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Keshav Maharaj

Keshav Maharaj
Personal information
Full name Keshav Athmanand Maharaj
Born (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 27)
Durban, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Allrounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 327) 3 November 2016 v Australia
Last Test 25 March 2017 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–present KwaZulu-Natal
2009–present Dolphins
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 7 86 74 60
Runs scored 125 2,102 461 349
Batting average 20.83 22.84 14.40 19.38
100s/50s 0/0 2/7 0/0 0/0
Top score 41* 114* 43* 45*
Balls bowled 1,487 16,426 3,447 1,248
Wickets 26 309 95 50
Bowling average 25.88 26.39 29.10 28.94
5 wickets in innings 2 16 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 2 n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/40 7/89 5/34 3/7
Catches/stumpings 1/– 31/– 24/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 April 2017

Keshav Athmanand Maharaj (born 7 February 1990), popularly as Keshav Maharaj is an international South African Test cricketer of Indian descent who has played first-class cricket since 2006. He made his Test debut in November 2016.

A left-arm orthodox spinner and useful lower-order batsman, Maharaj made his first-class debut at the age of 16 for KwaZulu-Natal in 2006-07. He was promoted to the Dolphins team in 2009-10.

He toured Bangladesh with the South Africa Academy in April–May 2010, taking 13 wickets in the two four-day matches against Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy. He also took 4 for 12 off four overs, opening the bowling, in one of the T20 matches. He played for South Africa A against the touring Bangladesh A team in 2010-11.

His best season with the bat so far has been 2012-13, when he made 481 first-class runs at an average of 48.10, including two centuries. For KwaZulu-Natal against Northerns he made 114 not out off 119 balls and finished off the match by taking 5 for 12.

For Dolphins against Cape Cobras in 2014-15 he took his best innings and match figures to that point: 6 for 58 and 10 for 145. Dolphins won, and he received the man of the match award. He finished the season with 44 first-class wickets at an average of 26.18.

He played for Cuckfield in the Sussex Premier League in 2013, and as Nelson's professional in the Lancashire League in 2015. He was included in the KwaZulu-Natal cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.


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