Keshav Maharaj
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| Full name | Keshav Athmanand Maharaj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 February 1990 Durban, South Africa |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Allrounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 327) | 3 November 2016 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 March 2017 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–present | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–present | Dolphins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 April 2017
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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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