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{{short description|Indian cricketer (born 1972)}}
{{about||the American diplomat|Jacob L. Martin|the football player|Jacob Martin (American football)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Jacob Martin
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Jacob Joseph Martin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|05|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed Batsman
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak
| role = Batsman
| club1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| year1 = 1991–2009
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| year2 = 2008–2009
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| year3 = 2002–2003
| clubnumber3 =
| columns = 3
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 10
| runs1 = 158
| bat avg1 = 22.57
| 100s/50s1 = -/-
| top score1 = 39
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = n/a
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/-
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 138
| runs2 = 9192
| bat avg2 = 46.65
| 100s/50s2 = 23/47
| top score2 = 271
| deliveries2 = 618
| wickets2 = 10
| bowl avg2 = 45.90
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = 5/51
| catches/stumpings2 = 120/4
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 101
| runs3 = 2948
| bat avg3 = 39.30
| 100s/50s3 = 3/20
| top score3 = 133
| deliveries3 = 373
| wickets3 = 9
| bowl avg3 = 31.44
| fivefor3 = –
| tenfor3 = n/a
| best bowling3 = 2/15
| catches/stumpings3 = 37/2
| date = 20 April
| year = 2007
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30954.html ESPNcricinfo]
}}

'''Jacob Joseph Martin''' ({{audio|Jacob Martin.ogg|pronunciation}}) (born 11 May 1972) is an [[India]]n [[cricket]]er. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. Martin has appeared 10 times for India at [[One Day International]] (ODI) level, but never in [[Test cricket]], at the turn of the 21st century. He captained [[Baroda cricket team]] in the Indian domestic circuit.

==Domestic career ==

Martin made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] in the [[1991-92 Indian cricket season|1991–92 season]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]]. In his debut match, he took 5 wickets in an innings against [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] and scored a 50. However, Martin came to be regarded as a specialist batsman and an occasional part-time spin bowler — to date, he has a total of 9 first-class wickets including the 5 he took on debut.

He has played for [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] throughout his career except during the [[2002-03 Indian cricket season|2002–03 season]] when he played for [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]. He has also [[captain (cricket)|captained]] [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] on a regular basis from the [[2000-01 Indian cricket season|2000–01 season]] onwards, winning the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 2000–01 and finishing as runners-up the following season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic/content/story/321413.html |title=Jacob Martin retires from all forms of cricket |date=21 November 2007 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic/content/story/351963.html |title=Jacob Martin comes out of retirement |date=22 May 2008 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>

Martin's most prolific season was in [[1998-99 Indian cricket season|1998–99]] when he scored 1037 runs for Baroda in the [[Ranji Trophy]] at an average of 103.70 including 5 centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/IND/Ranji_Trophy_1998-99/Batting_by_Runs.html |title=Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1998/99 (Ordered by Runs) |work=CricketArchive |accessdate=20 April 2007|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The feat made him only the sixth player to have scored over 1000 runs in a Ranji Trophy season,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/82104.html |title=A race between Jacob Martin & Vijay Bhardwaj |work=ESPNcricinfo |author=Mohandas Menon |date=8 March 1999 |accessdate=20 April 2007}}</ref> and helped to earn him selection for the [[India national cricket team]].

==International career ==

Martin made his ODI debut against the [[West Indies cricket team]] in September 1999, and also played in the subsequent triangular ODI series in Australia against [[Australia national cricket team]] and [[Pakistan national cricket team]] in January 2000. However, he was unable to reproduce his domestic form and did not play again for India after 2001.

== Post-playing career ==

He was named as head coach of [[Baroda cricket team]] for [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy]] season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jacob-martin-baroda-ranji-team-coach-criminal-record/1/764210.html|title=Jacob Martin, former India player with criminal record, named Baroda Ranji coach|website=India Today|date=14 September 2016|accessdate=19 October 2018}}</ref>

He was arrested in 2011 in [[Delhi]] in connection with a 2003 human-trafficking case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Arrested-in-2011-BCCI-pays-Jacob-Martin-one-time-grant/articleshow/50205848.cms|title=Arrested in 2011, BCCI pays Jacob Martin one-time grant|work=The Times of India|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|date=16 December 2015|accessdate=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/512766.html|title=Jacob Martin arrested in human-trafficking case|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=27 April 2011|accessdate=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Evasive-Jacob-Martin-arrested-at-last/article14698943.ece |title=Evasive Jacob Martin arrested, at last |last=Kumar |first=Ashok |date=27 April 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=19 October 2018 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In December 2018, Martin was involved in a road accident and was placed on life support.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25807790/baroda-ranji-winner-jacob-martin-life-support |title=Baroda's Ranji winner Jacob Martin on life support |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=20 January 2019}}</ref>

Martin is now retired and runs outlets of laundry and dry-cleaning brand, UClean, in Gujarat.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=30954}}
* {{CricketArchive|id=7262}}

{{Baroda cricket squad}}

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[[Category:People from Vadodara]]
[[Category:Indian cricket coaches]]

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