Avi Barot

Some Lesser Known Facts About Avi Barot

• Avi Barot was an Indian cricketer who played for Saurashtra. Avi was an all rounder in Cricket, he was a right hand wicketkeeper batsman and he also used to bowl off break.

• He was the captain of India U-19 team in 2011 World Cup.

• He played an outstanding innings of 122 runs in 53 balls in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 match.

 

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• He was the part of winning Ranji Trophy Saurashtra Team 2019-20.

• During his Cricketing career, he also represented Gujarat and Haryana Cricket Teams.

• He played 38 first-class matches, 38 List A matches and 20 Domestic T20 games.

• After his demise, former Saurashtra captain and SCA president, Jaydev Shah said- “It is absolutely shocking and painful to learn about Avi’s sad demise. He was a great teammate and had fine cricketing skills. He had recently performed well in domestic cricket. He was a friendly and noble human being. All of us at SCA are in a deep state of shock after receiving this news.”

• Saurashtra Cricket wrote in a post on Twitter- “Our hearts bleed as outstanding player and very noble being Avi Barot is no more with us. It’s extremely shocking and saddening. May his noble soul be in shelter of benevolent Almighty. Avi, you shall be missed forever.”