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Twin 99s and a best of 358: Meet the flamboyant India batter who once replaced Tendulkar but couldn’t go beyond 12 games

Amay Khurasiya initially earned national attention through prolific domestic performances for Madhya Pradesh following his debut in the 1989-90 season. He quickly registered tallies of 584 runs across 11 innings in 1990-91 and 548 runs over 10 innings in 1991-92, a campaign highlighted by scores of 99 and 99 not out against Vidarbha alongside the LP Jai Trophy for fastest century.

80 with 21 hundreds across 119 first-class matches, supplemented by 3,768 runs in 112 List A games.

After stroking a hundred against the visiting Australians for India A in 1998, the attacking left-hander made India's preliminary squad for the 1999 World Cup before earning an international debut. He seized his first opportunity against Sri Lanka in Pune by scoring 57 runs off 45 deliveries to support Ajay Jadeja in pushing the total to 286.