Manoj Tiwary cricketer.

 FULL NAME

Manoj Kumar Tiwary

BORN

November 14, 1985, Howrah, Bengal

AGE

38y 98d

BATTING STYLE

Right hand Bat

BOWLING STYLE

Legbreak Googly

PLAYING ROLE

Batter

In Indian cricket, Manoj Tiwary is not the most fortunate player. An aggressive batsman from Bengal, he stunned everyone in the 2006–07 Ranji Trophy by hitting 796 runs at 99.50, shattering Bengal records and earning a spot in the Bangladeshi team touring India. He suffered a serious shoulder injury during fielding practise on match eve at Mirpur, when everyone knew he would make his debut. He was jet tired and in Brisbane when the debut eventually happened in early 2008, completely out of league against a blistering Brett Lee. His next international encounter was over three years away, and he was asked to start the innings in a squad that was playing second fiddle to an underperforming opener. And then there was another setback. During his early years, Tiwary held Kevin Pietersen in high regard. He loved the Pietersen style of batting throughout his first three seasons of domestic cricket, as evidenced by his constant pulling up of his shirt sleeve, preference for the front foot, and general aggressiveness. He has reduced his flash and worked to improve his all-around game after courting a combination of bad luck and the improvement in international cricket standards. The Bengal cricket community has dubbed him "chhota dada," a nod to Sourav Ganguly's dada moniker, and they are eager to see the kind of renaissance that Ganguly made following his six-year hiatus following his debut, which happened to be in Brisbane. When he was called up to the ODI squad to replace Rohit Sharma during India's injury-plagued 2011 tour of England, he was given another opportunity to establish himself as a permanent member of the national team. Later that year, in Chennai, he scored his first-ever ODI century against the West Indies, but for months afterward, he was inexplicably benched. He finally got his shot in the ODIs in Sri Lanka after a protracted wait, and he was selected for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 team. But throughout the following two domestic seasons, his injury problems came back to haunt him, and after an eight-month break, he was back for the 2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy. In June 2014, he was called up to the one-day squad for the Bangladesh tour.