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{{short description|Indian former cricketer (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Amarjit Kaypee
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|2 October 1960}}
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| fullname =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm off-break
| role = Batsman

| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 117
| runs1 = 7,894
| bat avg1 = 52.27
| 100s/50s1 = 27/34
| top score1 = 210*
| deliveries1 = 78
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 54.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/17
| catches/stumpings1= 106/0
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| matches2 = 32
| runs2 = 682
| bat avg2 = 29.65
| 100s/50s2 = 0/5
| top score2 = 70
| deliveries2 = 6
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2= 12/0
| international = true
| country = India
| testdebutfor =
| testdebutagainst =
| testdebutdate = 2 December
| testdebutyear = 1980
| lasttestdate = 23 November
| lasttestfor =
| lasttestagainst =
| lasttestyear = 1999
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/30065.html ESPNcricinfo
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'''Amarjit Kaypee''' (born 2 October 1960) is an Indian former cricketer. He was primarily a right-handed batsman, and he held the record for the most runs scored in the [[Ranji Trophy]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/93181.html | title=A dedicated cricketer who never got his due | author=Partab Ramchand | author-link=Partab Ramchand | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| date=15 October 2000 | access-date=2007-03-03}}</ref> India's premier domestic [[first-class cricket]] competition for a number of years before [[Amol Muzumdar]] took the record in 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague2009/content/story/433251.html | title=Amol Muzumdar becomes highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| date=6 November 2009}}</ref> However, despite his success, he was never selected for the [[India national cricket team|Indian national team]], an unfortunate feat he shares with the man who broke his record.

== Early life ==
Kaypee was born in a family from Punjab to his father [[Darshan Singh Kaypee]], 5 times MLA, a renowned and a very senior politician at the time and his wife Karam Kaur in Jalandhar on 2 October 1960. One of 7 siblings Kaypee was a student at D.A.V College Jalandhar where he played much of his early college cricket.

== Domestic career and 1990–91 Ranji Trophy Champions ==
Kaypee began his first-class career with [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] in the [[1980–81 Indian cricket season|1980–81 season]] making his debut against [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]. Having played a few reasonably good seasons for [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]], he moved to [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] in [[1986–87 Indian cricket season|1986–87]]. It was here where Kaypee played for the rest of his career and where he found much success. Kaypee scored 210 not out in his very first season playing for Haryana which remained his highest career score.

Kaypee's most successful season was in [[1990–91 Indian cricket season|1990–91]] when he scored 940 runs in the [[Ranji Trophy]], helping [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] to their first and, to date, only [[Ranji Trophy]] title. [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] rode into the finals on the back of the bowling performance of [[Chetan Sharma]] and the batting performance of Kaypee, where he scored back-to-back 3 centuries in 3 consecutive innings scoring 127 against services, then mammoth scores of 152 and 173 in the quarter finals against UP, which at the time was a record for Kaypee being the only batsman in the Ranji Trophy history to score 150 plus runs in both innings of the same match. This followed by another brilliant knock of 78 and 102 in the semi-finals against Bengal ensuring Haryana gained a spot and eventually becoming the winners in the 1990-91 Ranji Trophy finals.

Kaypee was the top run-scorer in the competition that year,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/IND/Ranji_Trophy_1990-91/Batting_by_Runs.html | title=Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1990/91 (Ordered by Runs) | publisher=CricketArchive | access-date=2007-03-03}}</ref> scoring 5 centuries that season and he was named as an ''[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket]]'' Cricketer of the Year.<ref name="ret">{{cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/Overall/Indian_Cricket_Cricketers_of_the_Year.html | title=''Indian Cricket'' Cricketers of the Year | publisher=CricketArchive | access-date=2007-03-03}}</ref> The following season he had another prolific Ranji Trophy, scoring 812 runs with 3 centuries including a double ton.

He continued to perform consistently well for [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] for many seasons, and even [[captain (cricket)|captained]] the team in 31 matches. However, he was only twice selected in the [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone team]] for the [[Duleep Trophy]], playing two matches each in the [[1991–92 Indian cricket season|1991–92]] and [[1992–93 Indian cricket season|1992–93 seasons]]. As a result, he tended to be overlooked by the national team selectors, and so never made an appearance for the national side.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/93197.html | title=Kaypee hits out at 'partisan attitude' of North Zone selectors | author=Madhu Sanghi | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| date=15 October 2000 | access-date=2007-03-03}}</ref>

== Post Retirement ==
In October 2000, Kaypee retired from cricket. He finished his career with a record aggregate of 7623 runs in the [[Ranji Trophy]] including 27 centuries,<ref name="ret" /> and a record title of being the leading run scorer in Ranji Trophy, a record he carried for a total of 10 years. Post retirement Kaypee was appointed as the head coach for the Haryana Ranji Trophy team for the 2008–09 season. Kaypee was also a match referee for the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] from 2007–08 to 2013–14 seasons.

Kaypee once again had been given the charge as the head coach for the Haryana senior men's team for the 2023–24 season, under his guidance and mentorship the team had been performing consistently well in the T20 and List A tournament.

In April 2006 Kaypee was part of the Indian veterans team that visited [[Pakistan]] to play a limited-overs 4 match series against a Pakistan Veteran's XI, organised by the Pakistan Seniors Cricket Board. The Indian side was led by former Indian captain [[Mohammad Azharuddin]].

== Overseas Player ==
In the 1980s and 1990s Kaypee had a spell with Smethwick and Streetly Cricket Club, as their overseas player playing in England. Kaypee played his last season during the 1999 English summer before taking retirement from his Domestic Career the following year in 2000.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/30065.html}}
* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/7/7704/7704.html Player Profile: Amarjit Kaypee] from CricketArchive

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[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian sportsmen]]
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[[Category:Punjab, India cricketers]]
[[Category:North Zone cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Jalandhar]]

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