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Fabid Farooque Ahmed (born 27 July 1995) is an Indian cricketer who has represented Kerala and presently Pondicherry in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-spin.

Early life

Fabid was born on 27 July 1995 in Thalassery in Kannur district of Kerala. He comes from the family of former Ranji players CTK Usman Kutty and CTK Masood. He is a resident of Mahe. He has an elder brother Fazil, also a cricketer.

Domestic career

Fabid has represented India South Zone at U-19 level. He took 14 wickets in the C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 tournament in 2014. He has also captained many age-group Kerala teams.

He made his List A debut for Kerala on 8 November 2014 in the 2014-15 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his twenty 20 debut for Kerala on 27 March 2015 in the 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made his first-class on 8 October 2015 in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy. In his second Ranji match against Goa, he scored a century batting at number 8, which was the fastest ton by a Kerala batsman. In August 2018, he was one of eight players that were fined by the Kerala Cricket Association, after showing dissent against Kerala's captain, Sachin Baby. He has played six first-class matches and 11 List-A games for Kerala.

He was one of the four Kerala cricketers among Nikhilesh Surendran, Iqlas Naha and Abdul Safar who shifted their alliance to the newly found Puducherry cricket team ahead of the 2018-19 Indian domestic season.

He made his List A debut for Puducherry in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018 against Manipur on Puducherry's first ever domestic match. He was also the vice-captain of the team. However, the next day, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) facing protests from other state associations, revoked the special allowance granted to Puducherry which allowed to play players from outside the State the team is located in, after concerns were raised that no local cricketers had played in the match. Fabid was found matching BCCI's eligibility criteria which required the players to be either born in the state or be a resident for more than a year. He claimed a five-wicket haul against Sikkim in the same season conceding just 8 runs in 9.2 overs, recording the most economical bowling figure in a game in Indian List A cricket.

He was the leading wicket-taker for Puducherry in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with eleven dismissals in five matches. He was named the man of the match in Puducherry's first ever Ranji trophy victory in which he played a pivotal role with his all-round efforts scoring a century and taking six wickets (2/22, 4/8) in the match.

References

1. ^ "Fabid: Multi-skilled and Aggressive". The New Indian Express.
2. ^ "Fabid Ahmed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
3. ^ "Kerala boy Fabid Ahmed stars in Puducherry's historical first Ranji win". The Times of india.
4. "South Zone, Secunderabad, Nov 8 2014, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
5. "South Zone, Kochi, Mar 27 2015, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
6. "Group C, Hyderabad (Deccan), Oct 8 - 11 2015, Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
7. "Sanju Samson among 13 players sanctioned by Kerala". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
8. "Four Kerala cricketers switch allegiance to Puducherry team ahead of the 2018-19 Domestic Season". sportskeeda. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
9. "List of domestic transfers ahead of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season". ESPNcricinfo.
10. "Plate, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Vadodara, Sep 19 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
11. "Rohit Damodaren to lead Pondy in Vijay Hazare". The Times of India.
12. "BCCI revokes eligibility 'allowance' to Puducherry". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
13. "BCCI cancels registration of 8 Puducherry players for flouting eligibility criteria". Cricket Country. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
14. "Stats: Fabid Ahmed concedes eight runs in 9.2 overs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy". CricTracker. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
15. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2018/19 - Puducherry: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

External links

• Fabid Ahmed at ESPNcricinfo

• 1995 births
• Living people
• Indian cricketers
• Kerala cricketers
• Pondicherry cricketers
• People from Thalassery
• Cricketers from Kerala