Siddharth Trivedi


Siddharth Kishorkumar Trivedi is an Indian cricketer who represented Gujarat. Currently, he plays for Saurashtra cricket team on his return to domestic circuit.

Domestic career

Trivedi is right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his first class debut in 2002–03. He played for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy, for Gujarat cricket team in the Ranji Trophy and for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He returned to domestic in 2014 after completing ban of 1 year. He joined Saurashtra cricket team on his return to domestic circuit.

Under 19 career

He played in Under 19 Cricket World Cup in 2002 for India. He has been called up to an Indian emerging players tour to Australia in July.

Indian Premier League

In the Indian Premier League, he played for the Rajasthan Royals, who won the 2008 competition. During a win against the Mumbai Indians, Trivedi changed the course of the game with a spell that included the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya establishing him as a firm fan favourite.

Ban

In 2013, Trivedi was banned for 1 year after he failed to report that bookies approached him, even though he had no involvement in match fixing or spot fixing during the IPL corruption scandal in 2013.