Baba Indrajith

{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2014}}

{{Indian name|Indrajith|Baba}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Baba Indrajith

| country = India

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|07|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg break

| family = Baba Aparajith (twin-brother)

| club1 = Tamil Nadu

| year1 = {{nowrap|2013–present}}

| club2 = Kolkata Knight Riders

| year2 = 2022

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 28 November

| debutyear1 = 2013

| debutfor1 = Tamil Nadu

| debutagainst1 = Saurashtra

| type2 = T20

| debutdate2 = 1 April

| debutyear2 = 2014

| debutfor2 = Tamil Nadu

| debutagainst2 = Goa

| columns = 3

| hidedeliveries = true

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 83

| runs1 = 5,599

| bat avg1 = 51.84

| 100s/50s1 = 16/29

| top score1 = 200

| deliveries1 = 132

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 120/1

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 66

| runs2 = 1,841

| bat avg2 = 47.20

| 100s/50s2 = 2/13

| top score2 = 103*

| deliveries2 = 23

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 36/0

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 30

| runs3 = 546

| bat avg3 = 21.00

| 100s/50s3 = 0/1

| top score3 = 78

| deliveries3 = –

| wickets3 = –

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 9/0

| date = 25 March

| year = 2025

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/477069.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Baba Indrajith (born 8 July 1994)[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/477069.html Baba Indrajith – ESPNcricinfo profile] is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Tamil Nadu cricket team. Indrajith is a right hand batsman and legbreak bowler and an occasional wicket-keeper. He plays first-class cricket for Tamil Nadu.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/squad/679597.html Ranji Trophy 2013-14 / Tamil Nadu squad] In September 2017, he scored his first double-century in first-class cricket, playing for India Red in the 2017–18 Duleep Trophy.{{cite news |title=Indrajith double-ton headlines batting-friendly day |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8630/report/1118609/day/2/ |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 September 2017 |access-date=14 September 2017}}

In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Green for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24173214/sanju-samson-picked-india-passing-yo-yo-test |title=Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=23 July 2018 |access-date=23 July 2018}} In the opening fixture of the tournament, he made a century, scoring 109 runs.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24425902/rajneesh-gurbani-seven-ensures-three-points-india-red |title=Gurbani's seven-for ensures three points for India Red |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153166.html |title=(D/N)Duleep Trophy at Dindigul, Aug 17-20 2018 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 August 2018}} He was the leading run-scorer for India Green in the tournament, with 149 runs in two matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12493;team=4184;type=tournament |title=Duleep Trophy, 2018/19 – India Green: Batting and bowling averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=7 September 2018}}

He was the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 641 runs in eight matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12592;team=2184;type=tournament |title=Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 – Tamil Nadu: Batting and bowling averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 January 2019}} In February 2022, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament as a wicket-keeper batsman.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1300689 |title=IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 February 2022}} Indrajith finished the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy season as the leading run-scorer for Tamil Nadu, with 396 runs in three matches, at an average of 99, with three centuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-2021-22-sarfaraz-khan-century-puts-mumbai-in-quarter-finals-tamil-nadu-knocked-out-1303996|title=Sarfaraz's century puts Mumbai in quarter-finals; Tamil Nadu knocked out |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 March 2022}}