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Indian cricketer (born 1988)

Abu Nechim

Nechim in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Abu Nechim Ahmed
Born	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36)Guwahati, Assam, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2021	Assam
2010–2013	Mumbai Indians
2014–2016	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2021–Present	Nagaland

Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 64 56 75 Runs scored 1,114 421 239 Batting average 13.75 14.03 9.19 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 50 43 26* Balls bowled 10,810 2,378 1,435 Wickets 167 59 75 Bowling average 32.04 34.88 24.29 5 wickets in innings 6 1 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 7/68 5/32 4/21 Catches/stumpings 23/– 13/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 March 2021

Abu Nechim Ahmed (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer [1] who plays for Assam in domestic cricket and played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. He captained Assam cricket team in the Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Abu made his first-class debut on 1 December 2005 against Madhya Pradesh at Indore in the 2005–06 Ranji Trophy. From 2010 to 2013 he represented Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He has represented India at the U-19 level many times, played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He had also represented ICL India XI & Royal Bengal Tigers in the now defunct ICL.[1]

He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Assam in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with twelve dismissals in four matches.[2]

Abu Nechim retired from all formats of cricket in February 2023.[3][4]