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Varun Aaron

Team flagIND35 yrs
batting styleright-arm fast Bowler
Career & Stats
Batting
Bowling

Varun Aaron Recent Form

Batting

JHKD vs RAJ, First class0 (8)
JHKD vs RAJ, First class1 (4) *
JHKD vs SER, First class8 (11)
JHKD vs MAH, First class29 (42)
JHKD vs CHG, LIST A0 (7) *
JHKD vs VID, LIST A0 (3)
JHKD vs HYD, LIST A2 (2) *
BRD vs MP, LIST A2 (5)
BRD vs PUN, LIST A1 (7)
BRD vs J&K, LIST A7 (6)
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Bowling

JHKD vs RAJ, First class1-22
JHKD vs RAJ, First class4-65
JHKD vs SER, First class0-82
JHKD vs MAH, First class1-106
JHKD vs CHG, LIST A1-33
JHKD vs SER, LIST A6-33
JHKD vs MNP, LIST A4-27
JHKD vs VID, LIST A0-26
JHKD vs HYD, LIST A1-52
JHKD vs MAH, LIST A2-52
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Varun Aaron Career Stats

Batting

FormatMatInnR100s50sHSSRAvgFoursSixesDuckRank
ODI93800653.338.0010----
Test9143500931.823.8940----
IPL521350001769.4410.0022----

Bowling

FormatMatInnWEconAvgBest3W5WSRMaidenRank
ODI99116.6238.093/240034.55----
Test914184.7852.613/970066.06----
IPL5250448.9433.663/160022.59----

Career Debut Information

ODI Debut
ENG vs IND at Mumbai, 23 october 2011
Test Debut
WI vs IND at Mumbai, 22-26 November 2011
IPL Debut Delhi vs Punjab Kings at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Apr 23, 2011

Teams played for

Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Capitals India Jharkhand Rest of India Royal Challengers Bangalore Indians Durham East Zone India A India B Punjab Kings India Green Leicestershire Rajasthan Royals India Red Gujarat Titans

About Varun Aaron

NameVarun Aaron
GenderMale
Birth29 Oct 1989
Birth PlaceSinghbhum, Bihar (now Jharkhand)
Height6 ft 0 in
NationalityIndian

Hailing from Jharkhand, Varun Aaron is a right-arm fast bowler who possesses a smooth run-up and consistently bowls in excess of 140km/h. He currently plays for Jharkhand in the domestic circuit. Aaron was a part of the MRF pace foundation and was first spotted by a talent scout at the age of 15. He idolizes the West Indian legend Andy Roberts. Aaron has been frequently plagued with injuries over the years. He suffered two stress fractures of his back just before the 2008 Ranji Trophy, and also suffered back injury that kept him out of the Indian side for the 2011 Australian tour. ... continue reading

Player Bio

Hailing from Jharkhand, Varun Aaron is a right-arm fast bowler who possesses a smooth run-up and consistently bowls in excess of 140km/h. He currently plays for Jharkhand in the domestic circuit. Aaron was a part of the MRF pace foundation and was first spotted by a talent scout at the age of 15. He idolizes the West Indian legend Andy Roberts. Aaron has been frequently plagued with injuries over the years. He suffered two stress fractures of his back just before the 2008 Ranji Trophy, and also suffered back injury that kept him out of the Indian side for the 2011 Australian tour. 

Indian selectors were desperately looking for a genuine quick fast bowler and they found their answer in Varun Aaron. He was a part of India’s emerging players squad in 2011 and then earned a call-up in India’s ODI squad to face England in the very same year. He did not feature in any of the ODI matches, but finally got a chance to make his ODI debut against the same opposition in the home series in October 2011.

He impressed everyone with his pace and had match figures of 3 for 24 as India went onto win that ODI match. Following his impressive display against the Three Lions, Aaron was selected in the Test squad to face the Windies. He scalped 3 wickets on a flat Mumbai track and it genuinely looked as if India had found a genuine quick bowler who can terrorize the opposition with pace.

The next two years, he was in and out of the Indian team mainly due to injuries. The pacer returned to the national side again in 2014 for India’s tour of New Zealand. His raw pace during India’s tour of England in 2014 caught the eye of the county teams there, and Durham signed him for the final few weeks of their domestic season. Inconsistency has been a major issue with Varun Aaron and even in the IPL he has not been able to do justice to his talent. He has represented Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders without being a regular for any of the sides.

In 2019, he was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals, and he played 5 matches and only took 4 wickets at an average of 29.00. The pacer played 3 matches and went wicketless in the whole tournament. Aaron is considered one of the fastest bowlers in the country. He can clock more than 145 km/h and has a genuine pacer to rattle the stumps. Injuries have been his biggest enemy so far, and if he can stay injury free, he can be back in the reckoning for an Indian spot.

(As of March 2021)