Tushar Arothe

Arothe played as an all-rounder who batted left-handed and bowled right-arm off break. He appeared in 114 first-class and 51 List A matches in a career that spanned 18 years between 1985/85 and 2003/04. He also captained Baroda in several matches and made appearances for the West Zone cricket team. He was the first player to play more than 100 matches for Baroda.^[1] With 107 appearances Arothe is second on the list of most appearances for Baroda, only one less than Connor Williams.^[2]

After his playing career, Arothe turned to coaching. He was appointed Baroda's assistant coach in 2004/05, as Baroda under-15 coach in 2005/06 and then as under-19 coach in 2006/07. From 2008 he worked for two years as coach of the Baroda women's team. He resigned from Baroda Cricket Association in 2010, after receiving an offer from Tripura Cricket Association.^[1] He worked as the coach of Chhattisgarh cricket team before getting appointed as the coach of the India national women's cricket team in 2013.^[3] He then returned to coach Baroda again in 2014, but resigned from the position in December 2015.^[4]

His son Rishi Arothe is also a first-class cricketer who plays for Baroda.^[5][6]

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