Who is Vidarbha cricketer Harsh Dubey, biography, age, height, parents, hometown birth place, IPL 2025 team and bowling stats

Who is Vidarbha cricketer Harsh Dubey, biography, age, height, parents, hometown birth place, IPL 2025 team and bowling stats

Harsh Dubey is Vidarbha’s young star spinner who recently broke the Ranji Trophy’s all-time record for most wickets in a single season, find out more about him and his IPL 2025 team

Dubey achieved the notable milestone during the final match of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 against Kerala.

Who is Vidarbha cricketer Harsh Dubey, biography, age, height, family, parents, hometown birth place, IPL 2025 team and stats

Besides setting his name in the record books, he also played a crucial role in Vidarbha’s campaign with his outstanding bowling performance.

Harsh Dubey breaks Ranji Trophy record

Vidarbha star spinner Harsh Dubey recently broke the Ranji Trophy’s all-time record for most wickets in a single season. Dubey set the new record during the final match against Kerela at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur, on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Vidarbha batted first and set a 379-run total earlier in the game. As such, during Kerala’s second innings, Dubey claimed his record-breaking 60th wicket by dismissing Nidheesh MD. He secured a total of three wickets in that innings after earlier dismissing Kerala’s top scorer, Aditya Sarvate, and Kerala’s highest run-scorer of the season Salman Nizar. Dubey managed to beat the previous record held by Bihar’s Ashutosh Aman, who took 68 wickets during the 2018-19 season.

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Harsh Dubey bio

Harsh Dubey is a young and upcoming Indian cricketer known who was born on July 23, 2002, in Pune, Maharashtra. He recently set a new record in the Ranji Trophy, showcasing his potential. Harsh is renowned for his exceptional all-round capabilities and made his List A debut on February 28, 2021. He made his List-A debut during the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Vidarbha. He later made his Twenty20 debut on November 4, 2021, during the 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Harsh Dubey’s parents have sacrificed a lot to see their son achieve something big in cricket as the left-arm spinner’s father, Surendra, took VRS from a government job that had regular transfers, to let Harsh focus on cricket in Nagpur and his mother, Jyoti, too gave up her teaching career to ensure her son goes through the grind.

Full Name. Harsh Surendra Dubey ; Born. July 23, 2002, Pune, Maharashtra ; Age. 22y 220d ; Batting Style. Left hand Bat ; Bowling Style. Slow Left arm Orthodox

Age and height

Harsh Dubey is currently 22 years old, and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.

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Career and stats

Harsh Dubey has so far had a successful domestic cricket career. The youngster made his List A debut on February 28, 2021, during the 2020-21 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Vidarbha. Harsh then made his Twenty20 debut during the 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on November 4, 2021. Dubey also played a major role in Vidarbha’s semi-final victory over Mumbai, where he secured his seventh five-wicket haul of the season.

Aside from his bowling triumphs, Dubey has also showcased his batting prowess. He managed to amass and impressive 472 runs in 17 innings, including five half-centuries this Ranji Trophy season. Following his domestic success, Harsh could very well receive an international call-up.

Harsh won’t be playing in IPL 2025 after he went unsold in the auction at his base price of Rs.20 lakhs.

450-plus Runs and 50-plus Wickets in a single Ranji Trophy Season

Runs Wickets Player Team Season
529 52 Sunil Joshi Karnataka 1995/96
461 53 Gurender Singh Meghalaya 2018/19
603 55 R Sanjay Yadav Meghalaya 2019/20
472 69 Harsh Dubey Vidarbha 2024/25*

Most Wickets in a Ranji Trophy Season

Rank Player Season Wickets
1 Harsh Dubey 2024/25* 69
2 Ashutosh Aman 2018/19 68
3 Jaydev Unadkat 2019/20 67
4 Bishan Singh Bedi 1974/75 64
5 Dodda Ganesh 1998/99 62
6 Kanwaljit Singh 1999/00 62

Instagram

Harsh Dubey has an Instagram account with the handle @harsh_dubey23, where he has over 13.3K followers, and about 117 posts.

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