Name: Abhishek Nayyar
Birth: October 8, 1983, Secunderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
IPL Team: Mumbai Indians
Country: India
Abhishek is a Mumbai Ranji Trophy player as well, and forms an important part of Mumbai Indians. The left-handed batsman played in all the 14 matches of the first season. He is a right-handed medium pacer, and gave an all-rounder performance in the tournament. In the first season, he made a total of 245 runs with an average of 26 in the 10 innings of the 14 matches. He bowled in only one of the matcyhes and registered a single success. Abhishek played a crucial role in helping Mumbai won in the Ranji Trophy in 2008-09. His score of 99 runs in the final match were significant. And, second season of IPL can open the doors to team India.
| Batting Statistics: | | | | | | | | |
| | Matches | Inngs | Runs | HS | Avg | SR.Rate | 100 | 50 |
| IPL - I | 14 | 10 | 206 | 45* | 25.75 | 149.27 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 13 | 11 | 193 | 35 | 21.44 | 126.97 | - | - |
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| Bowling Statistics: | | | | | | | | |
| | Matches | Inngs | Runs | Wikets | BM | Avg | Eco. | 4 W |
| IPL - I | 14 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 1/18 | 68 | 9.71 | 0 |
| ODI | 13 | 4 | 84 | 4 | 3/13 | 21.00 | 7.00 | - |