Amit Uniyal

Amit Uniyal is an Indian first-class cricketer. An all rounder, he plays for Punjab in first-class cricket, and for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.

Amit Uniyal
Personal information
Full nameAmit Uniyal
Born (1981-11-21) 21 November 1981
Chandigarh , Punjab, India
Nicknameuni
BattingLeft-hand
BowlingLeft-arm Fast-Medium
RoleLower order
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02 -2010/2011 club2 = RajasthanPunjab
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 28 46 3
Runs scored 760 320 18
Batting average 23.03 17.77 18.00
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0
Top score 68 49* 14*
Balls bowled 4913 1854 60
Wickets 89 50 5
Bowling average 29.38 28.74 17.60
5 wickets in innings 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/92 3/16 3/22
Catches/stumpings 9/0 9/0 /
Source: Cricinfo, 13 March 2010

A left-handed all-rounder, Uniyal made his debut in 200102 for Punjab. A seamer, Uniyal has picked up 89 wickets in first-class cricket and has scored 760 runs at an average of just over 23.

Domestic career

Amit uniyal made his Ranji Trophy debut in 2001–2002 against Himachal at PCA stadium Mohali . He got 6 wickets and scored 57 runs in his debut match.

He played 4 matches in his debut year and got 20 wickets. And played Ranjii Trophy till the year 2010/2011. In the year 2003 he got selected in Duleep trophy in which he got 13 wickets in 3 matches. His highlighting feature were 6 wickets in 1st match. He played Deodhar trophy from 2002–2004. in the year 2003 ,he got selected in Board president XL Team against Touring New Zealand Team. In the same year he was called for India camp held in Bangalore.

Indian Premier League

Signed by the Rajasthan Royals early in 2010 after the unauthorised Indian Cricket League folded and ended his employment, he made his debut against the Mumbai Indians on 13 March 2010. He bowled 4 overs for 41 runs, taking two wickets including that of Sanath Jayasuriya.

Cricket coaching career

  • Former Head Cricket Coach at DAV Public school. (2013-2016)
  • Formar Head Cricket Coach at Gursagar Cricket Academy. (2013 – Sep 2017)
  • Former Head Cricket Coach at KK Cricket Academy. (Apr 2016 – Sep 2017)

Post career

Currently working as Chairman of Junior Selection Commeetie at Punjab Cricket Association. In 2019 he played for Chile national cricket team.


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