SRH Sign 22-Year-Old Vidarbha Allrounder As Replacement For Smaran Ravichandran

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05-05-2025

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Sunrisers Hyderabad signed Vidarbha allrounder Harsh Dubey for Rs 30 lakh as a replacement for injured Smaran Ravichandran. Dubey has impressive stats.
Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday signed 22-year-old Vidarbha allrounder Harsh Dubey as a replacement for Karnataka batter Smaran Ravichandran, who was ruled out because of an injury. Notably, the latter had himself replaced Adam Zampa, who had been ruled out earlier.
Dubey has 127 wickets and 941 runs against his name from 16 T20s, 20 List A and 18 first-class games he has played.
Dubey will join Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh. Notably, the 22-year-old was recently named the player of the series of the Ranji Trophy earlier this year, for his 476 runs and a whopping 69 wickets across the tournament, as he drove Vidarbha to the title.
Harsh Dubey joins the squad as a replacement for Smaran, who is ruled out due to injury. #PlayWithFire pic.twitter.com/Bd4vnLanGF — SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 5, 2025
Dubey had made his List A debut in February 2021, against Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Nine months later, he made his T20 debut, against Arunachal Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Dubey made his Ranji Trophy debut in December 2022 against Jammu and Kashmir. He scored a half-century in his maiden first-class innings. He now has 709 runs from 18 matches in first-class cricket, at an average of 24.44 and with seven half-centuries to his name.
Dubey, who bowls left-arm spin, has also picked 97 wickets in those 18 matches, at an impressive economy of 2.87. He has bagged just nine wickets in 16 T20s and has scored 19 runs in five innings.
Meanwhile, Smaran, 21, was uncapped in the Indian Premier League and joined Hyderabad at his base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Zampa, who played alongside Australia teammates Travis Head and Pat Cummins, had featured twice, taking 2/94 from eight overs, although one of those appearances had been in the match that brought 528 runs between Hyderabad and the Rajasthan Royals.
Smaran was among the breakout stars of the recent Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 433 runs in seven knocks at a stunning average of 72.16.
Smaran starred for Karnataka in the final with an innings of 101 off 92 deliveries that helped them lift the title by putting up a whopping 348. He has played six T20s till now, scoring 170 runs at a strike rate of 170.
Smaran was in action in the DY Patil tournament in Mumbai, in the lead-up to IPL 2025, but his campaign has come to an end.
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May 05, 2025, 09:24 IST