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Manoj Tiwary
Minister of State,Government of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 May 2021
Governor
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Ministry and Departments
  • Youth Affairs
  • Sports
Preceded byLakshmi Ratan Shukla
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2021[1]
Preceded byJatu Lahiri
ConstituencyShibpur,Howrah
Personal details
Born(1985-11-14)14 November 1985(age 39)
Howrah,West Bengal,India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
Manoj Tiwary
Personal information
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-armleg break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap171)3 February 2008 vAustralia
Last ODI10 July 2015 vZimbabwe
ODI shirt no.9
T20I debut (cap40)29 October 2011 vEngland
Last T20I11 September 2012 vNew Zealand
T20I shirt no.9
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–presentBengal
2008–2009Delhi Daredevils(squad no. 9)
2010–2013Kolkata Knight Riders(squad no. 9)
2014–2015Delhi Daredevils(squad no. 9)
2016Abahani Limited
2017Rising Pune Supergiants(squad no. 45)
2018Kings XI Punjab(squad no. 45)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 3 119 163
Runs scored 287 15 8,752 5,466
Batting average 26.09 15.00 51.78 42.37
100s/50s 1/1 0/0 27/35 6/40
Top score 104* 15 303* 151
Ballsbowled 132 – 3,303 2,354
Wickets 5 – 31 60
Bowling average 30.00 – 64.41 38.58
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 4/61 – 2/19 5/34
Catches/stumpings 4/– 2/– 123/– 87/–
Source:ESPNcricinfo,18 January 2020

Manoj Kumar Tiwary(born 14 November 1985) is an Indian internationalcricketerwho is also a politician. He is a right-handed batter who bowls occasionalleg break.Tiwary representsBengalin domestic cricket and has represented multiple IPL franchisees likeDelhi Daredevils,Kolkata Knight Riders,Kings XI PunjabandRising Pune Supergiantsacross multiple editions of theIndian Premier League.He playedOne Day InternationalsandTwenty20 Internationalsfor theIndian national cricket team.In 2021, he joinedAll India Trinamool Congresspolitical party and was elected to theWest Bengal Legislative Assemblylater in the year.[1][2]

Tiwary reversed his all-format retirement decision on 8 August 2023, less than a week after his initial announcement on 3 August 2023. He stated that he wanted one final attempt at winning theRanji Trophytitle for Bengal in the forthcoming 2023/24 season.[3]

International Career

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Tiwary plays as an aggressive right-handed batsman. He made his international debut against Australia in the2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Seriesin which he scored only 2 runs in his only innings. He was later included in the India team for the West Indies tour of 2011, as a replacement forYuvraj Singh,who opted out of the series due to a lung infection. Tiwary played the 4th and 5th ODI in the series. He was later picked for England's tour of India in October. He played in the 5th ODI and scored 24 runs. He also played the only T20 and scored 15 runs. Tiwary was subsequently named in the squad for the ODIs against West Indies in November–December. He played in the 5th ODI at Chennai when India was down by two wickets for only one run in the first over of the match. Tiwary then went on build a solid innings which got him his scoring maiden ODI century (104 not out) despite having cramps and retired soon after getting his century.[4]Eventually India won the match by 34 runs and he was awarded the Man-Of-The-Match for this match-winning knock. Even after the unbeaten century, Tiwary was made to sit in the reserves for 14 successive matches following the century. However, he made an auspicious comeback as an all-rounder replacingleg spinnerRahul Sharmaagainst Sri Lanka atColomboas he took 4/61 from his 10 overs with his leg-breaks to restrict the hosts to 251/8. He took the wickets ofDinesh Chandimal,Angelo Mathews,Jeevan MendisandThisara Perera,and followed it with a fighting 21 from 38 at a tough time coming at 60/3. India eventually won the match asVirat Kohliscored an unbeaten ton.

Tiwary also was picked for the Commonwealth Bank tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka, but he didn't play any matches. Manoj Tiwary was again selected in the Indian team for the Asia Cup 2012 where again he didn't play any matches. Tiwary was also selected for the lone T20 against South Africa which was played celebrating 150 years of settlement of Indians in South Africa.

Domestic Career

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In October 2017, Tiwary played in his 100thfirst-class cricketmatch, in the fixture between Bengal andChhattisgarhin the2017–18 Ranji Trophy.[5]

Tiwary was the leading run-scorer for Bengal in the2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy,with 366 runs in nine matches.[6]In October 2018, he was named in India B's squad for the2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[7]In November 2018, batting for Bengal againstMadhya Pradeshin the2018–19 Ranji Trophy,Tiwary scored his fifth double-century in first-class cricket.[8]In January 2020, in the2019–20 Ranji Trophy,he scored his maidentriple centuryin first-class cricket, with an unbeaten 303 runs.[9]

Indian Premier League

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Tiwary was signed byDelhi Daredevilsin the initial seasons of theIndian Premier League.He was traded to theKolkata Knight Ridersin exchange forMoises Henriquesbefore the 2010 IPL season. In the auction for 4th edition of theIndian Premier League,he was signed by theKolkata Knight Riders.He scored the winning runs for Kolkata in the final of2012 competition.

In February 2017, Tiwary was bought by theRising Pune Supergiantsteam for the2017 Indian Premier League[10]and in January 2018, he was bought by theKings XI Punjabin the2018 IPL auction.[11]

Political career

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Tiwary joinedMamata Banerjee'sAll India Trinamool Congressparty in February 2021.[12]He was selected as a candidate for the2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly electioninShibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency),winning the seat and is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal.[1]In theThird Banerjee ministryhe was appointed a minister of state for Affairs of Sports and Youth.

References

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  1. ^abc"Shibpur Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Manoj Tiwary of TMC Secures victory".News18.2 May 2021.Retrieved2 May2021.
  2. ^"Manoj Tiwari wins shibpur assembly seat".Retrieved30 May2021.
  3. ^"Manoj Tiwary retires from all forms of cricket".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved4 August2023.
  4. ^5th ODI: India v West Indies at Chennai, 11 Dec 2011 | Cricket Scorecard.ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  5. ^"Satish, Ramaswamy hundreds punish Punjab".ESPNcricinfo. 15 October 2017.Retrieved15 October2017.
  6. ^"Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 – Bengal: Batting and bowling averages".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved11 October2018.
  7. ^"Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved19 October2018.
  8. ^"Ranji Trophy 2018: Manoj Tiwary smashes 201 not out against Madhya Pradesh".Hindustan Times.13 November 2018.Retrieved13 November2018.
  9. ^"Ranji Trophy: Manoj Tiwary hits maiden triple hundred in first-class cricket".India Today.Retrieved20 January2020.
  10. ^"List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved20 February2017.
  11. ^"List of sold and unsold players".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved27 January2018.
  12. ^"'A new journey begins': Cricketer Manoj Tiwary joins TMC ".The Indian Express.24 February 2021.Retrieved24 February2021.
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