Jagrit Anand
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 Jagrit Anand | |
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| Born | 15 July 1989 Delhi, India |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 April 2016 | |
Jagrit Anand (born 15 July 1989) is an Indian cricketer. He plays List A and Twenty20 cricket for Delhi.[1]
Due to his consistent performances in the games he was then selected in the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) U-17 team in 2004–2005 to play the Vijay Merchant trophy conducted by BCCI, he played for two consecutive years in 2004-2005 and 2005–2006 season where DDCA won the All India Championship in 2005-2006 (Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma were part of the same team in both the seasons).
He played the All India IPSC School Tournaments for Modern School Barakhamba Road[2] which has produced several national and international cricketers. Post his school he did his graduation from Hansraj College, Delhi University where he was selected for his excellence in Cricket.
He represented Kolkata Knightriders in their tour to Australia in September–October 2008 where he was handpicked by John Buchanan[3] (Chief Coach) in his talent hunt program across India. In 2010 he was selected for the DDCA Under-22 team for the prestigious CK Naidu Trophy conducted by BCCI where his performances helped him get selected for Delhi Ranji Trophy team in 2011. He went on to represent the Delhi First-Class team from 2011 to 2015. He made a remarkable debut by scoring 58 runs and taking 2 wickets[4] against Services team. In 2012-2013 he was the member of the DDCA team which won the prestigious Vijay Hazare trophy.[5] He played a crucial role in the finals by scoring 48 runs and adding a crucial 115 runs with Unmukt Chand.
