Manish Pandey


Manish Krishnanand Pandey is an Indian international cricketer. He is primarily a right-handed middle-order batsman representing Karnataka in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. He played as an opening batsman for his former IPL team, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, and became the first Indian player to score a century in the IPL in 2009 Indian Premier League..

Early career

Manish Pandey started playing cricket when he was in the third standard. He did his schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya ASC Centre, Bangalore and later joined the Karnataka State Cricket Association. He was a member of the victorious Indian team in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup held in Malaysia.

IPL career

He was selected for the Mumbai Indians squad in the 2008 season of the Indian Premier League. In 2009, while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore he became the first Indian to score a century in the IPL. He was part of home team Royal Challengers Bangalore in semifinal in 2009–10. He was then picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014. In the finals, he played a match-winning innings of 94 against Kings XI Punjab, and was awarded Man of Match. He had been included in the list of top 10 scorers of 2 IPL seasons, 2014 and in 2017. In 2018, he was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹11 crore.

International career

Pandey made his One Day International debut for India against Zimbabwe on 14 July 2015. He had a successful debut that included a 144-run partnership with Kedar Jadhav. Pandey joined Jadhav at the crease when India was struggling at 82 for the loss of 4 wickets and made his maiden half-century before being dismissed for 71 runs. He made his Twenty20 International debut for India on the same tour, on 17 July 2015. He was selected in the ODI squad for the Australia tour in January 2016. In the final game at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he played a match-winning inning of 104*, helping India win its only match of the series.
He was selected as a replacement of Yuvraj Singh in 2016 World T20 for India. He was named in the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy in June 2017. However, he injured himself during the IPL and missed out the ICC event for India.

Personal life

Pandey married actress Ashrita Shetty on 2 December 2019 in Mumbai.