FULL NAME: Rajesh Dhuper
GENDER: Male
BORN: 2nd December, 1999 (Source: espncricinfo.com)
HOME ADDRESS: Jagatpur, Cuttack, Odisha, India
FAMILY: Rajib Dhuper (Father), Bharati Dhuper (Mother), Rakesh Dhuper (Elder brother)
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-two pass from Christ College, Cuttack.
TYPE OF CRICKETER: Right-hand opening batsman and wicket-keeper
HOME CLUB: Nimpur Cricket Club
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Odisha Senior, U-16, U-19 and U-23

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Has played 20 First-Class, 20 List-A, 23 Twenty20 and 23 miscellaneous matches so far in a career that commenced in the season 2011-12.
*     The 21 miscellaneous matches include one in Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 Tournament, four in Vinoo Mankad Trophy U-19 Tournament, seven in Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 Tournament, five in Dhruve Pandove Trophy U-19 Tournament, two in K Thimmappiah Memorial Trophy U-19 Tournament and four in C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Tournament.

OVERALL CAREER PERFORMANCE:

BATTING & WICKET-KEEPING:
First Class: 20 matches, 35 innings, 4 not outs, total 884 runs, highest score 110*, average 28.51, centuries 1, fifties 6, catches 41, stumpings 5.
List-A: 20 matches, 20 innings, 3 not out, total runs 485, highest score 70*, average 28.52, fifties 2, catches 18, stumpings 1.
Twenty20: 23 matches, 23 innings, 3 not outs, total runs 434, highest score 90, average 21.75, fifties 1, catches 11, stumpings 8.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
19, 2c/2s, 4: Vs Mumbai, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-D match, NM Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, 3-6 March 2022.
4c/1s, 51, 14: Vs Saurashtra, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-D match, NM Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, 24-27 Feb 2022.
4c/0s, 71*, 0c/0s, 52: Vs Goa, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-D match, NM Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, 17-20 Feb 2022.
4c/0s, 10, 1c/0s: Vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy Quarterfinal match, DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, 20-24 Feb, 2020.
20, 0c/0s:  Vs Jharkhand, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-15 Feb, 2020.
110*, 2c/0s, 0: Vs Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, MCA Stadium, Pune, 4-7 Feb, 2020.
13, 1c/0s, 2c/0s:  Vs Assam, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, 27-30 Jan, 2020.
11, 13: Vs J&K, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, 19-21 Jan, 2020.
24, 32:  Vs Haryana, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, CBC Stadium, Rohtak, 11-14 Jan, 2020.
0, 1:  Vs Jharkhand, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi, Dec 6-9, 2018.
31, 37:  Vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, DRIEMS Ground, Tangi (Cuttack), Nov 28-Dec 1, 2018.
1, 0*:  Vs Assam, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, Nov 20-22, 2018.
4, 2c/0s, 88, 0c/0s: Vs Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, Holkar Stadium, Indore, Nov 25-28, 2017.
1c/0s, 86, 0c/0s: Vs Baroda, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, Reliance Cricket Stadium, Vadodara, Nov 17-20, 2017.
2c/0s, 97: Vs Tamil Nadu, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, DRIEMS Cricket Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, Nov 9-12, 2017.
4c, 14, 1c, 26: Vs Delhi, Ranji Trophy Group-A match, KIIT Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar, Oct 30-Nov 2, 2015.
15, 1c, 0: Vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy Group-A match, SNR Wadeyar Ground, Mysore, Nov 7-10, 2015.
0, 3c, 21: Vs Assam, Ranji Trophy Group-A match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, Oct 15-17, 2015.
1c, 12, 1c/1s, 6*: Vs Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy Group-A match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, Oct 8-11, 2015.
1c/1s, 0, 1: Vs Vidarbha, Ranji Trophy Group-A match, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Oct 1-4, 2015.

DETAILS OF LIST-A PERFORMANCE:
34: Vs Himachal Pradesh, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-A match, CCI Ground, Mumbai, 14 Dec 2021.
1c/0s, 1*: Vs Vidarbha, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-A match, Dadoji Konddev Stadium, Thane, 11 Dec 2021.
0c/0s, 15: Vs Gujarat, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-A match, Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai, 9 Dec 2021.
28*, 0c/0s: Vs Andhra, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-A match, Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai, 8 Dec 2021.
5: Vs Saurashtra, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-B One-day match, Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi, Oct 4, 2018.
38: Vs Chhattisgarh, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Palam Stadium, New Delhi, Oct 2, 2018.
8: Vs Madhya Pradesh, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Palam Stadium, New Delhi, Sept 28, 2018.
46: Vs Delhi, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Palam Stadium, New Delhi, Sept 26, 2018.
DNB: Vs Uttar Pradesh, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Palam Stadium, New Delhi, Sept 23, 2018.
4: Vs Kerala, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Airforce Complex ground, Palam, New Delhi, Sept 21, 2018.
22: Vs Andhra, Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group-B match, Airforce Complex ground, Palam, New Delhi, Sept 20, 2018.
3c/0s, 28: Vs Haryana, Vijay Hazare Trophy One-day Tourney, Group-A match, Just Cricket, Bangalore Feb 16, 2018.
0c/0s, 13: Vs Baroda, Vijay Hazare Trophy One-day Tourney, Group-A match, Alur Stadium, Alur, Feb 14, 2018.
0c/0s, 53: Vs Karnataka, Vijay Hazare Trophy One-day Tourney, Group-A match, Alur Stadium, Alur, Feb 13, 2018.
3c/0s, 70*: Vs Assam, Vijay Hazare Trophy One-day Tourney, Group-A match, Just Cricket, Bangalore, Feb 11, 2018.
20, 1c: Vs Vidarbha, Vijay Hazare Trophy Group-C match, Palam-A Ground, Delhi, Dec 10, 2015.
4c, 28: Vs Maharashtra, Vijay Hazare Trophy Group-C match, Palam-A Ground, Delhi, Dec 11, 2015.
16, 2c: Vs Delhi, Vijay Hazare Trophy Group-C match, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, Dec 13, 2015.

DETAILS OF T20 PERFORMANCE:
0c/0s, 12: Vs Assam, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Jadavpur University Ground, Kolkata, 18 Jan, 2021.
0c/0s, 13: Vs Jharkhand, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 16 January, 2021.
22, 0c/0s: Vs Tamil Nadu, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 14 January, 2021.
0c/0s, 30*: Vs Hyderabad, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Jadavpur University Ground, Kolkata, 12 Jan, 2021.
37, 0c/0s: Vs Bengal, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Jadavpur Universith Ground, Kolkata, 10 Jan, 2021.
0c/1s, 1:  Vs Delhi, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Group-E match, Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat, 18 Nov, 2019.
23*, 0c/0s:  Vs Nagaland, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Group-E match, Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat, 17 Nov, 2019.
10, 0c/1s:  Vs Bengal, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tourney, Group-D match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 2 March, 2019.
0c/0s, 0:  Vs Karnataka, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tourney, Group-D match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 28 Feb, 2019.
2c/0s, 27:  Vs Assam, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tourney, Group-D match, DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, 27 Feb, 2019.
2c/0s, 5:  Vs Arunachal Pradesh, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tourney, Group-D match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 25 Feb, 2019.
3c/0s, 38*:  Vs Mizoram, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tourney, Group-D match, DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, 24 Feb, 2019.
3c/1s, 4:  Vs Haryana, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tourney, Group-D match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 22 Feb, 2019.
12, 0c/0s:  Vs Chhattisgarh, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tourney, Group-D match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 21 Feb, 2019.
3, 0c/0s: Vs Jharkhand, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, East Zone T20 match, JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi, Jan 16, 2018.
42, 1c/0s: Vs Tripura, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy East Zone T-20 match, JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi, Jan 12, 2018.
11, 0c/3s: Vs Assam, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy East Zone T-20 match, JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi, Jan 10, 2018.
90, 0c/0s: Vs Bengal, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy East Zone T20 match, JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi, Jan 8, 2018.

DETAILS OF U-23 PERFORMANCE:
37, 1c/0s: Vs Punjab, U-23 Men One-day Tournament, Quarterfinal match, Kanpur, UP, Feb 9, 2018.
3c/0s, 29: Vs Manipur, U-23 Men’s One-day Tournament, PQF match, Kanpur, UP, Feb 6, 2018.
101, 0c/0s: Vs Tripura, East Zone U-23 Men’s One-day match, JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi, Jan 29, 2018.
5, 0c/0s: Vs Assam, East Zone U-23 Men’s One-day League, JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi, Jan 27, 2018.
81, 2c/1s: Vs Bengal, East Zone U-23 Men’s One-day League, JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi, Jan 25, 2018.
35: Vs Jharkhand, East Zone U-23 Men’s One-day match, JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi, Jan 23, 2018.
3c/0s, 9, 123 : Vs Hyderabad, C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Plate Group-B match, Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad, Nov 3-6, 2017.
1, 2c/0s, 50: Vs Uttar Pradesh, C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Plate Group-B match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, Oct 26-29, 2017.
29, 1c/0s, 46: Vs Madhya Pradesh, C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Plate Group-B match, Holkar Stadium, Indore, Oct 15-18, 2017.
36, 123: Vs Chhattisgarh, C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Plate Group-B match, Gandhi Stadium, Balangir, Oct 8-11, 2017.

DETAILS U-19 PERFORMANCE:
0, 5: Vs Assam, Cooch Behar Trophy Plate Group match at Golaghat, Dec 8-9, 2013.
45, 18*, 1c/0s, 0c,2s: Vs Maharashtra, Cooch Behar Trophy match at Cuttack, Nov 1-4, 2014.
26, 6: Vs Railways, Cooch Behar Trophy match at Cuttack, Nov 15-17, 2014.
33, 14; 1st: Vs Punjab, Cooch Behar Trophy match at Patiala, Nov 22-24, 2014.
20, 33; 1s: Vs Gujarat, Cooch Behar Trophy match at Cuttack, Nov 29-Dec 2, 2014.
20; 1c: Vs J&K, Cooch Behar Trophy match at Cuttack, Dec 5-7, 2014.
77, 14; 1c: Vs Tamil Nadu, Cooch Behar Trophy match at Chennai, Dec 12-15, 2014.

DETAILS VINOO MANKAD TROPHY PERFORMANCE:
3, 1c: Vs Bengal, Vinoo Mankad Trophy East Zone match at Ranchi, Oct 5, 2014.
52: Vs Assam, Vinoo Mankad Trophy East Zone match at Ranchi, Oct 6, 2014.
39, 1st: Vs Tripura, Vinoo Mankad Trophy East Zone match at Ranchi, Oct 10, 2014.
38, 1c: Vs Jharkhand, Vinoo Mankad Trophy East Zone match at Ranchi, Oct 13, 2014.

DETAILS DHRUVE PANDOVE TROPHY PERFORMANCE:
22, 2c, 2st: Vs Kerala, Dhruv Pandove Trophy match at Patiala, Oct 7-8, 2013.
156, 0c/1s: Vs Tripura, Dhruv Pandove Trophy U-19 Tournament at Chandigarh, Sept 8, 2015.
16, 1c/0s: Vs Punjab, Dhruv Pandove Trophy U-19 Tournament at Chandigarh, Sept 9, 2015.
8: Vs Himachal Pradesh, Dhruv Pandove Trophy U-19 Tournament at Chandigarh, Sept 11, 2015.
84, 1c/0s: Vs Vidarbha, Dhruv Pandove Trophy U-19 Tournament at Chandigarh, Sept 12, 2015.

DETAILS OF THIMMAPPIAH MEMORIAL TROPHY PERFORMANCE:
15, 8; 5c/0s: Vs Assam, Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament at Bangalore, July 22-25, 2015.
30, 0; 1c/0s: Vs KSCA XI, Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament at Bangalore, July 27-30, 2015.

DETAILS VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY PERFORMANCE:
0, 1c/0s: Vs UP, Vijay Merchant Trophy quarterfinal at Nagpur, Dec 31, 2011 to Jan 2, 2012.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     Named Player of the Match in the drawn Ranji Trophy game against Goa, held in Ahmedabad from 17-20 February 2022.
*     Led Odisha in one match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tournament in 2021.
*     He was conferred with the Maruti Estate-Saheed Sporting Cricketer of the Year Award-2018 and a cheque of Rs 31,000 in Bhubaneswar on July 29, 2018.
*     Won the man of the match award by hitting a career-best 97 in the drawn Ranji Trophy match gainst Tamil Nadu at Tangi, Cuttack on Nov 12, 2017.
*     His father, an industrialist, went missing in 2003.
*     His mother fought a lonely battle to run the family and sacrificed a lot to enable him and his brother grow up.
*     His mother sold her jewellery to enable him and his brother study and play cricket.
*     She struggled a lot but never let her sons feel the hardship.
*     Started playing cricket when he was a standard-IV student.
*     It was his elder brother who introduced him to cricket.
*     He and his brother learnt the basics of the game at Nimpur Cricket Club, Jagatpur, under the guidance of eminent umpire Bibhu Satpathy and senior batsman Girija Rout.
*     He suffered from heart ailment in his childhood days.
*     He idolises Mahendra Sing Dhoni, AB de Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar.
*     Studied at Christ College, Cuttack

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 25th September, 2015
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 17th March, 2022