Zubin Minoo Bharucha (born 8 January 1970) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Bombay and Surrey County Cricket Club. He worked as team director for the Rajasthan Royals from 2008 to 2015, technical director for the Delhi Daredevils from 2016 to 2017, and as the Royals' director of cricket operations from 2018 to 2025/26.
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| Full name | Zubin Minoo Bharucha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1970 Bombay, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992/93–1995/96 | Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Surrey CCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
editA right-handed opening batsman, Bharucha first played as an overseas player for the Reigate Priory Cricket Club in England as an 18-year-old and represented the club for several years.[1] He appeared in 17 first-class and 11 List A matches, playing for Bombay, and scored a hundred on his first-class debut in November 1992.[2] He was part of the Bombay team in its 1993–94 Ranji Trophy victory. In the 1994–95 Irani Cup match for Bombay against Rest of India, Bharucha scored his career-best unbeaten 164 and helped his team win the trophy.[3] He also represented India Youth XI and Surrey.
Bharucha runs the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai where many Test cricketers have trained.[4] He helped Yuvraj Singh on his footwork in the late-2000s[4] and worked with the England and Wales Cricket Board on technical aspects of the game.[5]
In 2008, he became the team director of the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals and continued in that position until the team's suspension in 2015. He also worked as the team's head coach in 2012.[5] During his stint with the Royals, he made technical analysis of players based on video footage collected from around the world, and scouted for talented Indian cricketers.[6][5][7] During the Royals' two-year suspension in 2016–17, he worked as technical director for the Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals).[8] He returned to the Royals as Head of Cricket Operations in 2018.[9]
As of May 2026,[update] he had departed the Royals, while continuing to be linked to several Royals-associated players as a personal mentor and batting coach, including Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.[10][11][12]
References
edit- ↑ "Club History". reigatepriorycc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Bombay v Baroda in 1992/93". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Bombay v Rest of India in 1994/95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- 1 2 "What's the matter with Yuvi?". Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 Waingankar, Makarand (11 April 2012). "Coaching the IPL teams is a big challenge". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Mishra, Ruchir (7 October 2013). "Our aim is to create India players: Zubin Bharucha". Times of India. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Scouting triumph". rajasthanroyals.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Arun Venugopal (16 November 2017). "Delhi Daredevils part ways with Paddy Upton, TA Sekar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Rishav Narang (20 January 2018). "Zubin Bharucha". Cricketaddictor. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: 'Everyone predicted he would fail': How RR stopped Vaibhav Sooryavanshi from becoming a one-season wonder". The Times of India. 9 May 2026. Archived from the original on 9 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Doshi, Anjali; Walker, Phil (6 May 2026). "Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: How Rajasthan Royals turned a 13-year-old wonderkid into an IPL superstar". The Scoop (Podcast). Wisden. 1:03 minutes in. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Himanish Ganjoo (10 May 2026). "Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: the beast T20 made". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
External links
edit- Zubin Bharucha at ESPNcricinfo
- Zubin Bharucha at CricketArchive (subscription required)