Siddharth Kishorkumar Trivedi (born 4 September 1982) is an Indian cricketer who represented Gujarat. Currently, he plays for Saurashtra cricket team on his return to domestic circuit after serving a one-year ban for his failure to report being approached by bookies.

Sidhharth Trivedi
Personal information
Full name
Siddharth Kishorkumar Trivedi
Born (1982-09-04) 4 September 1982 (age 41)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast medium
RoleBowler
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 October 2012

Domestic career edit

Trivedi is right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his first class debut in 2002–03. He played for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy, for Gujarat cricket team in the Ranji Trophy and for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He returned to domestic in 2014 after completing ban of 1 year. He joined Saurashtra cricket team on his return to domestic circuit.[1]

Under 19 career edit

He played in the 2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup for India. He has been called up to an Indian emerging players tour to Australia in July.

Indian Premier League edit

In the Indian Premier League, he played for the Rajasthan Royals, who won the 2008 competition. Trivedi is Rajasthan's highest wicket taker in the IPL, with 65 wickets.

Ban edit

In 2013, Trivedi was banned for 1 year after he failed to report that bookies approached him, even though he had no involvement in match fixing or spot fixing during the IPL corruption scandal in 2013.[2][3][4]

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