Abhinav Mukund

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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Abhinav Mukund
| image = Abhinav Mukund.jpg
| country = India
| internationalspan = 2011–2017
| fullname = Abhinav Mukund
| nickname =Mukund, Cricket Chanakya

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[leg break]] [[googly]]
| role = Opening Batsman
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 20 June
| testdebutyear = 2011
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 268
| lasttestdate = 26 July
| lasttestyear = 2017
| lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka
| club1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| year1 = 2007–present
| club2 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| year2 = 2008–2012
| club3 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| year3 = 2013
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 320
| bat avg1 = 22.85
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 81
| deliveries1 = 12
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = n/a
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| column2 = [[First-Class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 141
| runs2 = 9789
| bat avg2 = 46.61
| 100s/50s2 = 29/35
| top score2 = 300[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 1041
| wickets2 = 16
| bowl avg2 = 37.93
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/23
| catches/stumpings2 = 88/–
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 84
| runs3 = 4,163
| bat avg3 = 52.03
| 100s/50s3 = 12/24
| top score3 = 147
| deliveries3 = 206
| wickets3 = 4
| bowl avg3 = 44.75
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = n/a
| best bowling3 = 1/0
| catches/stumpings3 = 37/–
| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 35
| runs4 = 728
| bat avg4 = 26.96
| 100s/50s4 = 0/3
| top score4 = 68*
| deliveries4 = 105
| wickets4 = 11
| bowl avg4 = 9.18
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = n/a
| best bowling4 = 3/22
| catches/stumpings4 = 21/–
| date = 17 December
| year = 2019
| source = http://espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/302582.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Abhinav Mukund''' ({{audio|Abhinav Mukund.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 6 January 1990) is an Indian [[cricketer]] who plays domestic cricket for [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web |last=mukund |first=abhinav |url=http://www.royalchallengers.com/tags/abhinav-mukund/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130411192509/http://www.royalchallengers.com/tags/abhinav-mukund/ |archive-date=11 April 2013 |work=mukund transfer |title=RCB News - Royal Challengers Bangalore Official Website |url-status=dead |access-date=19 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He has played for India in seven Test matches. He has captained Tamil Nadu and India A on several occasions. He was a member of [[Chennai Super Kings]] and [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] in the IPL.

==Career==
He was picked for the India Under-19 squad's tour in [[Malaysia]] where he played two matches. His highest score in [[first-class cricket]] is 300* against Maharashtra. He and [[Murali Vijay]] scored 462 runs for the first wicket partnership in the same match.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/srilankadomestic/content/player/302582.html Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Abhinav Mukund]</ref> He was named in the Indian Test squad for the tour of the West Indies in 2011 and then for the tour of England.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2054429.ece|title = Tendulkar, Gambhir to miss Windies tour|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 27 May 2011}}</ref>

On 1 October 2015, At the age of just 25, Abhinav made his 100th First class appearance against Baroda.

In September 2016 Abhinav was picked as the main opener as part of the Albert TUTI Patriots team in the inaugural Tamil Nadu Premier League Tournament, Patriots went on to win the tournament with Abhinav top scoring in the final with 82 [[not out]].
<ref>http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/262958-abhinav-mukund-stars-as-albert-tuti-patriots-win-tamil-nadu-premier-league{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Abhinav was included in Indian test team for one of match against Bangladesh starting on 9 February 2017. Abhinav was part of the Indian test squad for Australia's tour of India in February/March 2017. He played a test match against them in Bengaluru in the absence of Murali Vijay. Abhinav was also in the squad for India's tour of Sri Lanka which started from July 2017 and played the lone test at Galle where he got 12 & 81. Abhinav is a former captain of the Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy Team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/251128-ranji-trophy-abhinav-mukund-led-tamil-nadu-complete-eight-wicket-win-over-railways |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095833/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/251128-ranji-trophy-abhinav-mukund-led-tamil-nadu-complete-eight-wicket-win-over-railways |archive-date=5 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2018, he was named as the captain of the India Red team for the [[2018–19 Duleep Trophy]].<ref name="Duleep18">{{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 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 July 2018 |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> He was the leading run-scorer in the [[2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy]], with 560 runs in nine matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12591;type=tournament |title=Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2018/19 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the [[2018–19 Deodhar Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1162570.html |title=Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/167/167590/167590.html}}
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/302582.html}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140823093617/http://www.royalchallengers.com/abhinav-mukund Abhinav Mukund] from [[Royal Challengers Bangalore|Royal Challengers]]
{{Tamil Nadu cricket squad}}

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