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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Chirag Gandhi<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = Chirag Jayeshkumar Gandhi<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|06|18|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Surat]], Gujarat, India<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak<br />
| role = Batsman<br />
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| club1 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]<br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|2010/11–2023/24}}<br />
| columns = 3<br />
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 26<br />
| runs1 = 1,409<br />
| bat avg1 = 41.44<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 1/10<br />
| top score1 = 169<br />
| deliveries1 = 60<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 14/–<br />
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| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]<br />
| matches2 = 49<br />
| runs2 = 1,083<br />
| bat avg2 = 30.94<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 1/4<br />
| top score2 = 100[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries2 = 12<br />
| wickets2 = 1<br />
| bowl avg2 = 11.00<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 1/8<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 13/–<br />
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| column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]]<br />
| matches3 = 73<br />
| runs3 = 1,266<br />
| bat avg3 = 30.87<br />
| 100s/50s3 = 0/7<br />
| top score3 = 80<br />
| deliveries3 = –<br />
| wickets3 = –<br />
| bowl avg3 = –<br />
| fivefor3 = –<br />
| tenfor3 = –<br />
| best bowling3 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings3 = 38/–<br />
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| date = 7 May<br />
| year = 2025<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/496219.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
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'''Chirag Jayeshkumar Gandhi''' (born 18 June 1990) is an Indian [[first-class cricket]]er who has played for [[Gujarat cricket team]] since 2011.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/chirag-gandhi-496219 |title=Chirag Gandhi |access-date=2 May 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He is a right-handed batsman and right arm [[off-spin|off-break]] bowler.<ref name="Cricinfo"/><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Gandhi was born on 18 June 1990 in [[Surat]] into a Gujarati Hindu family. He loved to play cricket from his early childhood. Considering his love for cricket, his father put him in a cricket coaching academy at the age of eight. His father always believed that Chirag can be a good cricketer so he inspired and supported him to make his career in cricket. Chirag Gandhi was raised in Surat and completed his schooling from MT Jariwala High School and in 2010, he has taken his B.com degree from SPB English Medium College of Commerce, Surat. <br />
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After graduation, he started his government job in department of Post in Surat and after working for three years, in 2014 he appointed in Income Tax department in Ahmedabad.<br />
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== Cricket career ==<br />
Gandhi made his domestic limited-overs debut in February 2011, playing for Gujarat in the [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] in Indore. He scored 21 in his debut innings against [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]. He made his [[Twenty20]] debut later that year against [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] in the [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]].<ref name="Cricinfo"/> His first-class debut came in a game against [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 2012–13.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chirag Gandhi Profile – ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/9028/chirag-gandhi|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref><br />
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On 26 January 2016, Gandhi scored a hundred against India B in the [[Deodhar Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gujarati v India B, Kanpur, January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/deodhar-trophy-2015-16-901111/gujarat-vs-india-b-902245/full-scorecard |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref><br />
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Gandhi scored 169 runs with 22 fours and two sixes in the 2017 [[Irani Cup]] against Rest of India at Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saha 203*, Pujara 116* help Rest of India ace 379 chase|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/irani-cup-2016-17-1053435/rest-of-india-vs-gujarat-1053705/match-report|access-date=2021-02-01|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=496219}}<br />
*[https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/90312/irani-cup-gujarat-vs-rest-of-india-priyank-panchal-chirag-gandhi-fifties-take-gujarats-lead-to-359 Chirag Gandhi] at [[CricBuzz|Cricbuzz]]<br />
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{{Gujarat cricket squad}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
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[[Category:Gujarat cricketers]]<br />
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