, he played a match-winning innings of 94 against Kings XI Punjab and was awarded Man of Match.^[11] He had been included in the list of top 10 scorers of 2 IPL seasons, 2014 (401 runs in 16 matches)^[12] and in 2017 (396 runs in 13 matches).^[13] In 2018, he was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹11 crore.^[14] He was dropped for most of the season in IPL 2021, due to lack of form.^[15]

At the inaugural IPL Auction in 2008, Pandey was bought by Mumbai Indians for a base price of US$30,000. In 2009, Royal Challengers Bangalore picked Manish Pandey as their specialist middle order batsman. He was retained for the 2010 season for RCB. Later, Pandey played for Pune Warriors India in the IPL 2011, 2012, and 2013 seasons. In the IPL 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons, Kolkata Knight Riders retained Manish Pandey for his stellar knocks in the group matches throughout the tournament in 2014. In 2018, Manish Pandey became one of the highest paid cricketers in the season. Sunrisers Hyderabad picked him up for US$1.35 million for the season. Pandey continued playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad until 2021.^[16]

Pandey was bought by the Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 4.6 crores in the 2022 IPL Auction,^[17] by the Delhi Capitals for ₹ 2.4 crores in the 2023 IPL Auction,^[18] and by the Kolkata Knight Riders for the base price of ₹ 50 lakhs in the 2024 auction.^[19]

Domestic career

Manish plays for Karnataka. He was named captain of the Karnataka team in the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He captains Karnataka team in various domestic tournaments.^[20]

International career

Pandey made his One Day International (ODI) debut for India against Zimbabwe on 14 July 2015.^[21] He had a successful debut that included a 144-run partnership with Kedar Jadhav. Pandey joined Jadhav at the crease when India was struggling at 82 for the loss of 4 wickets and made his maiden half-century before being dismissed for 71 runs.^[22] He made his Twenty20 International debut for India on the same tour, on 17 July 2015.^[23] Pandey's break-out international innings, however, came six months later in Sydney. In January 2016, his unbeaten maiden ODI century helped India gun down Australia's 330 with two balls to spare and prevent a whitewash. He was selected in the ODI squad for the Australian tour in January 2016. In the final game at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he played a match-winning inning of 104*, helping India win its only match of the series.^[24]

He was selected as a replacement of Yuvraj Singh in 2016 World T20 for India.^[25] He was named in the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy in June 2017. However, he injured himself during the IPL and missed out the ICC event for India.^[26][27] In June 2021, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and T20I squad for their series against Sri Lanka.^[28]

Personal life

Pandey married an Indian actress Ashrita Shetty on 2 December 2019 in Mumbai.^[29][30]

References

1. "Manish Pandey Profile". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
2. Prince (7 October 2017). "See Who Is The Tallest Player In The Indian Team - CricketAddictor". cricketaddictor.com. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
3. "Mens Team- Kolkata Knight Riders". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
4. "IPL 2009: Manish Pandey becomes first Indian centurion in the tournament". Cricketcountry. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018.
5. "Manish Pandey: Five interesting facts you must know about India's new hero". Zee News. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
6. Kumar, Nandini (26 September 2017). "From Nashik to Bangalore, Manish has come a long way". DNA. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
7. "Pandey sister loves to watch Manish bat". Deccan Herald. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
8. "Skipper Virat top pick in IPL's under-19 draft". Indian Express. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
9. Royal Challengers Banglore vs Deccan Chargers Scorecard
10. "2014 Pepsi IPL Player Auction concludes". IPL. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
11. Binoy, George (1 June 2014). "Pandey guns KKR to second title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
12. "Indian Premier League, 2014 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
13. "Indian Premier League, 2017 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
14. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
15. "IPL 2021: SRH Selectors Decided to Drop Manish Pandey, It Was a Harsh Call - David Warner". www.news18.com. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
16. "Manish Pandey Net Worth Income Profile Wiki - Net Worth & Business Profiles". 7 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
17. Muthu, Deivarayan; Somani, Saurabh. "Live blog: The IPL 2022 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
18. "Live updates: 2023 IPL auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
19. "IPL Auction 2024: 2014 final hero Manish Pandey reunites with Gautam Gambhir at KKR". India Today. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
20. "Syed Mushtaq Ali T20: Manish Pandey Named Karnataka's Captain; Devdutt Padikkal Included In 20-Man Squad". 20 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
21. "Rahane to lead second-string side in Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
22. "Jadhav, Pandey set up 3-0 India sweep". ESPNcricinfo. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
23. "India top order, spinners muzzle Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
24. "India beat Australia by six wickets to avoid ODI whitewash". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
25. "Mohammed Shami back for World T20". ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
26. "Rohit, Ashwin, Shami return for Champions Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
27. "Karthik replaces injured Pandey in Champions Trophy squad". ESPNcricinfo. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
28. "India vs Sri Lanka 2021: Shikhar Dhawan to lead India in limited-overs". Six Sports. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
29. "Manish Pandey ties knot with Tamil actress Ashrita Shetty hours after winning Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". Hindustan Times. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
30. "Manish Pandey Marries Actress Ashrita Shetty In Mumbai. Cricket News". NDTVSports.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

External links

• Manish Pandey at ESPNcricinfo
• Manish Pandey's profile page on Wisden