Zubin Bharucha
{{short description|Indian former first-class cricketer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
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| name = Zubin Bharucha
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| country = India
| fullname = Zubin Minoo Bharucha
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bombay, Maharashtra, India
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Opening batsman
| club1 = Bombay
| year1 = 1992/93–1995/96
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| club2 = Surrey CCC
| year2 = 1995
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| columns = 2
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 17
| runs1 = 1,021
| bat avg1 = 42.54
| 100s/50s1 = 3/4
| top score1 = 164*
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| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 11
| runs2 = 189
| bat avg2 = 23.63
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2
| top score2 = 72
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| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–
| date = 25 January
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/27191.html ESPNcricinfo
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Zubin Minoo Bharucha (born 8 January 1970) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Bombay and Surrey County Cricket Club. He worked as the team director of Rajasthan Royals from 2008 to 2015, and is working as director of cricket of the team since 2018.
Life and career
A right-handed opening batsman, Bharucha first played as an overseas player for the Reigate Priory Cricket Club in England as an 18-year-old and represented the club for several years.{{cite web|title=Club History|url=http://www.reigatepriorycc.co.uk/a/club-history-36078.html|publisher=reigatepriorycc.co.uk|access-date=24 January 2016}} He appeared in 17 first-class and 11 List A matches, playing for Bombay, and scored a hundred on his first-class debut in November 1992.{{cite web|title=Bombay v Baroda in 1992/93|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/56/56615.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 January 2016}} He was part of the Bombay team in its 1993–94 Ranji Trophy victory. In the 1994–95 Irani Cup match for Bombay against Rest of India, Bharucha scored his career-best unbeaten 164 and helped his team win the trophy.{{cite web|title=Bombay v Rest of India in 1994/95|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59542.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 January 2016}} He also represented India Youth XI and Surrey.
Bharucha runs the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai where many Test cricketers have trained.{{cite web|title=What's the matter with Yuvi?|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/369144.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=24 January 2016}} In 2008, he became the team director of the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals and continued in that position until the team's suspension in 2015. He also worked as the team's head coach in 2012.{{cite news|last1=Waingankar|first1=Makarand|title=Coaching the IPL teams is a big challenge|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/coaching-the-ipl-teams-is-a-big-challenge/article3303200.ece|work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2012 |access-date=24 January 2016}} During his stint with the Royals, he made technical analysis of players based on video footage collected from around the world, and scouted for talented Indian cricketers.{{cite news|last1=Mishra|first1=Ruchir|title=Our aim is to create India players: Zubin Bharucha|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/clt20/interviews/Our-aim-is-to-create-India-players-Zubin-Bharucha/articleshow/23614834.cms|newspaper=Times of India|date=7 October 2013 |access-date=24 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Scouting triumph|url=http://www.rajasthanroyals.com/news20080604-1.aspx|publisher=rajasthanroyals.com|access-date=24 January 2016|archive-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202074950/http://www.rajasthanroyals.com/news20080604-1.aspx|url-status=dead}} He helped Yuvraj Singh on his footwork in the late-2000s and worked with the England and Wales Cricket Board on technical aspects of the game.
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/27191.html}}
- {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/17/17903/17903.html}}
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Category:Indian expatriate cricketers in England
Category:Indian cricket coaches
Category:Cricketers from Mumbai