Born on the 14th of December 1997, Vaibhav Arora is a cricketer from India who now competes for Himachal Pradesh in the local cricket league and for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Vaibhav made his debut in the first-class format on December 9, 2019, while playing for Himachal Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy for the 2019–20 season. On January 10, 2021, he made his debut in the Twenty20 format, playing for Himachal Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the 2020–21 season.
Before the 2021 Indian Premier League season began, the Kolkata Knight Riders participated in the Indian Premier League auction in February 2021 and purchased Arora. On the 21st of February 2021, he made his debut in the List A competition for Himachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the 2020–21 season. He scored a hat-trick during the match. In February of 2022, the Punjab Kings participated in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition and purchased him based on his performance.
According to the information that was supplied by the media staff for the Kolkata Knight Riders, the squad departed from Lucknow at 5:45 p.m., and they were due to arrive at 7:25 p.m. However, by that time, the city had already been pounded by the rains that were desperately required, and it became impossible for the airplane to land in Kolkata. As a result, they were forced to make a detour to Guwahati. One further thing that encouraged KKR to go for Starc was the fact that he had the potential to take wickets with the new ball, which was something that KKR had a hard time doing in the previous seasons.
On the other hand, the Indian Premier League 2024 season is now in the middle of its phase, and Starc has not delivered as expected, contrary to the expectations of the club management. Throughout eight matches, the Australian speedster has only managed to take seven wickets and has allowed runs to be scored at an alarming pace of 11.78 per over. However, KKR has not been very concerned by the collapse of Starc. Is that the case? The reason for this is that it has two young pacers, namely Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana.
Vaibhav Arora Biography
| Name | Vaibhav Arora |
| Full Name | Vaibhav Gopal Arora |
| Date of Birth | 14 December 1997 |
| Place of Birth | Ambala, Haryana, India |
| Other Names | God of Cricket, Little Master, Master Blaster |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father’s Name | Gopal Arora |
| Mother’s Name | Mamta Setia Arora |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right arm medium-fast |
| ODI Debut | NA |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
This is especially true of Vaibhav, who has managed to avoid detection and take his adversaries by surprise. During a season in which batsmen have been hitting bowlers to all areas of the park, the pacer for Himachal Pradesh has allowed runs to be scored at an economy rate of 9.05 runs per over. It was during a belter in Vizag that he achieved his highest bowling numbers of the season, which were against Delhi Capitals. With a score of 3/27, the 26-year-old member of the Kolkata team contributed to the team’s victory by 106 runs.
It is still early days for Vaibhav in his Indian Premier League career, as he has only played 15 games in the Twenty20 extravaganza. Despite this, he has already taken 17 wickets at an economy rate of 9.13, which is considered to be satisfactory. The fact that Vaibhav has played in 24 first-class matches demonstrates that he has a respectable amount of domestic experience and that he continues to impress. He has a total of 88 first-class dismissals to his name and has a batting average of 22.35, with four five-fors and the same number of four-fors among his accomplishments for the ball.
The Eden Gardens has provided bowlers with a multitude of reasons to abandon their faith. When you are merely being pushed about as in Stick Cricket for crazy scores, what is the purpose of even participating in the game? Earlier this week, the Kolkata Knight Riders were unable to successfully defend 262. When Jonny Bairstow and Shashank Singh were tearing Varun Chakravarthy apart for 46 runs in three wicketless overs, Vaibhav Arora was in charge of the supply of beverages.
This Indian Premier League season, even Mitchell Starc had not been able to do what Arora was doing, which was swinging it from left to right. During his first over, which was his first chance in two weeks, he bowled the precise bouncer that was targeted for Shai Hope’s head. This was the moment when he established himself as a formidable opponent. When Hope was attempting to sneak inside the line, he was temporarily taken aback by the speed with which the ball was traveling off the field. It was a stroke of luck for him, however, as the ball went flying off the top edge and over fine leg for six.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 | 16 | 56.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1* | – | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2* | – | 2 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2.50 | 13 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 17 | 341 | 529 | 17 | 3/27 | 31.12 | 9.31 | 20.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 138 | 219 | 9 | 3/27 | 24.33 | 9.52 | 15.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 96 | 146 | 5 | 2/30 | 29.20 | 9.13 | 19.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 107 | 164 | 3 | 2/21 | 54.67 | 9.20 | 35.67 | 0 | 0 |
It was clear that Arora’s magic was there in each of these presentations. It is possible that the bumper led Hope’s footwork to suffer from a momentary lapse in decision-making, which allowed the ball to do its job. Within the first four overs, it left DC with a score of 37 for three. Their top three, who included Jake Fraser-McGurk, who had scored two half-centuries off of 15 balls, Prithvi Shaw, who had edged Arora down the leg, and Hope, were all back.
In the Indian Premier League, the bowlers for KKR made a remarkable recovery. After suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Punjab in their last match, the bowlers for KKR were able to limit DC to only 153 runs. After their victory against DC, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy gave an interview on the website of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and disclosed that the squad was in a great deal of pain as a result of their last game, in which they allowed Punjab to score 262 runs.
Delhi Capitals have been experiencing a turnaround in their fortunes over the last few of weeks, and this loss has come at the worst possible moment for them considering the circumstances. In addition to being a defeat that will break your heart, this means that Delhi must win all three of their remaining matches to maintain their chances of making it to the playoffs. However, Delhi has a week’s break coming up, and they still have two matches inside their stadium, so they have plenty of time to get back on track.
