Mahesh Rawat is a 22-year-old cricketer from Faridabad, India. This young wicketkeeper has been a regular on India’s domestic circuit since the 2003-04 season, and has represented Railways, Haryana at the Ranji level, India Red in the Challenger Trophy, and the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Rawat has close to 2,000 runs to his name at the domestic level, including three centuries and twelve half-centuries. The wicketkeeper-batsman has maintained a healthy batting average of 37.8 at the First-Class level, with a highest score of 115. Mahesh Rawat has also kept wickets well, having registered 109 dismissals at the domestic level, which includes 88 catches and 21 stumpings. Despite being a wicketkeeper, Rawat has had some success as a bowler, having picked up 10 wickets with an average of 17.4 and best bowling figures of 2 for 5.
Mahesh Rawat’s deft wicket-keeping skills and useful contributions with the bat have made him ideally fit for the Twenty20 format of cricket. He made his debut in the shortest form of the game for Haryana against Punjab in April 2007. He was then recruited by the Rajasthan Royals for the opening season of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 tournament set up by the BCCI with top players from around the world competing against each other in teams from eight cities. Rawat has played a total of 20 T20 games with a highest score of 39 not out, an average of 14.4 with the bat, and 22 dismissals, including 18 catches and 4 stumpings as wicketkeeper.
